City Council Introduces Bill to Create Mamdani’s Community Safety Agency NYT | Top Stories Emma G. Fitzsimmons and Maria Cramer 18 December 2025 at 16:00 The proposed Department of Community Safety would send mental health teams to respond to 911 calls, rather than the police, according to Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s plans. © Dave Sanders for The New York TimesThe proposed Department of Public Safety would take over certain 911 calls from police officers that dealt with mental health issues.
Twelve Men Saturated East Harlem Housing Project With Drugs, U.S. Says NYT | Top Stories Maria Cramer 18 December 2025 at 07:57 For more than three and a half years, officials said, the men used the Johnson Houses as “an open drug market” to sell crack cocaine and fentanyl. © Dave Sanders for The New York Times“No New Yorker should have to live with drug dealers at their doorstep,” said Jay Clayton, the U.S. attorney.