NYPD Rookie Officers Allowed to Work Amid Hiring Controversy

30 Cops NYPD Claims Were ‘Improperly’ Hired Can Keep Their Jobs

A Manhattan Supreme Court judge on Tuesday granted 30 recently-hired NYPD officers a reprieve from being fired, rejecting the department’s bid to end a temporary order blocking the terminations. The NYPD told the officers last week they had 24 hours to resign or face termination because they had been improperly hired in 2023 or 2024, after being disqualified during the application process based on psychological evaluations or background checks. …

NYPD rookie officers allowed to work amid hiring controversy

MANHATTAN, N.Y. (PIX11) -- 31 rookie NYPD officers will remain on the payroll despite questions about how they were hired. A state Supreme Court judge ruled Tuesday to extend a temporary restraining order that blocks the police department from firing them over concerns about their backgrounds. More Local News The Police Benevolent Association has sued the NYPD, saying these recruits deserve due process. In court filings, the NYPD claims th…

Judge allows NYPD cops facing termination over background questions to stay on job, for now

A judge upheld a temporary restraining order, keeping the officers on the job as the legal fight over their employment status grinds through the courts.

31 Cops Keep Their Jobs

(New York,  NY) –  Thirty-one NYPD rookie cops are staying on the job after it was alleged they should have been disqualified prior to being hired.   At a court hearing Tuesday (July 15, 2025), a judge seemed to side with the police union, which points out the rookies went through the academy and graduated. State Supreme Court Justice Phaedra Perry-Bond denied a request from the city to lift a July 10th temporary restraining order obtained by th…

30 wrongfully hired NYPD cops have history of drugs, arrests, bad attitudes, court documents show

NEW YORK — The 30 rookie NYPD cops the department wants to fire after determining they were never qualified to join the force in the first place have checkered histories that include arrests, drug abuse, hiring prostitutes and “serious disregard…

Judge extends order blocking NYPD from firing group of officers

The next court hearing is in 60 days.