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GOP candidate and former NYPD officer forced to defend $120K in settlements for complaints that include 'arresting and assaulting an infant'
Republican Alison Esposito boasts a 25-year career as a New York City police officer, but not without record of complaints about her behavior.
While the officer-turned-political candidate rose through the ranks to deputy inspector and commander officer of the 70th precinct in Brooklyn, New York City paid out $120,000 on her behalf over misconduct allegations which she denies.
A New York law enforcement source told DailyMail.com it is 'extremely common' for the city to fork over taxpayer dollars in a settlement rather than let a complaint play out in court. 'Often the officers don't know that the suit is being held.'
'Rather than fighting it in court, the city just settles it without even telling the police officer.'
Republican Alison Esposito boasts a 25-year career as a New York City police officer, but not without record of complaints about her behavior
Esposito, who if successful would be the first openly gay Republican woman in the House, is locked in a tight race for the seat occupied by Democratic Rep. Pat Ryan.
She ran an unsuccessful campaign for lieutenant governor with former Rep. Lee Zeldin in 2022.
In 2017, the city paid out $25,000 in a settlement after Esposito was accused of arresting and assaulting a baby.
In 2016 Esposito and another officer allegedly unlawfully entered an apartment in East Harlem, where Chantal Vazquez says they 'did unlawfully stop, assault, frisk, handcuff, detain, arrest and imprison' her infant daughter Rebecca Cuevas.
Cuevas said the arrest was 'malicious, unlawful and not based upon a warrant, probable cause, and/or any other justification,' according to documents obtained by DailyMail.com.
An attorney for Esposito denied the allegations and claimed the 'plaintiffs' culpable conduct caused or contributed, in whole or in part, to their injuries or damages.'
In another incident, Esposito arrested three black women in 2003 on suspicion of shoplifting.
Kelli Williams, Diane Hodges and Markeyta Wicker were browsing an H&M during a trip to Manhattan with their Philadelphia church group. Williams at one point picked up an abandoned purse with money sticking out of it and remarked that the money looked fake and someone might be playing a joke.
After they left the store Esposito and a pair of other police officers, all dressed in plain clothes, surrounded the women and allegedly did not identify themselves as officers.
One of the officers asked who touched the purse and Williams said she had, but had taken nothing out of it and showed them that she'd paid for everything in her shopping bag. The women alleged that Esposito put her arm around Williams' neck and handcuffed her. Another officer allegedly 'said in substance, "You're going down b****.'"
As Hodges and Wicker intervened to find out what was going on, they too were arrested. The three were allegedly then taken to jail and Wicker's young daughter was forced to return to Philadelphia without her.
The three women were charged with shoplifting but their cases were dismissed nine months later. They won $95,000 in a settlement.
While the officer-turned-political candidate rose through the ranks to deputy inspector and commander officer of the 70th precinct in Brooklyn, New York City paid out $120,000 on her behalf over misconduct allegations which she denies
The Esposito campaign could not be reached for comment by DailyMail.com. Campaign spokesperson Ben Weiner told City & State, which first reported on the complaints: 'When criminals legally and lawfully are brought to justice, they often seek to scapegoat law enforcement via the courts and the city of New York is frequently forced to settle frivolous and baseless lawsuits in order to avoid costly litigation.'
This week Politico reported that Esposito's gun was stolen from a vehicle she left unlocked in 2016, which led to a reprimand from her supervisors.
Esposito’s off-duty handgun, described as a Smith & Wesson 9 mm, her NYPD identification card and police officer’s shield were all taken from her vehicle, and never recovered, according to a police report.
This week Politico reported that Esposito's gun was stolen from a vehicle she left unlocked in 2016, which led to a reprimand from her supervisors
Esposito reported that her purse, where she left the gun, and credit cards had been taken.
It was recommended that she be docked 20 days vacation time over the incident, according to a disciplinary record.
The report lists the theft as occurring sometime between 3 p.m. on Nov. 20 and 9 a.m. on Nov. 21. She reported it on November 22 at 10 a.m. State law requires gun owners to notify police within 24 hours of a gun theft.