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CCRB tells City Council it needs $65.1 million and 500 staff to speed police-misconduct investigations
Summary
The Civilian Complaint Review Board told the New York City Council it needs $65,094,437 and an authorized headcount of 500 to reduce investigation backlogs, end a resource-allocation policy that closes certain complaints without full probes, and improve timelines aided by body-worn camera evidence.
An agency official for the Civilian Complaint Review Board told the New York City Council that the CCRB's fiscal year 2027 budget request would provide $65,094,437 and an authorized headcount of 500, a roughly $36 million and 233-staff increase over the enacted FY26 budget.
The official said the CCRB received 5,617 complaints and 22,172 allegations in 2025, fully investigated 2,070 complaints and 14,953 allegations, and substantiated 987 complaints and 3,173 allegations affecting 1,357 individual members of service. "That means the CCRB substantiated 21.22% of the allegations we fully investigated," the agency official said, and added that CCRB substantiated at least one allegation in 47.68% of the fully investigated complaints.
The agency official framed the request as necessary to address long investigation…
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