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刺死美国银行高管的女子此前曾两度因心理健康问题与警方接触
作者：伊莱恩·马伦 福克斯新闻
利蒂希娅·詹姆斯因调查拦下时代广场行凶者的警察遭抨击：“这种做法让所有人都失望”
共和党籍纽约州总检察长候选人萨里塔·科马蒂雷迪表示，詹姆斯“暴露了她的真面目”，并承诺将设立民事拘留办公室，将警察与医生配对，将已知的危险人员带离街头并送入治疗机构。
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纽约州总检察长利蒂希娅·詹姆斯正因启动一项法定要求的调查而受到审查，该调查针对的是警方在时代广场击毙帕梅拉·西斯内罗斯的事件。西斯内罗斯刺死了美国银行高管、刚休完产假复工第一周的新手母亲艾琳·皮亚琴蒂。
詹姆斯的办公室于周三宣布，将对帕梅拉·西斯内罗斯的死亡展开调查。警方在西斯内罗斯犯下致命刺案后与其对峙时，她双手各持一把大刀。警方命令她放下武器，但她并未服从，当她朝警员移动时，警员开枪将其击毙。
根据州法律，总检察长办公室的特别调查办公室必须对所有由警察造成的死亡事件展开调查。然而，共和党籍总检察长候选人萨里塔·科马蒂雷迪正敦促总检察长办公室采取更具体的措施，确保类似的由精神不稳定人员引发的悲剧性杀人或袭击事件不再发生。她认为，对警方行为的调查并未触及真正的问题。
“问题在于，我们身边有已知的危险人物，有记录在案的精神疾病患者，”科马蒂雷迪告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。“他们上过法庭，住过医院，警方也清楚他们是谁，但我们没有能力对他们进行妥善处置。”
共和党人在摇摆州争夺最高警务职位的斗争中“攻势凌厉”
艾琳·皮亚琴蒂的拼接照片以及2026年8月31日她在时代广场不幸遇刺的犯罪现场。(盖蒂图片社；Facebook)
詹姆斯的竞选发言人指责科马蒂雷迪试图“借悲剧炒作廉价政治得分”。
“萨里塔·科马蒂雷迪想成为总检察长，但她不懂法律，”一位发言人在给福克斯新闻数字频道的电子邮件中说道。“根据纽约州执行法，总检察长办公室的特别调查办公室必须调查任何可能由警员行为导致死亡的事件，包括这起案件。”
不过，有着反警察言论历史的纽约市市长佐赫兰·姆达尼对拦下西斯内罗斯的警员表示了赞扬。
“我要感谢纽约警察局的警员们挺身而出，阻止了一场可怕的袭击造成更严重的后果，”姆达尼在新闻发布会上说道。
布朗克斯社区家长恳求纽约警方增设安保，姆达尼削减警力、暂停招聘：“情况糟糕透顶”
纽约市警察局局长杰西卡·蒂施透露，住在皇后区的西斯内罗斯在该市没有犯罪记录，但警方曾两次接到关于她出现心理健康危机的出警请求。
2019年3月，西斯内罗斯试图跳上E号线地铁轨道自杀，被救下后住院治疗。2018年3月，警方在曼哈顿中城发现她，当时她尖叫、举止好斗且处于醉酒状态。
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根据该州的《精神卫生法》，如果被认定对自身或他人构成危险，或无法满足基本生活需求，警方和医生可以将某人送往医院进行心理扣留——但很多时候，重症精神疾病患者在被送入医院数小时后就会被释放回街头。
纽约市在庇护所丑闻中为每名无家可归者投入8.17万美元，利蒂希娅·詹姆斯面临审查
2025年10月24日，纽约州总检察长利蒂希娅·詹姆斯在弗吉尼亚州诺福克的联邦法院外发表讲话。(埃里克·李/彭博社 via 盖蒂图片社)
“案发几天后我就在时代广场——当时我在街上看到了多名病情严重的精神疾病患者，”科马蒂雷迪告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。“这种情况每天都在发生，我们需要真正能提出切实解决方案和前进方向的人。”
特朗普希望帮助14.6万名无家可归的精神疾病患者，民主党人却想阻止他
纽约州精神卫生办公室负责监督该州的精神卫生系统，其中包括23家精神病中心以及由地方政府和非营利组织监管的6500个项目。此外，科马蒂雷迪表示，如果当选，她将设立一个名为“民事拘留办公室”的新机构，对风险最高的人员进行追踪和管控。
“我即将设立的民事拘留办公室将配备执法人员和医生，两者缺一不可，因为根据州法律，需要医生证明某人具备进行非自愿民事拘留所需的精神状态，”科马蒂雷迪告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。“目前纽约州没有这样的机构。没有哪个办公室能同时拥有执法人员和医生，让他们携手将这些人带离街头。”
2026年8月31日周一在纽约时代广场遇刺身亡的美国银行副总裁艾琳·皮亚琴蒂的照片，拍摄于她的婚礼当天。(Facebook/艾琳·皮亚琴蒂)
格林县警长彼得·库斯明斯基告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，他的副手没有接受过处理精神疾病危机的培训，该县也没有地方可以将需要真正治疗的患者送往。他说，警员们经常要从巡逻岗位抽离出来处理精神健康相关的出警任务，之后只能将危机人员安置在酒店里，因为医院床位不足。
“此外，当我们羁押了没有能力处理的人员时，情况会变得更加棘手，而封闭式床位更是难以寻觅，”库斯明斯基说道。“有时需要数周甚至数月才能找到床位，就算找到了，可能也在州的另一端，而且成本极高。”
“酒店和汽车旅馆没有医生、没有药物、也没有治疗服务，”科马蒂雷迪说。“州政府必须介入。”
伊莱恩·马伦是福克斯新闻数字频道和福克斯商业频道的撰稿人，报道全国政治领域新闻。
Letitia James’ Times Square shooting probe draws GOP criticism over New York’s mental health crisis
September 6, 2026 9:53am EDT / Fox News
Woman who fatally stabbed a Bank of America executive had 2 prior police encounters linked to mental health
By Elaine Mallon, Fox News
Letitia James shredded for probing cops who stopped Time Square killer: ‘That approach fails everyone’
Republican Attorney General hopeful Saritha Komatireddy says James “told you exactly who she is” and vows to launch an Office of Civil Commitment which will pair cops and doctors to get known dangerous people off the streets and into treatment.
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New York Attorney General Letitia James is facing scrutiny after opening up a legally required investigation into the police shooting of a woman who fatally stabbed Erin Piacenti, Bank of America executive and a new mother in her first week back to work from maternity leave, in Times Square.
James’ office announced on Wednesday that it will be investigating Pamela Cisneros’ death, who was wielding two large knives in each hand when officers confronted her following the fatal stabbing. She was ordered to drop the weapons but did not comply and was shot when she moved toward the officers.
Under state law, the Attorney General’s Office of Special Investigation is mandated to investigate all deaths that were caused by police officers. However, Republican attorney general candidate Saritha Komatireddy is pushing the Attorney General’s Office to take more concrete steps to ensure that another tragic killing or attack caused by a mentally unstable person doesn’t happen again. She argued that an investigation into police conduct fails to address the real problem.
“The problem is that we have people who are known dangerous individuals, people with documented mental illness,” Komatireddy told Fox News Digital. “They’ve been in the courts before, or they’ve been to the hospitals before. The police know exactly who they are, but we have no ability to take care of them.”
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A split of Erin Piacenti and the Times Square crime scene where she was tragically stabbed and killed on Aug. 31, 2026.(Getty ; Facebook)
A campaign spokesperson for James accused Komatireddy of seeking to “score cheap political points off of a tragedy.”
“Saritha Komatireddy wants to be Attorney General but doesn’t understand the law,” a spokesperson said in an email to Fox News Digital. “Under New York’s Executive Law, the Office of the Attorney General’s Office of Special Investigation is required to investigate any incident where a police officer’s actions may have caused a death, including this one.”
However, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who has a history of anti-police rhetoric, applauded the officers who stopped Cisneros.
“I want to thank the NYPD officers who stepped in and prevented a horrific attack from becoming even worse,” Mamdani said at a news conference.
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New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch shared that while Cisneros, who lived in Queens, didn’t have an arrest record in the city, there were two times police responded to calls concerning her suffering a mental health crisis.
In March 2019, Cisneros attempted suicide by jumping onto the tracks of the E train and was removed and later hospitalized. In March 2018, police found her in Midtown, where she was screaming, acting belligerent and intoxicated.
If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255).
Under the state’s Mental Hygiene Law, police and doctors can take a person to the hospital for a psychological hold if they are deemed to be a risk to themselves or others, or they can not meet their basic needs — but often times those with severe mental illnesses are released by the hospital back onto the streets hours after being brought in.
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Letitia James, New York’s attorney general, speaks outside federal court in Norfolk, Va., on Oct. 24, 2025.(Eric Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
“I was there in Times Square — just a couple of days after this fatal stabbing — and I was walking around and saw severely mentally ill people on the street,” Komatireddy told Fox News Digital. “It’s still happening every day, and we need someone who’s actually going to propose a real solution and way forward.”
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The New York State Office of Mental Health is tasked with overseeing the state’s mental health system, which includes 23 psychiatric centers and 6,500 programs overseen by local governments and nonprofits. In addition, Komatireddy said that, if elected, she’d create a new office known as the Office of Civil Commitment that would target and keep tabs on people who are at most risk.
“The Office of Civil Commitment that I’m going to launch will be staffed with both law enforcement personnel and also physicians, and you need both because, under state law, the law requires that physicians certify that someone has the mental state required for involuntary civil commitment,” Komatireddy told Fox News Digital. “So there’s nothing like that right now in New York state. There’s no office that has both law enforcement and physicians who can work together to get these people off the streets.”
Erin Piacenti, the Bank of America vice president who was tragically killed in a stabbing attack in New York City’s Times Square on Monday Aug. 31, 2026, on her wedding day.(Facebook/Erin Piacenti)
Greene County Sheriff Peter Kusminsky told Fox News Digital that his deputies are not trained to handle psychiatric crises — and that the county has nowhere to send people who need real care. Deputies are constantly pulled off patrol for mental-health calls, he said, then left to put those in crisis in hotels because there aren’t enough hospital beds available.
“Additionally, we really struggle when we have people in custody who we aren’t equipped to handle, and secure beds are even harder to find,” Kusminsky said. “It sometimes takes weeks or months to locate once and when we do, they are maybe on the other side of the state and at an exorbitant cost.”
“Hotels and motels don’t have doctors, don’t have medicine, don’t have therapy,” Komatireddy said. “The state needs to step in.”
Elaine Mallon is a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business covering national politics.
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