Overview
- Two people were fatally shot by NYPD officers hours apart on Jan. 8, one at Brooklyn Methodist Hospital after Tasers failed on a man with a sharp object and another in the West Village where a man pointed a realistic air pistol.
- The NYPD Force Investigation Division is reviewing both shootings, and the state attorney general’s office said it would assess the West Village case.
- NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch praised the officers’ actions as heroic and said the incidents will receive exhaustive investigation and review.
- Mayor Zohran Mamdani said the shootings were devastating, pledged to work with Commissioner Tisch, voiced support for the police, and called for a review of the city’s mental-health response.
- After video showed protesters in Kew Gardens Hills chanting support for Hamas near a synagogue, Mamdani condemned the rhetoric as having no place in the city, while leaders including Gov. Kathy Hochul, AG Letitia James, Sen. Chuck Schumer and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez also denounced the chant; critics faulted the mayor for responding slowly.