Sustained findingNew York · Nov 5, 2026
NYPD Officer Found by CCRB to Have Used Chokehold on 14-Year-Old Later Hired by Hempstead Village Police
Newsday reports that Joseph T. Gonong, whom the NYPD's Civilian Complaint Review Board found used an illegal chokehold on a 14-year-old girl in 2018, resigned and was decertified in 2021 but later became a Hempstead Village police officer.