New York Reaches Settlement with Family of Robert Brooks
The agreement will resolve several civil-rights lawsuits after body-camera video showed guards beating Brooks, and officials said 10 officers faced charges.
- New York State agreed to pay $10 million to the family of Robert Brooks, who died in 2024 after being beaten by corrections officers at Marcy Correctional Facility, resolving a federal civil rights lawsuit.
- Brooks, 43, died after guards attacked him during a 2024 incident; bodycam footage captured the assault, leading to criminal charges against 10 guards, many of whom were convicted of murder or manslaughter.
- Attorney Elizabeth Mazur confirmed the settlement in a letter filed Friday with a federal court in Binghamton, following the 2024 incident that sparked widespread calls for prison system reform.
- Governor Kathy Hochul stated on Friday that while the agreement provides relief, nothing can erase the pain the Brooks family has endured; she committed to ensuring correctional facilities are fully reformed.
- State Sen. Julia Salazar, a Brooklyn Democrat, called the $24 million payout the highest settlement on record in New York for a prison death and urged "decisive actions" to end brutality within the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision.
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NY Daily NewsRoberts Brooks’ family reaches $24M settlement with NY State in fatal prison beating
The $24 million settlement is the highest on record in New York for a civil rights lawsuit stemming from a person's death while in custody in state prison, and possibly the largest in U.S. history, state Sen. Julia Salazar said.
New York will pay $24 million to family of Robert Brooks who was beaten to death by prison guards
Utica, N.Y. ― New York state has reached a $24 million settlement with the family of Robert Brooks who died after he was beaten by prison guards, according to officials in the governor’s office.
New York reaches settlement with family of Robert Brooks
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — New York State has reached a settlement with the family of Robert Brooks, the Rochester man who died after he was beaten by correction officers at Marcy Correctional Facility in December 2024. The Times Union in Albany reports the settlement is expected to total at least $10 million. The agreement is [...]
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