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When Patrol Officer Tyree White responded to the Chakraborty family's 911 call about their 22-year-old son, Jabez, experiencing a psychotic break, he arrived at their home in Queens trained to handle this potentially volatile situation.
He'd completed all four days of NYPD training on responding to people in crisis and had been certified as a member of the department's Crisis Intervention Team (CIT). He'd also taken a separate NYPD course in how to handle an involuntary mental health removal.
But in a matter of seconds in the Chakraborty home, all of that went out the window.
The NYPD has touted the training White received as a crucial tactic in its effort to reduce the number of police responses to individuals in mental health crises that turn violent and sometimes fatal. And officers interviewed by THE CITY agreed that it has helped them avoid calamitous results.
But it doesn’t always work out that way. In eight incidents since 2019 where cops wound up either shooting or tasing the subject of a 911 mental health call, the officers involved were trained in crisis intervention, a review of NYPD records by THE CITY found. That included six encounters where the subject was killed.
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In Queens, no Flushing-bound 7 trains at 103 St. Corona Plaza. Find all the MTA’s planned changes and the latest delays here.
The first major public health project announced under New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is a $20 million effort that includes strengthening a program that sends nurses into the homes of mothers struggling to make ends meet.
What are the chances for Queenslink, the idea to extend the M train on an abandoned railway? LIT NYC talked to Andrew Lynch, the geographer, cartographer and urban explorer who heads the effort to make it a reality.
Reporter’s Notebook
Explosives Outside Gracie
The NYPD is continuing to investigate an improvised explosive device thrown near Gracie Mansion during protests on Saturday, with another associated suspicious device found in a car nearby on Sunday, officials said.
NBC New York also reported that one of the suspects made direct reference to ISIS in statements to law enforcement, and the incident is being investigated as terrorism.
Two devices were ignited outside the mayor’s official residence on the Upper East Side during the chaotic protests, which began with an anti-Islam demonstration and a larger counter protest, according to officials.
Two suspects, Emir Balat and Ibrahim Kayumi, were taken into custody for throwing the devices, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said in a social media post.
The NYPD’s bomb squad investigated and found one device was an improvised explosive device “that could have caused serious injury or death,” she said. The NYPD also found another suspicious device inside a car near Gracie Mansion on Sunday.
In a statement, Mayor Zohran Mamdani condemned the original “Stop the Islamic Takeover of New York City” protest, organized by far-right provocateur Jake Lang, who was also a Jan. 6 insurrectionist.
“What followed was even more disturbing,” he added. “Violence at a protest is never acceptable. The attempt to use an explosive device and hurt others is not only criminal, it is reprehensible and the antithesis of who we are.”
— Katie Honan
Tech Tax Impact
Twenty large, publicly held tech companies based or operating in New York contribute $2.5 billion a year in tax revenue to the state, according to a new study being released Monday by the Chamber of Progress, which describes itself as a left-leaning tech industry group.
The report covers only a few of the state’s thousands of tech companies, so the impact of the industry is multiples of the $2.5 billion figure given. However, it almost certainly trails the $22 billion the state comptroller’s office estimated in October that Wall Street contributed to state coffers in fiscal year 2025, which accounted for 19% of all the state’s tax revenue. The comptroller has not done a similar estimate for the tech sector.
The group commissioned the study to demonstrate the industry’s importance at a time when the legislature is considering a series of bills to regulate the industry.
“We see regulatory bills that would restrain the industry much more than other states and if the state continues to over regulate, companies could move and the state could lose revenue,” said Brianna January, northeast government relations director for the group.
— Greg David
Things To Do
Here’s what’s going on around the city this week.
Monday, March 9: A cast of improvisers creates a brand-new episode of The Office live on stage at UCB Comedy in the East Village. $5 at 9 p.m.
Monday, March 9: MSNBC host Chris Hayes joins Alondra Nelson for a conversation about Hayes’s latest book, “The Sirens’ Call,” at the Center for Brooklyn History. Free, at 6:30 p.m. Register here.
Tuesday, March 10: Join TV host Mickela Mallozzi for a behind-the-scenes look into some of the most memorable moments from her PBS travel series, “Bare Feet.” Free, at 6:30 p.m. Register here.
THE KICKER: The New York Restoration Project is continuing its tradition of giving away thousands of trees across the boroughs this spring. Sign up now and claim your free sapling to plant.
Thanks, as always, for reading. Make it a great Monday.
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