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New York|Behind 94 Acts of Shocking Violence, Years of Glaring Mistakes

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Union Square

Jamar Newton’s breakdown happened after New York City failed to place him in a
mental health homeless shelter.

The Bronx

Luz Sanchez’s breakdown occurred after a city hospital discharged her while she
was still unstable.

A large building with many windows shines in the sunlight with trees around it
and a stoplight.

Gramercy Park

Rashid Brimmage’s breakdown happened under the watch of a city intensive
treatment team.

A car lights up a street as fog rises from the ground and a silhouetted man
walks by a fire hydrant in the evening.

Before nearly 100 random attacks in New York City, the mentally ill homeless
people who committed them were failed by a system that keeps making the same
errors.

Empty subway tracks are lit up by orange lights during the night on an elevated
subway platform.


BEHIND 94 ACTS OF SHOCKING VIOLENCE, YEARS OF GLARING MISTAKES



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New York officials have escaped scrutiny for repeated failures to help homeless
mentally ill people, a New York Times investigation has found.

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By Amy Julia Harris and Jan Ransom

Photographs by José A. Alvarado Jr.

For this article, Amy Julia Harris and Jan Ransom interviewed more than 250
homeless mentally ill people, care providers, lawyers and government officials
and reviewed tens of thousands of pages of confidential medical records and
other documents.

Nov. 20, 2023, 12:01 a.m. ET

The last breakdown of Marcus Gomez began in full view of the people whose job it
was to stop it.

First, Mr. Gomez, a slight 45-year-old who was homeless and had long lived with
schizophrenia, started hearing voices. Then he stripped off his clothes and
stalked naked through the halls of his transitional housing program. Finally,
according to his treatment notes, the voices overpowered him: They were telling
him to kill the program’s staff.

Afraid for their safety, the program workers asked a nearby hospital, Long
Island Jewish Medical Center in Queens, to admit Mr. Gomez for inpatient care.
Once stable, he might continue treatment, perhaps even find permanent housing.

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Amy Julia Harris is an investigative reporter on the Metro desk. She previously
worked at Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting, where her team
project on abusive drug rehab programs was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in
2018. More about Amy Julia Harris

Jan Ransom is an investigative reporter on the Metro desk focusing on criminal
justice issues, law enforcement and incarceration in New York. More about Jan
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