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A new bill introduced Thursday would cost roughly $20 million, councilmembers said.
The lawsuit and the anniversary of the killing came the same week that police shot another man apparently experiencing a mental health crisis.
Imani Lucas, 29, was charged with multiple counts of attempted murder and assault, police said.
Four officers initially responded to a domestic violence call at 540 Main Street, late Friday night.
This summer, the city launched a pilot program that enables 911 operators to dispatch teams led by social workers instead of police. But cops are still fielding 80% of the mental health calls.
The pilot would begin in February.
The victims of two assaults don’t blame the state’s controversial new bail law.
'Police are taught to be commanding, and people like me, when we’re in crisis, we might not respond,' says Christina Sparrock. 'I’m going to do the opposite [of what they tell me to do] and end up getting hurt.'
In mid-June, after three New York police officers died by suicide, NYPD Commissioner James O'Neill declared “a mental health crisis." That crisis has only become more pronounced, as a 30-year-old sergeant was found dead on Saturday.
The officer was a 24-year veteran and assigned to the 50th Precinct in the Bronx.