Metro

City paying $833K to wife of man who died in cop confrontation

The city has agreed to pay $832,500 to the widow of a Crown Heights man who died during a 2011 confrontation with NYPD cops, The Post has learned.

Faith Green Young claims that her husband, James Young, 49, was sitting on a bench at Utica Avenue and Eastern Parkway with another man when they were approached by several members of a NYPD narcotics unit, according to her Brooklyn federal lawsuit.

The suit claims that Young was eventually handcuffed to the bench on suspicion of drug-related activity and grabbed by the throat by Detective James Rivera.

Young, a father of three, fell unconscious during the confrontation and began foaming at the mouth, according to court papers.

“Mr. Young, a 49-year-old father of three, was viciously and unjustifiably choked to the point of unconsciousness by an NYPD officer while sitting on a public bench in Brooklyn,” the suit states.

Young was eventually taken to a hospital where he slipped into a coma and died four months later. The suit claims that the cops failed to render any aid to Young despite his falling unconscious.

“Mr. Young lay on the bench unconscious, with his eyes rolled back in his head and with foam around his mouth for an extended period of time,” the suit states.

In addition to Rivera, the suit names Detectives Edward Sinclair, Warren Rohan, Waliur Rahman, Samuel Lallave and Lt. John Costin.

According to a medical examiner’s report, Young had cocaine and opiates in his system, sources said.

After protracted legal wrangling, the city and Young’s widow agreed to settle the case just before depositions were taken.

“This is just another instance of people’s rights being violated,” Young’s attorney, Norman Siegel, told The Post. “Sometimes by the NYPD.”

Siegel said that officers were conducting an operation in a nearby McDonald’s and approached Young and another man on the bench as part of their investigation.

It was unclear what sparked the physical confrontation between Rivera and Young.

“Settling this case was in the best interest of all parties,” said a city law department spokesman.