The city has agreed to pay $85,000 to a woman who said the NYPD made her remove her hijab — bringing the total amount of recent payouts for the police practice to at least $265,000.
Rabab Musa, 35, said her hijab was confiscated by cops in the Midtown South Precinct stationhouse after she was taken into custody on Sept. 6, 2016,Daily News reports.
Musa said she was thrown in a holding cell with men and then transferred to a Brooklyn police station, where she was strip-searched.
Police urged her to “confess to what she did,” with no further explanation, she said.
Musa was released after six hours without being charged.
Muslim woman claims NYPD forced her to remove hijab
It’s unclear why police nabbed Musa in the first place, but a source has said cops grabbed the wrong person.
Many Muslim women wear hijabs, or veils, in the presence of any men who are not members of their immediate families.
The Musa settlement was made official in papers filed in Manhattan Supreme Court on Wednesday.
“My client feels vindicated. It’s a small measure of justice,” her attorney, Aymen Aboushi, said.
NYPD hit with suit demanding a stop to mug shot hijab removal
A Law Department spokesman said the settlement was in the best interest of the city.
The deal comes one month after the city settled a case three Muslim women brought in Brooklyn Federal Court. They said they had to take off their hijabs for mugshots. Aboushi also handled that case.
One woman said she had to remove her veil at Brooklyn Central Booking, where her photo was taken by a male cop.
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