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maandag 3 februari 2025
WORLD WORLDWIDE US USA - New York NY - New York City NYC - THE CITY - With psych wards full, they’re stuck on Rikers
Dear New Yorkers,
At least 127 people found unfit to stand trial by psychiatrists are languishing on Rikers Island because there is no space at state-run mental health facilities, THE CITY has learned.
Jail insiders say that number has gone up in recent years.
Internal 2024 Department of Corrections data obtained by THE CITY shows that detainees deemed unfit to stand trial are stuck behind bars for an average of 80 days — with 25 people waiting 100 or more days to be sent to a secure medical center.
By contrast, it took an average of 70 days last year.
People like Arthur E. Walker, who police said fatally stabbed his 60-year-old father in 2023, wait in limbo.
On Nov. 15, a judge found Walker not criminally responsible because at the time of the incident he was having a mental health episode. But even though he has not been found guilty of anything, he’s been “rotting in a jail,” said his lawyer.
Walker is now stuck waiting for a bed at a state-run hospital — none of which have space for new admissions.
Read more here about the detainees found unfit to stand trial who are held in city jails.
Weather ⛅
Partly sunny, with highs in the mid to upper 40s. Not too shabby!
MTA 🚇
The D is rerouted in Manhattan and Brooklyn from 9:30 p.m. to 5 a.m. through Friday — and will be next week, too. Find all the MTA’s planned changes and the latest delays here.
Alternate side parking 🚙
It’s in effect today, Feb. 3.
By the way… There’s one week left to take advantage of NYC’s Winter Outing deals, which include discounts on restaurants, Broadway shows, museums and more.
Our Other Top Stories
President Trump’s tariffs imposed on Canada, Mexico and China are likely to result in almost immediate price increases for produce in New York City stores, could send our energy costs up, and threaten the finances of city-based companies that sell billions of dollars in goods and services to Canada. One of the biggest threats would be a trade war that jeopardizes the ability of U.S. service firms to operate abroad, from Wall Street to professional services like accounting and consulting businesses.
Three new signs along West 125th Street in Harlem commemorate Black perseverance in a changing neighborhood. One sign marks the site of an iconic jazz lounge that was forced to close in 2012, another the site of Nelson Mandela’s visit in 1990 and the third sits at the location of what used to be the Blumstein Department Store, where a “Don’t Buy Where You Can’t Work” campaign eventually compelled the white-owned store to hire Black people.
Things To Do
Here’s what’s going on around the city this week.
Monday, Feb. 3: Hear Victoria Christopher Murray, author of Harlem Rhapsody: The Extraordinary Story of the Woman who Ignited the Harlem Renaissance in conversation with Melissa Noel of Essence Magazine. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Harlem. 6:30 p.m.
Monday, Feb. 3: Love, lust, AND pigeons? The Biology on Tap series is speaking our language. Listen to two researchers talk about bird biology, the science of attraction and more. Pete’s Candy Store, Brooklyn. 7 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 4: Celebrate the return of the Great Organ to The Cathedral of St. John the Divine. Damaged by fire in 2019, the organ has been restored and is ready to be “put through its paces” in Tuesday’s concert. 7:30 p.m.
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