The family of a little boy stabbed to death in a public housing complex has filed a lawsuit against NYCHA and the city for $281 million.  The family's attorney said in a statement, "NYCHA and City of New York are the owners and the landlords of the Boulevard Houses. They owed 6-year-old PJ Avitto the same security and protection that Donald Trump would provide to the residents of his buildings."

The New York City Housing Authority was hit with a $281 million lawsuit over alleged security shortcomings after a six-year-old boy was killed in an East New York housing complex.

EXCLUSIVE: P.J. Avitto was stabbed to death by a paranoid-schizophrenic parolee on June 1. Now the family wants NYCHA — with its broken promises to install cameras and other protections — to be held accountable.  The court papers specifically asked for $27 million on each of three wrongful death counts as a message to NYCHA, said family attorney Jack Yankowitz.  The $81 million comes on top of an additional $200 million requested in the document.

The family of a 6-year-old boy stabbed to death in a Brooklyn elevator plans a $281 million lawsuit against NYCHA, blaming his horrific murder on its shoddy security.  The court papers blame NYCHA for sitting on millions of dollars for security cameras, for eliminating tenant safety patrols, and for persistently failing to fix broken doors.  "They permitted and allowed the front doors of 845 Schenck Avenue to be defective, to be unsafe, easily opened by intruders," said Jack Yankowitz, the family's attorney. 

The family of a 6-year-old boy stabbed to death in a Brooklyn elevator plans a $281 million lawsuit against NYCHA, blaming his horrific murder on its shoddy security.

The mother of P.J. Avitto, in a notice of claim filed Wednesday, ripped callous and incompetent Housing Authority officials as responsible for her son’s June 1 death.

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- Reigning Miss Westchester Kristy Abreu is accusing New York City police officers of stripping her of her pageant crown and sash, subjecting her to an "extremely invasive frisk and search" and mistreating her and her mother during a traffic stop in May.

La familia dice que hace la denuncia porque lo que les ocurrió está pasando todos los días en las calles de Harlem. Sólo el año pasado, más de 6 mil 500 choferes han sido detenidos, el número de arrestos más alto en toda la ciudad. “Es una cultura de abuso e intimidación policial y ocurre en zonas donde viven las minorías” asegura Jack Yankowitz, abogado de Kristy.

Miss Westchester Says She Was Arrested With Mother Over Misunderstanding.  Abreu said she was stopped last year and officers said her car came up stolen because of a “computer glitch.” She tried to explain it was a mistake.   “They treated them like hardened criminals,” said attorney Jack Yankowitz. “They stopped two law-abiding, fine women — very sweet people — who have committed absolutely no crime, did not resist arrest.”

A teenage beauty queen is suing police for $210 million (£140 million) over claims officers roughed her up, humiliated her and allowed a prisoner to spit on her after she was wrongfully arrested.

Teenage beauty queen who claims police roughed her up, humiliated her and allowed a prisoner to spit on her after being wrongfully arrested is suing the NYPD for $210million.

Supuestamente el pequeño robó 5 dólares y por ello fue arrestado, esposado e interrogado por más de 10 horas. La policía de Nueva York enfrentará millonaria demanda.

The police roughed them up, locked them in a holding cell, laughed at them and permitted a fellow prisoner to taunt them with names and spit on them, reigning Miss Westchester old Kristy Abreu and her mom say. Now, they tell New York City officials, they intend to sue for $210 million over their treatment.  “The culture of excessive force and abuse that this precinct engages in is outrageous,” Yankowitz said. “They’re sweeping up innocent and sweet people.”

A pesar de que aseguran que tenían el papeleo del auto en regla, ambas fueron arrestadas bajo sospecha de haber robado el vehículo, debido a una notificación que apareció en la computadora del coche patrulla de los agentes, según dijo su abogado, Jack Yankowitz.

Un niño de 7 años fue arrestado por la Policía e interrogado durante al menos cinco horas tras una disputa en una escuela del barrio neoyorquino de El Bronx por haber robado supuestamente 5 dólares a otro niño, informaron hoy medios locales estadounidenses.

(CNN) - La familia de un niño de 7 años de edad está demandando a la ciudad de Nueva York y a su fuerza policial por 250 millones de dólares, alegando que el niño fue arrestado falsamente y esposado por un robo de 5 dólares, reportó CNN.

NEW YORK (AP) — A 7-year-old New York City boy's family has filed a $250 million claim against police and the city after saying he was handcuffed and falsely accused of stealing $5 from a schoolmate.  The court claim, filed by attorney Jack Yankowitz, said Wilson was handcuffed and held in a room at P.S. X114 in the Bronx for four hours, then taken to a precinct house. He allegedly was held there for six hours and charged with robbery.

NEW YORK -- A 7-year-old New York City boy's family has filed a $250 million claim against police and the city after saying he was handcuffed and falsely accused of stealing $5 from another student after school. Parents we spoke with were appalled. They say the boy should never have been held in handcuffs, regardless of the circumstances.

An alleged after-school scrap over a missing $5 landed Wilson Reyes in handcuffs, then he was hauled downtown and questioned by cops for hours. His mother, Frances Mendez, eventually arrived and snapped a photo of her traumatized son.

Officers showed up at PS X114 on Dec. 4 at about 10:20 a.m., and handcuffed and held Wilson in a room there for four hours. They then hauled him off to the 44th Precinct station house for another six hours of interrogation and verbal abuse, according to a $250 million claim against the city and the NYPD.  Family lawyer Jack Yankowitz — who filed the claim with the city Comptroller’s Office Monday — blasted cops over the incident. “It’s unfathomable, what the police did. The whole thing sounds so stupid. They were interrogating him like he was a hardened criminal,” Yankowitz said.