Will he make a good witness? White Judge to Sue NYC Over Assault by NYPD Officer

NY Post

A state Supreme Court justice yesterday took the first steps in suing the city after being stung by the refusal of the Queens district attorney to prosecute cops who he says assaulted him.

Queens Supreme Court Justice Thomas Raffaele, 69, walked into the Kew Gardens courthouse on his day off to file the notice of claim against the city, expressing his intention to file a lawsuit for the “untruths” and “slander” he claims were reported by two transit cops to undercut criminal charges.

The judge filed the papers himself, naming the city, the officers and “other organizations” as defendants. “The untruths said by the police to the prosecutors and how I behaved are all slander,” said the judge.