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Most Cops Get Crisis Intervention Training. Some Calls Still End in Tragedy.
When Patrol Officer Tyree White responded to the Chakraborty family’s 911 call about their 22-year-old son, Jabez, experiencing a psychotic break, he arrived at their home in Queens trained to handle this potentially volatile situation. He’d completed all four days of NYPD training on responding to people in crisis and had been certified as a […]
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LISTEN: Reviving the Missing Link in Queens
*When this is built, I want New Yorkers to take it for granted” that’s there a north-south train line in Queens, says Andrew Lynch, the chief operating officer of QueensLink. “I want people to take this and never think about it”. The geographer, cartographer and urban explorer joins Lit NYC to discuss the group’s vision […]
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Mamdani’s First Big Public Health Push: More Home Nurses for Expecting Parents
The first major public health project announced under New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is a $20 million effort that includes strengthening a program that sends nurses into the homes of mothers struggling to make ends meet. The money would be transferred to the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene from the city’s Administration for Children’s Services […]
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How to Tip Delivery Drivers in New York City: A Practical Guide
Delivery workers have become a fixture of city streets, rushing on bicycles to make the next drop-off with bulky pouches strapped to their backs and “delivery mittens” on their handlebars. In any condition — pounding rains, snowstorm or blistering heat — these workers known as deliveristas have to hustle. And as they have increasingly gained […]
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A ‘Parkie’ Photographer Looks Back on 50 Years
Malcolm Pinckney first became interested in photography as a kid in the Bronx who wondered how an image was captured. That curiosity launched a 50-year career with New York City’s Parks Department, shooting ribbon cuttings and concerts and a changing city before he retires next month. “I always had this curiosity of how an image […]
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