NY Daily News
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz was shocked one recent Monday by a pair of borough suicides: A 49-year-old man found hanging in a parking garage. And a 29-year-old woman who jumped from her bedroom window.
The two deaths are among the 16 suicides in Queens since March 15, when
New York schools were closed as the pandemic began to wrap the city in
its lethal grip. The dead had nothing in common except “they were
sheltered and not sure where to turn,” Katz told the Daily News on
Wednesday.
For comparison’s sake, there were 17 total suicides in Queens from Jan.
1 through April 29, 2019, just one more than reported in the past six
weeks. While there are no citywide suicide stats available at this point
in the COVID-19 crisis, anecdotal evidence points toward a bump in New
Yorkers taking their own lives.
“I started noticing the numbers coming in over the last month and a
half, and I felt obligated to send a message that we need to be checking
in on our colleagues, our loved ones, our friends," said Katz.
Queens was particularly hard hit by the pandemic, with 48,382 confirmed
cases of coronavirus and 3,581 deaths as of Tuesday night — the most
fatalities of any county from coast to coast, according to a data map by Johns Hopkins University.
23 comments:
Riddle me this said...
She spoke wow ! "I felt obligated to send a message that we need to be checking in on our colleagues, our loved ones, our friends," said Katz. Like we need her advice.
Why is she not doing the right thing about bail reform ?
Our Loved ones are not safe on NYC streets and she is playing Dr. Phil.
Do your fucking job Katz !
Queens sees a rise in suicide et al from government issued lockdown due to hoaxvid19 fear mongering
Orwellian government experiment
Civil unrest is already beginning. Supply chain is broken, unemployment sky high, Democrats keep extending the lockdown deadlines. We are in big trouble as a country. We will not recover for a long time as a lot of damage has been done on purpose!
Katz is promoting FEAR !
We have been duped into surrendering our freedoms in the name of protecting us from the imaginary dangers of a flu virus.The numbers are not high and are in line with yearly common flu numbers... Yet the Pandemic gets promoted and our Rights taken anyway.
He Katz, Aren't you the DA ?
A repeated transit thief who was sprung from jail over COVID concerns was busted again on the subway — his seventh run-in with cops since being released, The Post has Reported.
Prove Me Wrong said...
Her and the Marxist group of NY Demorat cohorts helped create the COVID-19 epiccenter in NYC.
During this pandemic, different levels of tragedy continue to be revealed... Wow...
I hope China has a massive nuclear accident.
Democrats and their media created this lock down hysteria and the trolls on this blog will keep it going in Queens until Trump is gone.
Anti depressants. Suicidal thoughts are one of the side effects.
I hope China has a massive nuclear accident.
Guess who is downwind? US of A!
Genius.
And that's happening because Chirlaine McCray's pork barrel fake Mental Health project Thrive NYC is doing so very well. NOT
The glossy expensive pamphlets,the unqualified barely literate so called peer support and the annoying phone loop that you get when you call them is doing absolutely nothing for any one with real issues who may be facing economic hardships. It's a lot of hot air. I called the Domestic Violence Hotline, after going through the phone labyrinth, waiting 20 minutes I get this idiot who asks me what would you like to happen and what do you see happening? A True Story. I ask her what are your qualifications to counsel someone in my situation? She put me on hold. I called another number . Same idiot comes on the phone after this time a 15 minute wait.
I am so sorry for the family and friends of those who took their own lives. Suicide is murder - by Thrive NYC and Chirlaine McCray. She has the blood of these suicides on her hands. Defund her program and take her out of the other slush fund pork barrel nonsense her husband gave her.
This is the crime, that an unqualified person heads up a Mental Health program.
It's time to get the economy going again. The left wing power grab and china virus sham is over.
"This is the crime, that an unqualified person heads up a Mental Health program."
Does the person have gender issues, an EMG (exotic minority group), a leftist?
Then they are qualified.
As a matter of fact the only people automatically unqualified are educated white males with an appreciation of fine arts and culture. When the Left takes over they are always the first candidates for 'liquidation.'
Prove Me Wrong said...
Her and the Marxist group of NY Demorat cohorts helped create the COVID-19 epiccenter in NYC.
Got that right. The Left imported the people from the lowest levels of the world's cultures to recreate their fantasy of 19th century New York to provide the breeding ground to reinvent Tammany Hall and all that something like that represents.
They did, down to the 19th century plagues and epidemics that people like this bring. And for this social experiment in our city and with our dollars they, not the rest of us, should pay. Dearly. Bring Trump on!!!!!
Prove Me Wrong said...
@Snake Plissskin said... Here on Queens Crap most Lefties like to blame POTUS 45 for COVID-19.
Any a-hole can have 20/20 hindsight and that makes them feel so smart. You know the typical JQ squad members who live on Twitter ...
@Anon re: blame
There is no JQ Squad.
@Prove and Snake
No one created the virus nor the epicenter
I believe the word you're looking for is complicit.
Because all our electeds in this state, D.C. and the White House are for this epidemic.
That is my closing statement on this shit.
Prove Me Wrong said...
@JQ LLC Yes JQ ! Meanwhile in the news...
Pennsylvania Forced To Remove Hundreds Of Deaths From Coronavirus Death Count After Coroners Raise Red Flags ! Two things I can see behind this move to artificially pump up the coronavirus fatality numbers. One is that higher numbers might hurt Trump's administration and his re-election bid, and two, is that with more deaths comes more taxpayer money for the hospitals. Both are evil.
@Prove
I think having a pandemic escalate and kill thousands under your watch is a good way to hurt a re-election. All heads should roll in D.C.
Prove Me Wrong said...
@JQ LLC Term Limmits would help !
I find it amusing that some people actually think that Covid-19 deaths in America are inflated. If anything, the government is under-reporting deaths. Look at nursing homes and the shady shit they're doing with regards to covering up deaths and providing misleading information to the loved ones of residents. How about the deaths across the country that were automatically attributed to natural causes or pneumonia? Judging by the President we have and all the supremely absurd shit that has come out of his mouth, he has every incentive to pressure the CDC and other government agencies to manipulate statistics in order to cover up just how badly he fucked things up.
Bewaking News said...
Man gets run over by Dump truck dies of COVID-19 !
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