New York, NY – UNS : The family of 19-year-old Win Rozario, who was gunned down and killed in his home by NYPD officers in March 2024, attended the Civilian Complaint Review Board’s (CCRB) monthly public meeting to urge board members and the agency to bring disciplinary proceedings against NYPD officers Salvatore Alongi and Matthew Cianfrocco.
Win Rozario’s parents and younger brother were joined at the CCRB meeting by dozens of New Yorkers from across the city. Supporters who addressed the board during the public comment period included South Asian New Yorkers from across the city, representatives of the Justice Committee and Desis Rising Up & Moving (DRUM), and others whose loved ones were also killed by NYPD, including the mothers of Sean Bell and Mohamed Bah, and the brother of Allan Feliz. The outpouring of support for Win Rozario’s family resulted in a packed board meeting and the CCRB having to create an overflow room.
Family members of Win Rozario who gave public remarks at last night’s CCRB board meeting included: Win’s mother, Notan Eva Costa; Win’s father, Francis Rozario; and Win’s younger brother, Utsho Rozario. Win’s mother and brother were present when officers Salvatore Alongi and Matthew Cianfrocco gunned Win down in less than two minutes of their entry into the family’s apartment. Win’s parents and brother urged the board to initiate discipline proceedings against Alongi and Cianfrocco, as well as still-unnamed NYPD officials and officers who were responsible for mistreatment of the family in the immediate aftermath of Win’s killing.
During her remarks, Notan Eva Costa, Win’s mother, highlighted the dangerous recklessness of Alongi & Cianfrocco’s actions that killed Win and risked the lives of her and her other son: “My son, Win, was calm and we were safe before the police arrived. And then very quickly, officers Alongi and Cianfrocco created multiple dangerous crisis moments and violently escalated when they had many other choices of what they should have done. Even though I was scared of the officers, I was the one who was trying to calm down the situation that they continued to escalate until they eventually killed my son.”
Valerie Bell, a member of the Justice Committee and the mother of Sean Bell, testified: “Win Rozario was a teenager – a child – murdered in what should have been the safety of his home, in front of his mother and little brother in under two minutes. That’s a horror I can’t imagine witnessing… Like with my son, the NYPD has since tried to blame Win for his own death – when we all know Win would be alive today if Alongi & Cianfrocco hadn’t come.” Sean Bell was killed by NYPD officers in a hail of 50 bullets on his wedding.
“The CCRB was not able to offer justice for my son, but the CCRB promised me that you would do better in the future,” Hawa Bah, the mother of Mohamed Bah, said to the CCRB board. “I am asking you to keep your promise… I’m calling on you to help make sure Alongi & Cianfrocco are fired.” Mohamed Bah was killed by NYPD officers in 2012, after his mother, who was concerned about Mohamed’s mental heal
