Dana Rachlin, a prominent police reform advocate, once collaborated so closely with local precincts in North Brooklyn that she often worked out of the office of NYPD Chief Jeffrey Maddrey — who oversaw the patrol area at the time.
The nonprofit she founded, NYC Together, was deeply involved in community-based policing efforts that were a priority under former Mayor Bill de Blasio and brought reformers into partnership with police leadership. Rachlin worked intimately with NYPD officers to seek alternatives to incarceration for the mostly Black and brown youth caught up in the criminal justice system.
A trust grew — so much so that when Rachlin said she was raped in October 2017, one of the first people she called was…
