Chakraborty pled not guilty to both charges, according to Queens Criminal Court records.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Asked about the charges by THE CITY at an unrelated press conference earlier on Friday, Mayor Zohran Mamdani \u2014 who made reforming how the city responds to mental health emergencies one of his central campaign pledges \u2014\u00a0 said he had not spoken with Katz directly but repeated his position that Chakraborty should not be charged.<\/p>\n
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks inside an MTA bus at the West depot in the Bronx about providing free service, Feb. 13, 2026. Credit: Alex Krales\/THE CITY<\/p>\n
\u201cNo family should have to endure this kind of pain. What they need right now is care, dignity, and support,\u201d Mamdani said. \u201cJabez should not be prosecuted by the Queen\u2019s district attorney. His handcuffs should be removed, and he should be receiving the care that he needs.\u201d<\/p>\n
Chakraborty was shot inside his family\u2019s home after a family member called 911 to report he was experiencing a mental health crisis. They asked for an ambulance and told a 911 dispatcher <\/a>he was having a schizophrenic\u00a0 episode, saying he\u2019d thrown glass at the wall but had no weapons and wasn\u2019t violent. The caller sought \u201can \u201cinvoluntary transport\u201d to the hospital.<\/p>\n When two officers entered the home in Jamaica, Queens, Chakraborty picked up a big kitchen knife and advanced toward them, body camera footage released by the NYPD showed, while a family member tried to hold him back and shield him from officers.\u00a0<\/p>\n Less than 30 seconds after they entered the home, one of the cops fired four shots, critically injuring Chakraborty.<\/p>\n Shortly after the shooting, Mamdani\u2019s office released a statement <\/a>thanking the officers for putting their lives on the line.\u00a0<\/p>\n But four days later, Chakraborty\u2019s family released their own statement <\/a>through the group DRUM, Desis Rising Up & Moving, a group that had been strongly supportive of Mamdani\u2019s candidacy, decrying the NYPD\u2019s actions. After the shooting, the family said, NYPD officers had seized their phones and questioned them on their immigration status while Jabez was still laying on the ground.<\/p>\n \u201cWe did not call the police. Instead of medical responders, the NYPD arrived and shot our son multiple times right in front of us,\u201d the statement read. \u201cAs our son was being shot, we were terrified that what happened to Win Rozario was going to happen to Jabez.\u201d<\/p>\n The family was recalling the NYPD killing of Win Rozario, the 19-year-old who was fatally shot by officers <\/a>responding to a call for a mental health emergency after he advanced toward them with a pair of scissors in his hands.\u00a0<\/p>\n Mamdani soon walked back his earlier statement<\/a>, visiting Chakraborty in the hospital<\/a> and asking the DA not to file charges.\u00a0<\/p>\n The shooting restored focus on Mamdani\u2019s promise to greatly reduce the number of police interactions with individuals experiencing psychiatric episodes through the formation of a new Department of Community Safety. That department is still in the planning stages and details remain scant.\u00a0<\/p>\n