After Soho Stabbing, Lander Presses for Housing Seriously Mentally Ill People With Wraparound Services, Strengthening Involuntary Commitment Laws

After a 25-year-old woman was stabbed in broad daylight in Soho yesterday, Brad Lander today stood at the scene of the incident on Wooster and Broome Streets and pressed his urgent call to provide seriously mentally ill people with housing and wraparound services, as well as strengthen the state’s laws for involuntary commitment, which is being negotiated now in the state budget. Lander’s number one campaign commitment is to end street homelessness for people like the offender, Muslim Brunson, who has a history of arrests for assault and two felony convictions.