RELEASE: Family of Win Rozario Demand Officers Be Fired 2 Years after their Son and Brother Murdered by NYPD
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Wednesday, April 1, 2026
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Family of Win Rozario Demand Officers Be Fired 2 Years after their Son and Brother Murdered by NYPD
New York, NY — At 6pm on April 1st, in observance of the two-year anniversary of Win Rozario’s murder, the Rozario family gathered with supporters including members of the Bangladeshi Christian community of Queens, the family of Jabez Chakraborty, DRUM – Desis Rising Up & Moving, and NYC Public Advocate Jumaane Williams to call on NYPD Commissioner Tisch and Mayor Mamdani to immediately fire officers Alongi and Cianfrocco. In March 2024, Officers Alongi and Cianfrocco tased and fatally shot the 19-year-old Bangladeshi teen at least five times in front of his mother and younger brother within two minutes of entering the Rozario’s home in Queens. Alongi and Cianfrocco remain formally employed by the NYPD and last year collectively earned salaries amounting to over $250,000 according to NYPD records.
At the gathering, which took place in Diversity Plaza in Jackson Heights, Queens, Win Rozario’s family shared what their experience of fighting for justice and accountability for their son and brother has looked like over the course of two years. The family has called on the Mayor and NYPD to remove police from the city’s emergency mental health response—a commitment that was a central campaign promise during Mamdani’s run for office. The Rozarios have advocated for young people suffering from mental health issues to have the right to seek treatment without worrying about being killed at the hands of police.
In September 2025, the NYC Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB) substantiated misconduct allegations for the two officers for their role in Win Rozario’s murder. NYPD has served the CCRB’s charges to Alongi and Cianfrocco, but disciplinary procedures have not begun and the Rozario family have not yet received updates from the CCRB about when the discipline trial will begin.
As she stood in front of the crowd gathered to show their support for her and her family’s fight for justice and accountability, Notan Eva Costa, Win Rozario’s mother, shared the following remarks: I can’t believe that two years have passed, and still, the police have not been punished. They are still receiving their salaries. But I cannot explain the deep pain and suffering we are living with after losing Win. Today, I want to say that police should not be sent to respond to situations involving illness or mental health crises. These systems need to be changed. Otherwise, more families like mine will be forced to live with this emptiness and grief. People call 911 to get help. But because of this broken system, many are now afraid to call 911. I urge the authorities to fix this system and work to rebuild trust with the public.
When Jabez Chakraborty’s family called 911 for help, that’s not what they received. They should have access to special forms of support for their son. But this system doesn’t allow that and that is why we need to change this system and separate police from mental health responses.
Hector Chakraborty, father of 22-year-old Jabez Chakraborty who was shot four times by NYPD officers in his home after his family called for medical transport, also shared: It’s been 2 months since the police entered our home and shot my son. Jabez deserves treatment. He deserves to be treated with dignity. And he deserves to get better in a safe setting. Our family spent years trying to navigate this city’s mental health system, and it was only after Jabez was shot by the NYPD that he received a seat at a treatment program. How can we live in the richest country of the world and not have a better solution for people struggling with their mental health?
The police are not the solution. People struggling with mental health issues deserve to be treated as human beings facing a problem. Guns are not the solution. Violence is not the solution. The NYPD needs to be separated from responses to mental health calls. Win Rozario should be alive. Jabez should be able to walk.
Fahd Ahmed, Executive Director of DRUM Desis Rising Up & Moving, said:
“It is ridiculous that Officers Alongi and Cianfrocco continue to face zero accountability after charges have been served against them by the CCRB since last year. The discipline trial is long overdue. What message is the Mayor and Police Commissioner trying to send? That you can kill someone and face zero repercussions? How many more lives like Win Rozario’s will the NYPD be allowed to snatch before there is accountability? Or before we start putting actual trained mental health responders in place of the police? The officers who killed Win Rozario must be fired immediately!”
Luna Droubi, of Beldock, Levine, and Hoffman– lawyers of Win Rozario’s family, said:
“Win Rozario should be alive. His death is a damning indictment of a city that sends police where they don’t belong. The Rozario family deserves justice through accountability, and New Yorkers deserve safety through systemic change”
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BACKGROUND
On March 27, 2024, teenager Win Rozario was killed in front of his mother and younger brother in his family’s Ozone Park apartment by NYPD Officers Salvatore Alongi and Matthew Cianfrocco. Officers Alongi and Cianfrocco recklessly shot Win at least five times in less than two minutes of entering the apartment, as his mother pleaded for the officers not to shoot. Alongi & Cianfrocco violated numerous NYPD protocols, including when they tased Win without warning while he was standing still with nothing in his hands, chaotically escalating the crisis that they had created without properly taking steps to de-escalate in spite of sufficient time to do so, and shooting Win while his mother and younger brother were nearby, endangering their lives.
Immediately following the shooting, NYPD officers forced Win’s mother and younger brother to go to the precinct to be interrogated, preventing them from accompanying Win to the hospital. Ms. Costa was questioned at length without counsel before being told her son had died, and Win’s 17-year-old brother was also interrogated alone. NYPD officers blocked re-entry to the Rozario family’s home for more than two days, refusing the family’s requests to retrieve belongings, access medications, or even to have someone feed their cat.
For over a month after Win Rozario was killed, the NYPD blocked transparency, including refusing to release the names of the officers involved. Alongi and Cianfrocco’s names were first publicly identified by the Attorney General’s Office when they released officer body camera footage on May 3, 2024. Mayor Adams’ first and only public statements regarding the killing were issued only after the Attorney General released body camera footage, over five weeks after Win was killed, after he was questioned by press. After being questioned by reporters, Mayor Adams falsely claimed that he had reached out to the family after the incident and that discipline would have to wait until after the Attorney General’s investigation concluded with a determination, which has never been accurate.
For the past year and a half, Win Rozario’s family, along with the Justice Committee, Desis Rising Up & Moving and others have called for the NYPD to fire – and for the NYS Attorney General to prosecute – NYPD officers Alongi and Cianfrocco. Win’s family is also calling for police to be removed from the city’s mental health response. Win Rozario’s mother wrote about the year since Win was killed and the NYPD’s mistreatment of her family in a March 2025 Daily News Op-Ed.
On September 19, the Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB) substantiated eight misconduct allegations against officers Alongi and Cianfrocco, including excessive force and abuse of authority. The CCRB filed “charges and specifications” with the NYPD against Alongi and Cianfrocco– the highest class of discipline against officers, reflecting the severity of misconduct. The NYPD is responsible for officially serving the CCRB’s charges on the officers, to formally commence disciplinary proceedings.
The NYPD’s Force Investigation Division (FID) was required to investigate the killing, but the family has received no information or updates from then Mayor Adams or the NYPD about their mandated investigation since Win was killed in March of 2024.
In December of 2025, NYS Attorney General Letitia James announced that her office will not pursue criminal charges for Alongi and Cianfrocco. AG James’ report justified the use of force by the officers against Win. In response, the Rozario family called the AG’s actions cowardly. According to advocates and the family themselves, the events in the AG’s report are inconsistent with the body-worn camera footage and the experiences of the Rozarios. The Rozarios and advocates also shared that the report demonstrates bias in favor of the police.
In response to the AG’s decision, then Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani issued the following statement:
“Win Rozario’s death was a senseless tragedy that brought pain to so many New Yorkers, most of all his loved ones. The NYPD is holding a disciplinary trial for the two officers involved, which is the correct course of action, and I closely await its outcome. What today’s decision does not change is our obligation to do everything in our power to ensure this does not happen again, our commitment to delivering the social services New Yorkers deserve, and our investment in both genuine public safety and justice for all.”
The Rozarios are currently awaiting the CCRB to schedule disciplinary trial proceedings.
About Desis Rising Up and Moving:DRUM – Desis Rising Up and Moving is a multigenerational, membership led organization of low-wage South Asian and Indo-Caribbean immigrants, workers and youth in New York City. Founded in 2000, DRUM has mobilized and built the leadership of thousands of low-income, South Asian and Indo-Caribbean immigrants to lead social and policy change that impacts their own lives- from immigrant rights to education reform, racial justice, and worker’s justice. Our membership of over 5,000 adults, youth, and families is multigenerational and represents the diaspora of the South Asian communities – Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Guyana, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago, and beyond. In over a decade, we have built a unique model of South Asian and Indo-Caribbean undocumented workers, women, and youth led organizing for rights and justice from the local to the global rooted in base building, leadership development, running short and long term campaigns to reform policies on all levels, strong cross-community alliances locally and nationally, and building democratic and mass participatory spaces.