{"id":381644,"date":"2026-10-24T14:50:27","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T14:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/381644\/"},"modified":"2026-10-24T14:50:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T14:50:27","slug":"that-is-alarming-mamdani-looking-into-nypd-incident-that-left-staten-island-teen-injured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/381644\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018That is alarming\u2019: Mamdani looking into NYPD incident that left Staten Island teen injured"},"content":{"rendered":"

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 Mayor Zohran Mamdani says he was alarmed to learn of allegations that a Staten Island teenager was injured during a confrontation with police<\/a>, and he has pledged to follow up on the case.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat is alarming,\u201d said Mamdani, who was asked by an Advance\/SILive.com reporter about the incident Wednesday. \u201cThat\u2019s something that I\u2019ll follow up on. We\u2019ll get back to you.\u201d<\/p>\n

The NYPD is conducting an internal review of the Oct. 7 incident, and a complaint has been filed with the Civilian Complaint Review Board, which conducts independent reviews, according to a spokesperson for the mayor\u2019s office. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe mayor expects members of the NYPD to treat all New Yorkers with dignity and respect, and he takes allegations of misconduct seriously,\u201d the spokesperson said. <\/p>\n

The CCRB confirmed it has opened a case related to the incident, but would not comment further citing an open complaint. <\/p>\n

[Editor\u2019s note: This video contains profane language]<\/p>\n

According to the teenager and his father, it was around 5:30 p.m. when officers approached a group of students walking on Wall Street near Stuyvesant Place in St. George. <\/p>\n

Things escalated into a physical altercation at which point, the father said, an officer punched his son in the face. The 17-year-old student is a member of Curtis High School varsity football team and had recently left practice when the incident unfolded.<\/p>\n

The teenager lost a tooth and suffered other injuries to his face as a result of the encounter, said his father Darian Lewis, who submitted photos to the Advance\/SILive.com. <\/p>\n

\"CourtesyThe teen’s father said his son has to wait until he turns 18 in May before he can receive dental implants to repair the injury.Courtesy of Darian Lewis<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a good kid, plays football and he hasn\u2019t been in trouble with the law at all,\u201d Lewis said.<\/p>\n

The teen reportedly was taken to the 120th Precinct, then to Richmond University Medical Center for treatment.<\/p>\n

He was later issued a juvenile report for disorderly conduct and released to his parents, according to his family.<\/p>\n

The teen\u2019s father said his son has to wait until he turns 18 in May before he can receive dental implants to repair the injury. <\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s lifetime damage,\u201d Lewis said. \u201cSo he\u2019s gotta walk around like that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Four of the teen\u2019s teammates were also taken into custody during the incident, the father said.<\/p>\n

An 18-year-old Curtis High School football player who was also arrested in the melee alleged the officers ignored the 17-year-old\u2019s cries for help.<\/p>\n

\u201cI turned around to see his mouth leaking. They got him on the floor,\u201d the 18-year-old said. \u201cHe\u2019s like, get off me… he\u2019s just standing there, just leaking blood, and they\u2019re not caring.\u201d<\/p>\n

An NYPD spokesperson provided the following statement to the Advance\/SILive.com:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe incident is under internal review. A 17-year-old male was taken into custody and then transported to the 120 Precinct. At the precinct, an ambulance was called and he was transported to an area hospital where he received medical treatment. Following the medical treatment, he was transported back to the 120 Precinct where he was released to his mother.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 Mayor Zohran Mamdani says he was alarmed to learn of allegations that a Staten…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":381645,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-381644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=381644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381644\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/381645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}