"Chakraborty is lucky to have survived the shooting, which looked a lot like the way cops killed Deborah Danner. And Kawaski Trawick. And Win Rosario. And Saheed Vassell. And many other New Yorkers over the years.It's time to break the cycle. Mamdani and a majority of City Council members have promised to fix a system that has been broken for decades. It's up to the rest of us to make them keep their word."
"His plan is to create a Department of Community Safety that would expand the NYPD's Behavioral Health Emergency Assistance Response Division ( B-HEARD), which pairs cops with social workers and psychiatric professionals to respond to calls that require a medical response rather than deadly force. Mamdani says the new agency would be funded with $605 in existing NYPD funds and $400 million in new revenue."
Mayor Zohran Mamdani had less than a month in office when the January 26 shooting of Jabez Chakraborty, a 22-year-old with schizophrenia, occurred after his family requested medical help and police responded armed. Body-camera footage shows officers drawing guns and shouting commands as Chakraborty became agitated and waved a knife, ending in gunshots. The shooting mirrors prior fatal encounters involving Deborah Danner, Kawaski Trawick, Win Rosario, and Saheed Vassell. Mamdani proposes a Department of Community Safety to expand B-HEARD, pairing officers with social workers and psychiatric professionals, funded with $605 in existing NYPD funds and $400 million in new revenue. Officials report B-HEARD missed 35% of eligible responses due to underfunding and deprioritization.
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