ACOSTA v. CITY OF NEW YORK

2015-06573. Index No. 23559/00.

153 A.D.3d 765 (2017)

61 N.Y.S.3d 559

2017 NY Slip Op 06241

PEDRO ACOSTA, Respondent, v. CITY OF NEW YORK et al., Defendants.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department.

Decided August 23, 2017.


Ordered that the amended judgment is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.

The plaintiff commenced this action, inter alia, to recover damages for false arrest and battery against the City of New York and several police officers. The plaintiff alleged in the complaint that on April 16, 1999, he was falsely arrested on a criminal complaint. The plaintiff further alleged that the underlying criminal complaint was...

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