Overview
- Two fatal police shootings — at NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital and in the West Village — are under NYPD Force Investigation Division review, with Commissioner Jessica Tisch calling officers’ actions heroic and promising an exhaustive inquiry.
- Police said the West Village suspect pointed what appeared to be a firearm that was later identified as a realistic air pistol, while the hospital case involved a man who barricaded himself with a sharp object and was shot after officers tried to subdue him.
- Mayor Zohran Mamdani said chants supporting a terrorist organization have no place in New York, clarifying his stance after initial comments came only when pressed by reporters and later reiterating the message on social media.
- Elected officials across the spectrum, including Gov. Kathy Hochul, Attorney General Letitia James, Sen. Chuck Schumer and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, condemned the “we support Hamas” chant captured at the Kew Gardens Hills protest led by PAL-Awda.
- Mamdani pledged support for the police, requested a review of the city’s mental-health response and reaffirmed plans for a dedicated crisis unit, as debates continue over protecting access to houses of worship alongside maintaining constitutional protest rights.