
NYC subway attack shows city's ongoing struggle to grapple with mental health, crime surge, experts say
Fox News
New York City's Brooklyn subway shooting allegedly at the hands of a man with a self-proclaimed mental health history has prompted renewed calls for needed services and safety measures in the transit system.
"The mental health community has completely dropped the ball on this."
"I think New York has had a problem for quite a while," former New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly told Fox News Digital about the need for mental health assistance. "This has just kept developing. I think we have not done as much as we could as far as the city to address the issue."
James, 62, is being held without bail at the Metropolitan Detention Center, a federal detention facility in Brooklyn. He has been charged with one count of committing a terrorist or other violent attack against a mass transportation system, and faces up to life in prison if convicted.