---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Gothamist <gothamist@lists.wnyc.org> Date: Mon, Aug 11, 2025, 9:12 AM Subject: NYPD handles mental health calls. Could Mamdani change that? To: <g@xny.io> Plus: Offices add guards, dogs after Midtown shootings View this email in a browser. <https://view.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=f8dd8f8a8280ecb001eebb4771d4dc1253ed185033856167d4b535405eaf1a63b91209ed151a536b703174880e3420583002b5acbc05f5cc8299e80f66e72257e29a04b0ec0f35a3029ea54eb5e28ecb> <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=9275a492960cb3e4e4f9974c5407bcea06bb6172f96cae10d5183e053fbb704f43c5ce84a089546f14d8dedc25f323bd89bf27ba7ce51dc82860ad66ef361def> Gothamist relies on your support to make local news available to all. Not yet a member? 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It's Monday in New York City, where Democratic mayoral nominee *Zohran Mamdani* is pitching a brand new city agency that would deploy mental health professionals and crisis response experts to calls previously handled by police. The challenge isn't pushback from police — former NYPD inspector Kenneth Quick said most officers would gladly give up social-service calls. “Part of the problem is that the police and the NYPD are just so efficient,” Quick said. “What other government agency can you call and they'll be at your house in less than five minutes?” Here's what experts say are the hurdles facing Mamdani's vision <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=9275a492960cb3e43dea1c861eb38ea02fe462987a1e9ccbc8d5bbd63e225b16e96057d83106a67088d3cfb2939c87a8fcdff14341ef095fdcceb9177eb833ae> . And here's what else is happening: - *NYCHA* is stepping in to provide a new source of rental assistance <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=9275a492960cb3e49abda308271072880544fcbad43a6b093688d99d033c6400c047826afea9d861b275b09e3606912737fa66fdc7b7c2b9ccdbd05dce233adf> for nearly 5,500 low-income households that are set to lose their current aid because the Trump administration and Congress declined to renew the program earlier this year. - Hundreds of cases of *Legionnaires’ disease* are reported by the New York City health department each year. Here's why the city remains a hotspot <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=9275a492960cb3e421630ca32e8b94211bbadde7298d5a90ecdfcd49ec10af8c7a7c11b60ec4378dfff83bcd974bd0ac2dc38b66c893a5fce0baa2d0981fc3a5>, despite recent reforms. - And here's a look at some of the disgusting stuff cleaning crews find <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=9275a492960cb3e4d255a3ce65a0632f7392d14abd9fc2ac26b34dee5e96690183914a65ce305d6b9a300398608452f7dbcef46cf87f18f55fef6e3fc562df4e> when they check *rooftop water-cooling towers* for Legionella bacteria. - Immigrants detained at *26 Federal Plaza <https://www.google.com/maps/search/26+Federal+Plaza?entry=gmail&source=g>* in Lower Manhattan face “crowded, squalid and punitive conditions <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=9275a492960cb3e431798dbc3a1b2308835275b6dfde4416f08a9251dedb7fcd8b2c41a88c18203796d2832506f24803d8a5b33b55825bddd028dc3002196745>” and are being deprived of access to attorneys, according to a class-action lawsuit brought by a Peruvian man against Homeland Security officials. - Security companies said they're being hired to add armed guards, dogs and turnstile protections <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=9275a492960cb3e46bfe2d27d316ccd74f8a90726bec30cf321cacd651aa642c01d5dcb7939522727ac42a01eb9f49c486e5cb7056abd1881b6d4174e60ba23f> at New York City *office buildings* after last month's mass shooting at the NFL's headquarters. - The FDNY said five firefighters were injured yesterday fighting a four-alarm fire <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=9275a492960cb3e47bc1de71daeaf34e3701c14f0cda82312a3f1473c53f30a772f7e47b34e61f992ed8f34bb1f7fafb57ec11b0c813449d13ca79402df3d159> in *Queens* that drew approximately 170 firefighters to the scene. - Gov. *Kathy Hochul* told Fox News yesterday that Republican-led redistricting in Texas <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=9275a492960cb3e4fa9e473a0fdf6243aa839d743cc86ff10e93d323e29faa66be929d0a6a36743b6a191a1ad656ea514f4e5d06d96676ac9a6596b469cd94a9> amounts to a “legal insurrection.” - Gov. Hochul is New Yorkers to back a constitutional change allowing the state to redraw its congressional maps <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=9275a492960cb3e4420ef70c7301b464f082bc586f77a31eb00e30a7d94ad9abd24e5bc9715b0a7626e77d76c9786caf4d7dce50c048db824f6a4e2d39b0597a> before *2032*. - For all of Gothamist's political coverage, including exclusive analysis of this year's mayoral race, subscribe to our free Politics Brief newsletter <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=9275a492960cb3e414cb7de33e9db5ccd7e2c23a3e376822919ffdcfa90d2f605bde16dc506e824cda51f955f72467a03efa0d25358d9c0091a5acd144779a65> . - Mayor Eric Adams' administration said it's shutting down operations <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=9275a492960cb3e4ea28277f0c427a327ba4c12fe90c29a11b6243c5ec991e2a64ef6c0c1b71ec2020b17057a4305ba0f0c08a92d80d9caf42949e50565e6c5e> at New York City’s last hotel dedicated to housing homeless *migrants*. - Advocates for domestic violence survivors are urging *Gov. Hochul* to ban anonymous complaints to New York's child abuse hotline <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=9275a492960cb3e445ad868e6903332a0c0fa271dea7fc1f57fc6f323656165219be51b101260b8c4fb2b0d2cdf37c064d63c97ff38d4dcec20a834951a4871d>, arguing those calls often come from disgruntled parties seeking to harass parents. <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=9275a492960cb3e41ab6a890127791c2fbc549e58a3fecd049da4e4974236cf0ee0f9187b6ce4e4054d76087d93c3d33c8cc95ee21b8fc72097735400bee082a> <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=9275a492960cb3e45f5205d9de6bc9736ad1a861b1665d90b7a3c80b369524a5a86db936c473339a07d7a429a42f2e74d243f0419c09c49cad771a2c278b031b> <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=9275a492960cb3e42d58896d9b7feb51d8d82e9ea1b425663b1e1b701ca95506915cf1d331c9f43da689b6dd1803af6ca027522d6a31a18e83bdb9c5408f0bf1> - *Mayor Adams' reelection campaign* opened a new office last week in a Brooklyn storefront that technically shouldn't be occupied <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=9275a492960cb3e4c202643e99b3bc846468b9091aac6c5eff5acfed75ba6211ad9700dbe63165b5b4097a2d9f15db4cdfcd6d991e170d7638e3905e8455883c> because it has a vacate order stemming from a wall collapse two years ago. - *Andrew Cuomo* tweeted last Friday that "a single mother and her children slept at a homeless shelter" because *Zohran Mamdani*, who makes six figures as a state assemblymember, is "occupying her rent-controlled apartment." (Mamdani does not live in a rent-controlled apartment, he lives in a rent-stabilized apartment that he said he intends to leave <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=9275a492960cb3e4f60646f7c0d808417a9930b3c0e7a294b327f6180bc6ca9f7e68d21c7bf82cb8d07ac3dad9e059d2855c703f4859d16ddc4b94d53121e713> .) - People are allegedly letting their dogs poop and dig holes <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=9275a492960cb3e4f49c66cb405c6bba29cc9b8f2809797fe6124a33a0fb2f9b8e3adb5a1dededd27d77c128ae497de649ec4648366c68a9a0c1e1cab58453c2> at a *Bushwick baseball field* with a no-dogs policy, and the Little Leaguers aren't happy about it. - The *Smith-9th Street* subway stop in Gowanus — the tallest station in the city — is getting elevators <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=9275a492960cb3e4c3ea9a67d367671a96f2432daced74f8546cf5aaeda00f95f290c9674e8c042e3beb0ad9c4b7d6381ab2d87f055dcc2b4610aa474add04dc> . - Life was good <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=9275a492960cb3e47fc5cfa2b514029d386e3f5049e751a4ee5e664ce7f29f7466afba535d97d3bfbf45dcea7c0a9db17deb828e8435fcb8266b45da63b8b051> for the alleged *Food52* corporate credit card scammer. - Yankees old-timer *Mariano Rivera* tore his Achilles <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=9275a492960cb3e4cbaef9c1746eaacfcfbf56d8e1578c64f503f51f01256d2f586459d6f7d7294b2887553aa0615e3da8bf6fb2847a0b396c3e7631a92a774b> in the Old-Timers' Day exhibition game. - On the streets of *suburbia*, a war is brewing between SUV drivers and golf cart drivers <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=9275a492960cb3e45d380d049dae5ecc58b58807c82bf300604fc5ac27ec3976e3d9361f2b94732f1072f023933118ecf0409562b80fecd646b460c665afa80c> . <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=9275a492960cb3e47fdabb1f596fe9d8e6f0774e224c11457efc41f63ccd3c84fb1820ccac1686b95240e35ecebf6866fafc8da109507129db20c699df7041ad> <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=9275a492960cb3e47fdabb1f596fe9d8e6f0774e224c11457efc41f63ccd3c84fb1820ccac1686b95240e35ecebf6866fafc8da109507129db20c699df7041ad> <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=9275a492960cb3e4dfe857d0cdeccc0b802c80df1611f48f162229cf52ec93209a3b65b9e78966232c8abc43bcff05b7d9228886070a89ac73ea1874a5eb2d5f> <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=9275a492960cb3e4693906745c023bb57e5625f86f62a4f8b54b9a003052a846e7465f429d7020b9a8a34c4c7db0006ab0308333568fdf4eaa0f7a2e1e26a210> “Police have a critical role to play. But right now, we’re relying on them to deal with our frayed social safety net, which prevents them from doing their actual jobs.” <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=9275a492960cb3e45fef4ae5a9b6fa4918cfb61fa30ea164a16a5a73eb6c8ac5c5935b8b9db5398b29d0a9de5e6c40d71b855772468cdf5aac38003cac887dd2> - Democratic mayoral nominee zohran mamdani, who's pitching A NEW AGENCY TO RESPOND TO MENTAL HEALTH CALLS <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=9275a492960cb3e40b08ebaf25f59a6f9701523dbe7f8e6b0faa9f100bb3a69c3b11c017bfb04df42af2f184dee787c94ad4047064369a0fa9916ad4938d98ea> More from Gothamist [image: a cyclist in Astoria] <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=9275a492960cb3e4d76a41070048b9f9d5658c513ddab67be58c76153e2cefe51c9e824b230edeaed1aa8d25a245434233f99c2b956f8b055549067773d4b435> Astoria business group sues NYC to block new bike lane below subway tracks <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=9275a492960cb3e450427094dff1fe8b68e3e87c39ecd2253797ab64898662c199ad4fd2d47ed2acbed576ff89a2ee5167594a2a0b906618cb5636e5773aed78> More than a dozen businesses say the transportation department ignored their concerns and pushed through plans for a bike lane that will interfere with commerce at shops relying on daily pickup and deliveries to survive. NYPD commissioner says 25% of new officers are immigrants, recruitment rebounding <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=9275a492960cb3e4a096cc97ff1c3f083f19872b04943eafb4fc6322d9827bacc28ba8b3f6b2e24adb3ceb515835518324ecc482daed1ba29c03bc4f3ca49b36> The incoming class of nearly 1,000 officers — a quarter of whom were born outside the United States — is the largest in nearly a decade. [image: We rely on your support to make local news available to all.] <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=9275a492960cb3e4c3300b18ef7418b57a3356afcf0e870ae16ac3c3ff4129187ad51ba9a2a96b1d980dbfeadb623649d72d03a43fac1180e4f7e7be0247faea> NYPD arrests 15 in Lower Manhattan protest against immigration enforcement tactics <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=9275a492960cb3e4a515c97330ddcf7ca4dbd4e382f2a694f8cce64dcecee89fab8a0a3964baa1326b6dd26a3c2ddd7255ae8a2ea028f3070566e42e87a2814d> The protesters were taken into custody after sitting in crosswalks and blocking traffic outside the building, which houses an immigration court, and where federal ICE agents have been arresting immigrants leaving court hearings. Once a glamorous hotel, building above Brooklyn Heights subway station continues to crumble <https://click.lists.wnyc.org/?qs=9275a492960cb3e40345d6312713dfe9cd3888816d9748d42c18acfbc01ec8533d91d6863690aca5dd779e3e7106eb328af6ff9e8a0a0caedc1ee5daae4f3a79> The collapse of a marquee above an entrance to the Clark Street subway station in Brooklyn Heights on Sunday morning was just the latest chapter in the transit hub’s rough and rowdy history. 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