The Manhattan Supreme Court received a complaint alleging sexual harassment and retaliation from a female colleague against Assistant Chief Ruel Stephenson, the top Jamaican officer in the NYPD. Stephenson and the NYPD are being sued by Lt. Mariela Matos-Leo, who works at the 24th Precinct, which is housed in the same building as Manhattan North. In a May 2023 meeting, Mariela Matos-Leo claimed that Stephenson had sexually harassed her in 2022 a…
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