![]() Many have grown worried about safety on the subway after experiencing violence or reading about it in the news. Neely, a subway performer and dancer who also had a history of mental illness and erratic behavior, had been yelling at passengers, saying he was hungry and thirsty, but also at one point that he was ready to die, according to one witness.Įvery New Yorker has a story of witnessing an outburst or a violent episode on the subway and struggling over how to respond: To confront or flee to intervene when two riders are at odds to call for a police officer, or to look away. On the F train in Manhattan on Monday, Mr. “There are many layers to this,” he said at an unrelated news conference. Adams, a former transit police officer in his second year as mayor, said on Thursday that he would wait to weigh in until the police and the prosectors had investigated what happened. Adams called their comments irresponsible in an interview on CNN on Wednesday night. ![]() Neely had been “murdered” and another left-leaning official, Brad Lander, the city comptroller, called his attacker a “vigilante,” Mr. ![]() ![]() Neely’s death, the debate has become especially heated. These cities have sought out innovative solutions to assist those with mental illness - pouring money into housing programs, street teams and community centers - and have also cleared subway homeless encampments, and weighed harsher tactics. ![]()
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