A version of this article was also published in the New York Daily News. The New York Police Department got an order kicking a family of four out of their Queens apartment by telling a judge it was a drug den — but the dealers had moved out seven months earlier. A lawsuit to be filed in Brooklyn Federal Court on Tuesday details an egregious
NYPD Gets Sued After Kicking Wrong Family Out Of Home
The suit challenges the NYPD’s use of controversial nuisance abatement actions. It cites ProPublica and The Daily News’ investigation into the issue.