VARGAS v. CITY OF NEW YORK

7392. 150556/11.

168 A.D.3d 529 (2019)

92 N.Y.S.3d 29

2019 NY Slip Op 00370

Walter Vargas, Appellant, v. City of New York, Respondent.

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

Decided January 22, 2019.


The police officers had probable cause to arrest plaintiff based on their observation that he committed the transit offense of passing between two subway cars on a moving train (see 21 NYCRR 1050.9 [d]; 1050.10 [a]; CPL 140.10 [1] [a]; Penal Law § 10 [1]). Although we have concerns about the information in the transit database, we do not reach this issue in light of our holding on probable cause. Once plaintiff was arrested, the officers were permitted to conduct...

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