"It is a clear example of a criminal justice system and mental health system that continues to fail New Yorkers," Mayor Eric Adams said at a press conference on Monday afternoon. “There's some real questions that we need to look at on why he was on the street and he has some severe mental health issues that should have been examined.”

New York City Mayor Eric Adams called on state leaders for help containing the city's mentally unwell homeless after repeat convict allegedly killed 3 people.

Following a bloody stabbing spree that left three dead Monday, the mayor made a push for legislation that would broaden the grounds for involuntary removal at his weekly press briefing on Tuesday.

Three unprovoked stabbings across Manhattan Monday morning that left two men and one woman dead show how the criminal justice and mental health systems fail New Yorkers, the city’s mayor said. The suspect is 51-year-old Ramon Rivera – who appears to be homeless and has a history of “severe mental health issues,

Three people were fatally stabbed in Manhattan Monday morning in an unprovoked spree by a lone attacker, police said. The suspect, identified by police as Ramon Rivera, is a 51-year-old resident of the Bellevue Men’s Shelter on E.

Everybody said I was inhumane, that we just want to institutionalize people,” Adams said. “Well, this is the result. This is the result of not taking actions and ignoring people who need help."