The New York City public advocate, Jumaane Williams, found that the number of mental health crisis centers and mobile response teams has fallen since 2019. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Mental Health and Disorders”
In New York, Subway Crime Is an Issue Even as Risk Is Low
By Gotham Rex on November 5, 2022
From M.T.A. workers to buskers to shopkeepers, the people whose livelihood depends on the system offered a complex portrait of the subway as ridership approaches prepandemic normalcy. Source: New York Times
Thousands of NYC Apartments for the Homeless Lie Vacant
By Gotham Rex on November 4, 2022
Mayor Eric Adams is opening more supportive housing in New York, but filling it can be a challenge. Source: New York Times
How a Dog’s Killing Turned Brooklyn Progressives Against One Another
By Gotham Rex on October 7, 2022
After a sudden confrontation that left a golden retriever dead, neighbors came together online to support the owner of the dog. But then things changed. Source: New York Times
The Influential Group Helping Eric Adams Identify a Vision for New York
By Gotham Rex on October 4, 2022
Created by the mayor’s allies, the 5Boro Institute seeks to counter concerns that the administration lacks a robust agenda to address the city’s problems. Source: New York Times
The Dazzling Life and Shocking Death of Cheslie Kryst
By Gotham Rex on September 27, 2022
A beauty queen, an attorney, a TV star whose suicide was a reminder of a troubling uptick in mental health struggles among women and in the Black community. Source: New York Times
An Unprovoked Killing Leaves a Void in a Bronx Neighborhood
By Gotham Rex on September 17, 2022
Nathaniel Rivers, 35, was sitting in his car when a man fatally stabbed him for no reason. Months later, the crime continues to rattle residents. Source: New York Times
The Mystery Behind the Crime Wave at 312 Riverside Drive
By Gotham Rex on September 14, 2022
In thousands of 911 calls over the course of more than two years, one man has falsely reported fights, murders, bombs and hostage situations at the same address. Why? Source: New York Times
Venue Cancels Concert of John Hinckley Jr., Who Shot President Reagan
By Gotham Rex on June 15, 2022
The venue cited safety reasons in canceling the performance by Mr. Hinckley, who shot President Reagan and has turned to music since being released from a mental health facility. Source: New York Times
Outcry Over High School Clinic Exposes Deep Divisions on Mental Health
By Gotham Rex on June 5, 2022
American teenagers are reporting severe levels of anxiety and depression. But when Connecticut moved to expand mental health services in schools, it ran into fierce opposition in one town. Source: New York Times
Before the Massacre, Erratic Behavior and a Chilling Threat
By Gotham Rex on May 15, 2022
The man accused of killing 10 people at a Buffalo supermarket was sent for a psychiatric evaluation when he was still in high school but soon fell off investigators’ radar. Source: New York Times
Eric Adams’s Speech Offers Visions for New York City Recovery
By Gotham Rex on April 26, 2022
Mayor Eric Adams emphasized that he planned to focus on public safety and inequality as keys to the city’s comeback after the pandemic. Source: New York Times
New York Children Confront a Wave of Grief Amid Rise in Shootings
By Gotham Rex on April 25, 2022
At least 40 children and teenagers have been shot this year, taking a toll on young people whose lives have already been disrupted by the pandemic. Source: New York Times
Behind the Killings of Homeless Men, Portraits of 3 Lives Derailed
By Gotham Rex on March 21, 2022
Before their lives violently intersected, two men who were shot to death and the man the police believe killed them had all fought the same scourge: severe mental illness. Source: New York Times
The Fear Factor and Crime in New York
By Gotham Rex on March 16, 2022
Recent arrests of mentally ill people in highly publicized violent crimes have unsettled New Yorkers. Source: New York Times