Manhattan Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez snagged a $30,000 settlement Thursday in a lawsuit he and three other council members brought against the city in 2012 over the NYPD's handling of Occupy Wall Street protests.
Rodriguez was joined in the Manhattan federal court suit by Letitia James, Melissa Mark-Viverito and Jumaane Williams, as well as several OWS activists.
James is now the city's public advocate, and Viverito the council speaker.
Rodriguez will donate the money to charity, his attorney, Leo Glickman, said.
"In a show of force and intimidation, the NYPD arrested and assaulted reporters and elected officials, including some of the plaintiffs herein, to prevent them from covering or even observing the police action," the suit said.
Rodriguez was arrested at Zuccotti Park during the Nov. 15, 2011, raid, but charges were eventually dropped.
Two other plaintiffs in the case, Iraq war veteran Jeffrey McClain and activist Yonatan Miller, also settled, for $70,000 and $1,500, respectively.
"Settling was in the city's best interests," said a city Law Department spokesman.
Mark-Viverito dismissed herself from the suit, while Williams' and James' claims are ongoing.
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