In his latest plan to help people with severe mental illness, Mayor Eric Adams says the city will focus on sending more counselors and medical professionals into the streets, not police officers.
Tag: Police Department (NYC)
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New York Will Pay Millions to Protesters Violently Corralled by Police
The police boxed in racial justice demonstrators in 2020, an anti-protest practice known as “kettling,” then hit them with batons and pepper spray. Hundreds will receive $21,500 each.
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He Survived the Trade Center Bombing. ‘I Always Knew They’d Be Back.’
Thirty years ago today, Tim Lang was injured in the first attack on the twin towers, an ominous but often overlooked prelude to 9/11. He does not forget.
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Kids Buying Weed From Bodegas Wasn’t in the ‘Legal Weed’ Plan
The rollout of legal marijuana in New York has been a slow and laborious process. The corner stores aren’t waiting.