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Manhattan leaders detail new interagency task force, push for mental‑health responders and trespass enforcement
Summary
City and county officials told Manhattan Community Board 2 they are deploying a biweekly interagency task force to address quality‑of‑life problems around Washington Square and the Sixth Avenue corridor, and discussed expanding mental‑health responder programs and using trespass notices and retail trainings to reduce repeat retail theft.
Manhattan elected officials and criminal‑justice representatives told Community Board 2 on March full board meeting that a new interagency task force is operating in the West Village and Washington Square Park to coordinate policing, social services and city agencies on recurring quality‑of‑life problems.
The board heard that the task force meets every two weeks and pairs precinct officers with social‑service agencies, sanitation crews and other city staff to respond to locations and individuals who repeatedly appear in complaints.
Council Member Erik Bottcher, who represents the district, described the model as one the city has used in Midtown and Times Square and said it brings social‑service providers into case‑level planning. “What we’ve seen… is that when we get everyone around the…
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