Amy Julia Harris

An extensive review by New York City’s Department of Investigation identified hundreds of issues, including financial mismanagement, nepotism and conflicts of interest.

City officials have blamed “external actors” for escalating demonstrations at Columbia University and elsewhere, but student protesters reject the claim.

The program, known as Kendra’s Law, has sometimes been mired by shoddy oversight and bureaucratic delays, an audit by the state comptroller found.

The city has poured funding into a program to aid severely mentally ill people while doing little to ensure it was getting results, an audit shows.

Mark Levine, the Manhattan borough president, is calling for more treatment teams and psychiatric beds to address a mental health crisis.

New York City has helped some of the most severely mentally ill homeless people, Mayor Eric Adams said, but he said more needed to be done to reach all those on the streets.

Homeless shelters, hospitals and specialized treatment teams have repeatedly failed to prevent homeless mentally ill people from committing acts of violence.

Amid a drumbeat of incidents involving homeless, mentally ill people, officials in New York said they were doing their best. The reality is different, a New York Times investigation has found.

The broker, Sheina Levin, was a former business partner of Victor Rivera, whose dealings were the subject of a New York Times investigation.

Sheina Levin was a former business partner of Victor Rivera, whose dealings were the subject of a New York Times investigation.