New York City officers won't face charges in fatal shooting of 19-year-old man

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• Both officers, however, still face an internal discipline trial on excessive force allegations by the city's Civilian Complaint Review Board, as well as a lawsuit by Rozario's family. Rozario's mother, Notan Eva Costa, his father, Francis Rozario, and his brother, Utsho Rozario, criticized the decision not to prosecute the officers.“State Attorney General Letitia James’ cowardly decision not to indict NYPD Officers Matthew Cianfrocco and Salvatore Alongi for murdering our beloved son and brother, Win Rozario, feels like we’re watching Win get murdered all over again," they said in a statement released by the Justice Committee advocacy group.“We were safe in our home until Officers Cianfrocco and Alongi walked in and created chaos,” they said.
• “The NYPD should not be engaging with people experiencing a mental health episode.”The attorney general's office did not immediately respond to a request for reaction to the family's comments Thursday evening. The Office of Special Investigation's report recommends expanding citywide a pilot program that dispatches paramedics and mental health professionals as first responders to mental health emergency calls.
• It also recommends more training for officers on responding to such calls.
• And it says the state should enact a law allowing public health-based responses to people experiencing a mental health, alcohol use or substance use crisis. Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's platform includes expanding mental health services across the city, including having health professionals respond to mental health crises reported in 911 calls.“Win Rozario’s death was a senseless tragedy that brought pain to so many New Yorkers, most of all his loved ones," Mamdani said in a statement Thursday.
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