Despite Court Order, NYPD Failed to Properly Monitor Stop-and-Frisks by Aggressive Unit

ProPublica reports that the NYPD failed to properly review more than 2,000 stops made by its Community Response Team (CRT) over three years, violating a 2013 federal court order requiring oversight of potentially unconstitutional stop-and-frisk practices. The article is bylined by ProPublica editor-at-large Eric Umansky and draws on data from the NYPD's court-appointed federal monitor, named officials (including monitor Mylan Denerstein), and the reporter's prior investigative work on the CRT; it includes specific figures (59% lawfulness rate, 1,400 2025 stops, 900+ unreviewed), comparative context about officer misconduct rates, and structural explanations for the failures. The reporting shows rigorous sourcing across official documents, regulatory oversight, and multiple stakeholder perspectives—police leadership defending the unit, civil rights advocates and lawmakers calling for its dissolution, and mayoral office statements. The independent search results confirm ProPublica's prior CRT investigations and add context about ongoing NYPD accountability issues, though they do not directly corroborate the newly reported audit failures. Critical readers should monitor whether Mayor Mamdani's administration—which has pledged public safety reform—responds to legislative and civil rights calls to disband the CRT, and track the federal monitor's findings on actual constitutional compliance rates once the newly discovered gaps are fully reviewed.