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‘We have a right to be safe’: Activists, politicians say ‘hard problems’ must be tackled after Times Square subway-shove death
A memorial was left to Michelle Alyssa Go in Times Square. (Photo by The Village Sun)

‘We have a right to be safe’: Activists, politicians say ‘hard problems’ must be tackled after Times Square subway-shove death

January 19, 2022

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Amid two years of unrelenting anti-Asian hatred and violence, Michelle Alyssa Go’s death in Times Square on Saturday has raised the…

Bottcher: City and state must address the mental-health crisis
Councilmember Erik Bottcher is advocating an eight-point plan to help provide treatment, services and housing to homeless and formerly incarcerated individuals who are dealing with serious mental illness.

Bottcher: City and state must address the mental-health crisis

January 17, 2022

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | After Saturday’s subway-shoving death of a woman at the Times Square station, new Councilmember Erik Bottcher said government must confront…

B.P. Brewer calls for funds to ‘mitigate challenges’ of drug use in Midtown and Harlem — but not Washington Square Park
Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, left, with members of the Greater Harlem Coalition, at a press conference in Times Square Sunday on addressing drug use on the streets. (Photo by The Village Sun)

B.P. Brewer calls for funds to ‘mitigate challenges’ of drug use in Midtown and Harlem — but not Washington Square Park

October 19, 2021

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Citing Washington Square Park as a model of “some success” in fighting untreated substance abuse, Borough President Gale Brewer is advocating…

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