Kaplan Hecker & Fink is representing a pair of New York state legislators who say they were pepper-sprayed, kettled and rammed with New York City Police Department bicycles in May 2020 while peacefully protesting the police killings of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd.

New York State Assemblymember Diana Richardson, D-Brooklyn, and Sen. Zellnor Myrie, D-Brooklyn, filed suit Monday in the Eastern District of New York. They are seeking damages and injunctive relief in the suit; the named defendants include New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio and NYPD leaders and officers.