Family of Win Rozario Demand Officers Be Fired 2 Years after their Son and Brother Murdered by NYPD

USANewsOnline.Com Desk, New York — 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” Press Release