#NYC lawsuit payouts drop by 11 percent — but still nearly $1B in 2019
“#NYC lawsuit payouts drop by 11 percent — but still nearly $1B in 2019”
June 12, 2020 | 4:20pm
NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer
Taidgh Barron/NY Post
“Fewer claims filed and a decrease in payouts indicate that city agencies are working to streamline their operations, reduce costs and implement best practices that avoid claims from arising altogether,” Comptroller Scott Stringer said in a statement about his annual claims report.
“We will continue to build on this progress by partnering with agencies to target more areas for improvement and make sure taxpayer dollars deliver results for the New Yorkers who need our help the most,” Stringer said.
Still taxpayers coughed up $975 million in 2019 to settle 13,712 claims and judgments in slip-and-fall, medical malpractice, police action, motor vehicle property damage, as well as city employee and contract claims against the city. The figure was $1.1 billion for 14,390 suits in 2018.
Suits against the NYPD accounted for 36 percent of the overall costs for all tort claims last year. The number of cases against cops dropped from 6,484 in fiscal year 2019 to 5,848 in 2018 and payouts declined from $237.4 million to $220.1 million.
The city paid even more– $285.8 million– to settle special eduction claims against the Department of Education. That figure dipped from $304 million in 2018.
Stringer’s office settled five wrongful conviction claims for a total of $27 million.
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