Mamdani unveils NYC’s new Community Safety Office, aiming to shift mental health calls from police to civilian responders.

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced the new Office of Community Safety on Thursday, signaling a shift in public safety approach from policing to prevention and support programs.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has created a new community safety office intended to shift some mental health crisis ...

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The fallout from a Tourette syndrome advocate blurting the N-word during a presentation by two Black actors at a British entertainment awards ceremony should generate more compassion — for both sides, ...

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New York City welcomed home Dylan Lopez Contreras Thursday, March 19, 2026, with a homecoming celebration after spending nearly a year in an ICE detainment facility. Contreras, 21, was attending high ...

New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, who was the city’s first publicly elected official with Tourette syndrome, released a video on Monday night in which he expressed disappointment that ...

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has launched a community safety office aimed at improving responses to mental health emergencies, marking progress on a key campaign promise.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has launched a community safety office aimed at reducing police involvement in mental health emergencies, a key campaign promise. The initiative will begin modestly ...

India Walton answers questions during the Buffalo mayor debate sponsored by the Buffalo Association of Black Journalists and WUFO Radio at Frank E. Merriweather Jr. Library on 1324 Jefferson Avenue in ...

On Wednesday morning, Homeland Security agents entered a Columbia University dormitory and detained student Elaina Aghayeva. ICE claimed that the reason for the detention was Aghayeva’s failure to ...