In the Media

In her State of the State address on January 14th, Governor Kathy Hochul doubled down on proposals to expand involuntary hospitalization of people with mental health complexities and proposed to fund an increased police presence in subways

With the appointment of new NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch, as Sanitation Commissioner, led the department to an unprecedented attack on homeless New Yorkers, was named a defendant in litigation that accuses the city of cruelly and unconstitutionally removing encampments of people who are homeless, and expanded the inhumane treatment of people through the sanitation department’s police force, Mayor Adams has shown once again that his commitment does not lie with the public safety of New Yorkers.

The Civilian Complaint Review Board's (CCRB) vacancies and lack of urgency to fill them further shows Mayor Adams' lack of community to transparency and accountability from the NYPD.

The New York City Police Department, led by Commissioner Edward Caban, has decided not to discipline the officers involved in the fatal shooting of Kawaski Trawick, a 32-year-old Black gay man, inside his Bronx apartment five years ago, prompting outrage at the department and New York City Mayor Eric Adams. The decision not to impose disciplinary action came after the NYPD concluded that the officers, Brendan Thompson and Herbert Davis, “acted within the law” during the incident.