They Were in a Mental Health Crisis at a Hospital. This Is How They Landed in Jail.
Kevin Page’s flashbacks come at night: Being strapped to a hospital bed, with a nurse’s hands wrapped around his chin ...
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Tag: mental illness
Pass the Restoring Mental Health Act — now
Mayor Adams, pushing to address the city’s crisis of disturbed people roaming the streets and subways, wants the Legislature to ...
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NYC councilman warns of ‘disaster’ after jail beds for mentally ill slashed
An NYC lawmaker Monday warned of a “disaster” for the city after the number of proposed beds for mentally ill ...
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Revolving door for mentally ill vagrants puts all New Yorkers in danger
“The system is just broken,” said retired NYPD detective and John Jay College adjunct professor Michael Alcazar. “If he’s violent ...
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MoMA stabbing suspect is on his ‘deathbed’ after cancer diagnosis: lawyer
The unhinged man accused of stabbing two Museum of Modern Art employees in a fit of rage is on his ...
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MTA boss admits subway crime a ‘nightmare’ but vows NYC won’t go back to bad old days
New York City can’t surrender and allow the Big Apple to descend back to the bad old days of subway ...
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Why does only HE face charges?
A Manhattan judge has set Daniel Penny’s trial date for Oct. 8, the next step in an unjust, Kafkaesque ordeal ...
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Get real on crime, Eric Adams
We get that Mayor Adams wants to accentuate the positive, but his happy talk on crime just isn’t cutting it. ...
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Pass a state budget that addresses New York’s most urgent issues
Wouldn’t it be nice if the next state budget focused on handling New York’s worst problems? Things like the migrant ...
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NYC subway shooting is more proof of lawmakers’ fecklessness
It’s every commuter’s worst nightmare: a fight on a subway car, culminating in gunfire — thanks to a man with ...
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