Charles Lane

“The number of criminal defendants found mentally unfit to stand trial in New York City's state courts has more than doubled in the last five years.” ⁦@samanthaellimax⁩ ⁦@_charleslane⁩ gothamist.com/news/nyc-keepi…

Some great details in this story about how new @NYPDPC is making her leadership felt From @lizkimtweets @_elkue @_charleslane

“People that are a little bit on the edge, feeling like they're living in a society that doesn't feel as safe, that might be enough to push them over the edge.” Domestic & elder abuse fuel rise in NYC felony assaults, data shows gothamist.com/news/domestic-… @gothamist @_charleslane

Tisch: Rivera & Feliz “engaged in an intense physical struggle” and Rivera made a “split-second decision when he believed that his fellow officer’s life was at immediate risk.” Feliz’s family: Tisch will protect cops who racially profile, abuse, and kill gothamist.com/news/tisch-ove…

NYPD says the shooting that erupted after Pride on Sunday wasn’t hate related, but instead stemmed from a fight between two rival groups of teens. One bystander was shot along with two teen girls involved in the violence, police say. gothamist.com/news/shooting-…

Agudelo has regained consciousness, tries to speak but can only shake her head yes and no. She can open her eyes, but can’t control them. “If she does open them, I just see her cry,” her daughter said. “She just always cries.” gothamist.com/news/not-just-…

The daughter of the woman brutally beaten on Randall's Island told @_charleslane her mom had to be resuscitated & is undergoing another surgery. Police still don’t know who attacked her. gothamist.com/news/daughter-… vía @gothamist

“But a closer look at the numbers reveals a more troubling trend: felony assaults in the subway are up 20% compared to the same time last year.” ⁦@_charleslane⁩ gothamist.com/news/subway-fe…

NYPD used outdated form to jail person who should have been released, records show gothamist.com/news/nypd-used… via @gothamist @_charleslane

.@Gothamist gets results: A week after @_charleslane exposed NYPD's rising use of jail over summonses for low-level offenses, @LegalAidNYC is demanding a city investigation. gothamist.com/news/lawyers-d…

Reoccurring theme that could shape the NYC mayoral race: @_charleslane on how perception of crime isn't matching up with the data. gothamist.com/news/crime-is-…

A street in Midtown has spent the last year overrun with squatters and people doing drugs in the halls. “ They just lay there asleep all night,” Burke said. “Cops would come and clean them up sometimes, but then it was so bad they wouldn't even come.” gothamist.com/news/meet-the-…

Sharpton plans to convene with a group of elected officials and clergy in the coming days “to decide where we will go.” “Because we have clearly crossed the Rubicon,” he said. w/ ⁦@brigidbergin⁩ gothamist.com/news/with-a-pa…

A month after 10 teens were shot outside a Queens nightclub, police have still not made any arrests. @_charleslane breaks down what happened that night & why there wasn’t adequate security. gothamist.com/news/no-arrest… vía @gothamist

DOJ is deleting pages that link to Jan. 6 court documents. This page use to provide documents about a retired NYPD officer sentenced to (pardoned from) 10 years for beating a Capitol police office with a flag pole multiple times. cc: @TomDreisbach

“Chell, the chief of department, praised the change even after previously touting the need for pursuits.” ⁦@_charleslane⁩ gothamist.com/news/heres-wha…

New: ⁦@_charleslane⁩ and I spoke to 2 former police commissioners & former and current NYPD members to figure out why OT skyrocketed. They say it’s part of a broader dysfunction that arose from weak commissioners and multiple power centers. gothamist.com/news/police-ov…

NEW: On the same day that ex-top official Jeffrey Maddrey was suspended amid sexual misconduct allegations involving overtime, the NYPD quietly released new data on police OT. W/ @_elkue and ⁦@_charleslane⁩ gothamist.com/news/new-nypd-…

Adams renews push to involuntarily push people into psychiatric hospitals following last week's triple stabbings, per @clewisreports gothamist.com/news/adams-ren…

scoop from @_charleslane on the string of fatal stabbings in Manhattan earlier this week: Federal security agents — not the NYPD — first apprehended accused serial stabber, officials say (via @gothamist) gothamist.com/news/federal-s…