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Skip to contentSkip to site index Search & Section Navigation Section Navigation SEARCH SUBSCRIBE FOR $1/WEEKLog in New York|Behind 94 Acts of Shocking Violence, Years of Glaring Mistakes https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/20/nyregion/nyc-mental-illness-breakdowns.html * Share full article * * Union Square Jamar Newton’s breakdown happened after New York City failed to place him in a mental health homeless shelter. The Bronx Luz Sanchez’s breakdown occurred after a city hospital discharged her while she was still unstable. A large building with many windows shines in the sunlight with trees around it and a stoplight. Gramercy Park Rashid Brimmage’s breakdown happened under the watch of a city intensive treatment team. A car lights up a street as fog rises from the ground and a silhouetted man walks by a fire hydrant in the evening. Before nearly 100 random attacks in New York City, the mentally ill homeless people who committed them were failed by a system that keeps making the same errors. Empty subway tracks are lit up by orange lights during the night on an elevated subway platform. BEHIND 94 ACTS OF SHOCKING VIOLENCE, YEARS OF GLARING MISTAKES Supported by SKIP ADVERTISEMENT BEHIND 94 ACTS OF SHOCKING VIOLENCE, YEARS OF GLARING MISTAKES New York officials have escaped scrutiny for repeated failures to help homeless mentally ill people, a New York Times investigation has found. * Share full article * * * Read in app By Amy Julia Harris and Jan Ransom Photographs by José A. Alvarado Jr. For this article, Amy Julia Harris and Jan Ransom interviewed more than 250 homeless mentally ill people, care providers, lawyers and government officials and reviewed tens of thousands of pages of confidential medical records and other documents. Nov. 20, 2023 The last breakdown of Marcus Gomez began in full view of the people whose job it was to stop it. First, Mr. Gomez, a slight 45-year-old who was homeless and had long lived with schizophrenia, started hearing voices. Then he stripped off his clothes and stalked naked through the halls of his transitional housing program. Finally, according to his treatment notes, the voices overpowered him: They were telling him to kill the program’s staff. Afraid for their safety, the program workers asked a nearby hospital, Long Island Jewish Medical Center in Queens, to admit Mr. Gomez for inpatient care. Once stable, he might continue treatment, perhaps even find permanent housing. Subscribe to The Times to read as many articles as you like. Amy Julia Harris is an investigative reporter on the Metro desk. She previously worked at Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting, where her team project on abusive drug rehab programs was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2018. More about Amy Julia Harris Jan Ransom is an investigative reporter on the Metro desk focusing on criminal justice issues, law enforcement and incarceration in New York. More about Jan Ransom A version of this article appears in print on Nov. 21, 2023, Section A, Page 1 of the New York edition with the headline: Behind Acts of Violence, Years of Mistakes. Order Reprints | Today’s Paper | Subscribe * Share full article * * * Read in app Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT SITE INDEX SITE INFORMATION NAVIGATION * © 2023 The New York Times Company * NYTCo * Contact Us * Accessibility * Work with us * Advertise * T Brand Studio * Your Ad Choices * Privacy Policy * Terms of Service * Terms of Sale * Site Map * Canada * International * Help * Subscriptions Enjoy unlimited access to all of The Times. See subscription options