Councilwoman Diana Ayala on Monday accused the state of getting off the hook for 'moving away' from inpatient psychiatric care and suggested state policy contributed to Neely’s death.
The decisions to use the gym, to identify other city buildings as temporary housing and to send migrants upstate all come at a precarious moment for Mayor Adams and are among several signs that the city’s grasp of the situation is slipping away.
Mayor Eric Adams officially named Republican former Staten Island Borough President Jimmy Oddo on Thursday as the city's new buildings commissioner, while