{"id":130406,"date":"2025-08-09T00:38:29","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T00:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/130406\/"},"modified":"2025-08-09T00:38:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T00:38:29","slug":"nypd-police-commissioner-tisch-calls-on-state-to-do-more-to-combat-nycs-mental-health-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/130406\/","title":{"rendered":"NYPD Police Commissioner Tisch calls on state to do more to combat NYC’s mental health crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"

NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch<\/a> called on Albany to do more to help those suffering from mental illness, who, she said, are the ones causing the random, violent attacks that plague the city \u2014 because \u201cit can\u2019t be the police department always being called to do everything.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need capacity in our hospitals to care for people suffering from severe mental illness,\u201d Tisch said on Fox 5\u2019s Good Day NY Friday. \u201cOur cops bring people to the hospital thousands of times a year<\/a> who are in mental health distress. They get released two hours later with a sandwich.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to care for these people,\u201d she added. \u201cNew York State needs a different approach in caring for and treating people with mental health issues, and it can\u2019t be the police department always being called to do everything.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tisch\u2019s comment comes as she announced arrests in two random attacks, including an incident during rush hour on Tuesday in which a 25-year-old woman was stabbed in the back<\/a> as she was going down the stairs at the 23rd Street subway stop in Chelsea.<\/p>\n

It also comes as the plight of the city\u2019s mentally ill has become an issue in the race for mayor.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, Democratic front-runner Zohran Mamdani told police officers at a National Night Out Against Crime event that cops should be spared the responsibility<\/a> of responding to most mental health calls.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe must stop asking them to respond to nearly every single failure of the social safety net,\u201d Mamdani said at Brooklyn\u2019s Grand Army Plaza. \u201cWe must stop making it impossible for them to do their jobs by asking them to do every other job we can think of.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, police arrested Carlos Rivera, 21, for the 6:30 p.m. subway attack, charging him with attempted murder and assault.<\/p>\n

Cops also arrested a man who sucker-punched a 94-year-old man inside an Upper East Side Apple electronics store at around 5:45 p.m. Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe good news is last night, while you were sleeping, we made an arrest in that case and got the person responsible,\u201d Tisch said, calling the attack \u201cupsetting.\u201d<\/p>\n

If elected, Mamdani, a socialist who defeated Andrew Cuomo in June\u2019s Democratic mayoral primary<\/a>, has proposed to launch a Department of Community Safety, an agency that would be tasked with responding to calls about individuals experiencing mental health crises.<\/p>\n

The new department would expand violence interrupter programs in the city and mental health teams<\/a> that respond to 911 calls, according to his 17-page public safety plan.<\/p>\n

Once this new Department of Community Safety is up and running, cops can take their focus away from dealing with people in a mental health crisis and zero in on crime fighting, he said.<\/p>\n

During her interview on \u201cGood Day NY\u201d Tisch made it clear that she was not supporting Mamdani\u2019s plan and drove home that hospitals need to have \u201cmore capacity\u201d to handle people in a mental illness crisis.<\/p>\n

An email to Gov. Hochul\u2019s office regarding Tisch\u2019s demands was not immediately returned.<\/p>\n

For years, the NYPD had been criticized about how officers use force, and sometimes deadly force, as they respond to cases with individuals suffering a mental health crisis.<\/p>\n

In 2021, the de Blasio administration created a pilot program, which would later be known as the B-Heard teams<\/a>, in which FDNY Emergency Medical Technicians, paramedics and NYC Health + Hospitals\u2019 mental health professionals respond to 911 mental health calls where there are no concerns about violence or weapons.<\/p>\n

The special program responded to nearly 15,000 calls in the 2023 fiscal year, up from about 7,000 the year before, although mental health advocates said that too many cases are still being rerouted to the NYPD<\/a>, especially when the 911 caller says the person in crisis may hurt themselves or others.<\/p>\n

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