SANCHEZ v. CITY OF NEW YORK

8205. 303776/14.

168 A.D.3d 584 (2019)

90 N.Y.S.3d 529

2019 NY Slip Op 00538

Ariel Sanchez et al., Appellants, v. City of New York et al., Respondents.

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

Decided January 24, 2019.


The court correctly dismissed plaintiffs' claims for false arrest and false imprisonment, given defendants' prima facie showing that the officers lawfully stopped the vehicle due to a problem with a taillight (see People v Diaz, 232 A.D.2d 289, 289 [1st Dept 1996], lv denied 89 N.Y.2d 944 [1997]), and that they obtained probable cause to search the car upon detection of a strong odor of pine or ammonia indicative of street...

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