STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — An NYPD officer from Staten Island has reached a $175,000 settlement with the city in a lawsuit alleging punishment from superiors for failing to ... Officer Mathew Bianchi ...

New York City has agreed to pay $175,000 to a Staten Island cop who in a federal lawsuit said he was demonized by the NYPD and his own union for failing to look the other way when traffic ...

Bianchi patrolled on Staten Island, where he estimated as many as half the drivers he pulled over had one of the cards, he told The Post. Officers can buy 30 of them a year for $1 each, he said.

FILE New York City Police Department officer Mathew Bianchi holds a Police Benevolent Association "courtesy card," in the Staten Island borough of New York, June 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey ...

FILE — New York City Police Department officer Mathew Bianchi holds a Police Benevolent Association “courtesy card,” in the Staten Island borough of New York, June 2, 2023.

Officer Bianchi, who joined the force in 2015, said in his lawsuit and in subsequent interviews that the standard practice in his precinct, the 123rd on Staten Island, was to avoid ticketing ...

FILE — New York City Police Department officer Mathew Bianchi holds a Police Benevolent Association "courtesy card," in the Staten Island borough of New York, June 2, 2023.

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City police officer has reached a $175,000 settlement with the city in a lawsuit that illuminated the use of the “courtesy cards” that officers dole out to friends ...