A recent study by the Legal Aid Society has uncovered that misconduct by the New York Police Department (NYPD) resulted in cost to taxpayers exceeding $117 million in 2025. This analysis, highlighted by Gothamist, indicates that while this amount is substantial, it is actually the third highest since 2018, though it is lower than the staggering $200 million that taxpayers faced in 2024. The city has been tracking these expenditures and reporting them since 2013, following a law amendment by former mayor Bill de Blasio in 2017 that mandates biannual compilations of civil actions and their financial implications on the public.