Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz moved ahead with felony attempted assault charges against Jabez Chakraborty, the 22-year-old Bangladeshi American New Yorker who was shot multiple times by NYPD officers during a mental health crisis at his family’s home. Mayor Zohran Mamdani had made multiple public pleas for Chakraborty to receive mental health care rather than criminal changes after the incident, during which he was holding a knife. Katz’s move comes as Mamdani works to establish a new department he promised during his campaign that would prioritize sending mental health counselors and social workers alongside police officers on certain emergency calls.