New York City Police Officer Mathew Bianchi holds a "courtesy card" on Staten Island on Friday, June 2, 2023. Bianchi is speaking out against the use of "courtesy cards" by friends and relatives ...

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 ...

A Staten Island cop’s explosive lawsuit pulls back the curtain on an open secret in the NYPD — courtesy cards police give to family and friends so they can get ... NYPD Officer Mathew Bianchi.

An earlier version of this article said Officer Mathew Bianchi patrolled on Long Island. It was Staten Island. The article has been corrected. The driver was going double the speed limit on a city ...

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 ...

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.

NYPD Officer Matthew Bianchi spoke out against "courtesy cards" that go to family and friends of police officers. Bianchi claimed they promote the practice of selective enforcement.

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.