NYC Mayor and Top NYPD Brass Off the Hook for Protest Brutality A New York federal judge found that police brutality claims brought against the mayor and top-ranking NYPD leadership in their official capacities are redundant of the municipal claims against the City of New York and granted their motion to dismiss on Friday. Associated Press videojournalist Robert Bumsted reminds a police officer that the press are considered “essential workers" and are allowed to be on the streets despite a curfew, Tuesday, June 2, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) MANHATTAN (CN) — A half-dozen complaints seeking to hold NYPD accountable for violence and brutality during the George Floyd protests last summer can still proceed to a trial next year, a New York federal judge ruled Friday, but dropped individual claims against the city’s mayor and the department's top-ranking officials.