New York Gov. Kathy Hochul says she will introduce legislation to expand the state’s involuntary commitment laws to allow hospitals to compel more mentally ill people into treatment.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) said she would include legislation regarding the state’s involuntary commitment standards in her new executive budget following a series of violent subway attacks ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul says the recent surge in violence in the subway "cannot continue." She says she will include new ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul pledged Friday to stop the runaway train of subway violence by making it easier to involuntarily commit and treat dangerous mentally ill New Yorkers — but critics quickly ...

The liberal establishment at New York just can’t bring itself to credit the one strategy against crime that seems to have ...

A spate of shocking crimes — including the woman fatally set on fire aboard a Brooklyn F train and the man thrown in front of a 1 train, many allegedly done by those with serious mental illness — ...

It took police more than a week to publicly identify 57-year-old Debrina Kawam as the woman who was fatally set on fire in a ...

Hochul seeks to change standards for involuntary commitment to hospital as violent acts on New York City subways continue.

The governor said she is taking several steps to help fix the problem as she believes many crimes are linked to untreated mental illness.

TikToker Chris Olsen was left shocked after having to run away from a stabbing incident while riding on the subway in New York City.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is leaning into the low-tech upgrade of lining subway platforms with metal barriers ...