The New York City Central Booking Settlement’s October 19 Claim Deadline Has Passed — but the Official Site Now Says the Parties Asked the Court to Extend It, and No Ruling Is Posted

On paper, yes, for now. The settlement site still says: “To receive a payment, you must file a claim by October 19, 2026. You may file a claim here or by mail.” Paper forms had to be “postmarked no later than October 19, 2026.” The site has added a boxed notice above everything else, though, and it changes the picture. In full: “The parties have requested that the Court extend certain deadlines in this Settlement currently pending before the Court. If approved, the deadlines for filing a claim, submitting an objection, or requesting exclusion may be extended. Please check this website regularly for updates and revised deadlines.”

That notice was not on the site when we last read the home page on October 14; at that point it simply said claims were due October 19. The notice is a request, not a ruling. As of October 20, 2026, neither CourtListener nor the federal court feed we monitor shows any entry in the lead case after October 7, 2026. That day, three documents were filed, listed only as two letters and a “Settlement” filing, and the related Brennan and Aboubakar cases show matching filings. None of those documents is publicly available. Our October 14 report covered what the docket listing said about them at the time: a supplemental settlement agreement and a request to postpone the hearing.

What this means if you were held in Central Booking and did not file: you have not been shut out for good. If the court grants the request, the site says revised deadlines will be posted there. If you did file by October 19, you do not need to do anything else.

The class covers anyone detained at Brooklyn Central Booking from April 8, 2017 through December 27, 2019, and at any Central Booking location from February 3, 2020 through March 1, 2023. The settlement names five facilities: 120 Schermerhorn Street in Brooklyn, 215 East 161st Street in the Bronx, 100 Centre Street in Manhattan, 125-01 Queens Boulevard in Queens, and the Staten Island facility. The lawsuits were filed in April 2019, April 2020 and November 2021. They allege the City “detained plaintiffs in unconstitutional conditions.” The City denies wrongdoing.

The payment is up to $475 per detention, not per person. The count comes from City jail records. If you think your number is wrong, the FAQ says: “contact the Settlement Administrator.” The settlement agreement says payments are cut pro rata only if the detentions claimed on timely forms exceed 45,263. Any money left over goes back to the City “one year after the Effective Date for Payment.” Attorneys’ fees of up to $2,950,000 are paid separately: “This money will not come out of the fund for the class.”

The timing depends on final approval. The FAQ says payment will be sent “after this settlement is finally approved by the Court, likely by the end of 2026.” Under the agreement, the City has to deposit the fund 60 days after the final order is entered, or 60 days after any appeal is resolved. If the hearing moves, that clock moves with it. You can be paid by check, or by PayPal, Venmo or Zelle if you chose one on the claim form.

The online claim form includes a line that ties into a common related search on Environmental Control Board fines. For claimants who owe the City, it reads: “Please note that the City of New York holds liens against you for parking tickets and/or ECB violations in the amount of {{amount}}. Due to these liens, your payment will be reduced by up to $120 per visit.” The settlement agreement limits which debts the City can collect from these payments: “child support liens, docketed parking and Environmental Control Board judgments owed to the DOF, and Medicare liens.” It caps the parking and ECB deduction: DOF’s recovery “shall be limited to $120 per Relevant Arrest payment.” The agreement also requires the notice to show each class member’s “specific outstanding parking and/or Environmental Control Board lien balance.”

Child support is handled separately. The paper claim form says the City “will also assert that lien, which will reduce your payment.” According to the agreement, people who owe child support get a separate notice explaining how to challenge the deduction. If the City later finds it took too much, it pays the difference back directly.

The settlement is real. The official site is CentralBookingSettlement.com, which describes itself as “authorized by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.” It is run by the Central Booking Settlement Administrator, 1650 Arch Street, Suite 2210, Philadelphia, PA 19103, phone 1-833-749-4297, info@CentralBookingSettlement.com. Opt-outs went to P.O. Box 58220, Philadelphia, PA 19102. Class counsel listed on the site is Giskan Solotaroff & Anderson LLP in New York. The administrator mailed notices to the address recorded by the NYPD at your arrest, updated through the Postal Service’s change-of-address database. That is why notices reached people who never signed up for anything.

A few warning signs to watch for. The real claim form asks for your Social Security number, and the notice says that if you want it encrypted you should file at the official site. Do not give your number on any other site or over an unexpected call. The real documents describe amounts taken out of your payment, such as liens. They do not describe any fee you pay to receive it. If a message mentions a new deadline, check it against the official site’s Important Dates panel before acting. As of October 20, 2026, that panel still shows October 19 for claims and October 22 for the hearing.

The next fixed event is the final approval hearing. The site lists it for October 22, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. at the U.S. Courthouse, 225 Cadman Plaza E, Brooklyn. The long-form notice warns: “This date may change without further notice to the class.” With a pending request to extend deadlines, including the opt-out and objection deadlines that closed October 5, 2026, the hearing may move. We have not seen an order moving it.

Even with no extension, the agreement leaves a narrow route for late filers. Checks not cashed within 180 days can be voided. Class counsel then has discretion to reissue them, return the money to the fund, or “issue checks to persons who make late claims for good cause shown.” That is a discretionary fallback, not a right. Anyone who missed October 19 should watch the official site and call the administrator rather than count on it. Whatever the court does, the release in the settlement binds class members who did not opt out, whether or not they file. See what that means.