The incident comes as the city grapples with how to reduce both crime and the number of people with mental illness living on the streets, while also respecting the rights of its most vulnerable residents. “It was deeply disturbing,” she told reporters.

Kathy Hochul said she needed to review the incident more closely but called the man’s death troubling. Neely while others looked on, has led to a police investigation and spurred advocates for the homeless, city officials and others to call for an arrest. The episode, filmed on a nearly four-minute video that shows other riders helping to pin down Mr. Neely, a 30-year-old Michael Jackson impersonator who was yelling that he was hungry and ready to die. On Monday, a man who was riding in the same subway car went up to Mr. “This investigation is being handled by senior, experienced prosecutors and we will provide an update when there is additional public information to share,” he added. “As part of our rigorous ongoing investigation, we will review the Medical Examiner’s report, assess all available video and photo footage, identify and interview as many witnesses as possible, and obtain additional medical records,” the district attorney’s spokesman said in a statement. As of Wednesday afternoon, nobody had been arrested. The killing, on an F train in Manhattan, has led to investigations by both the police and prosecutors, a spokesman for Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg said. Neely died from compression to his neck as a result of the chokehold, according to Julie Bolcer, a spokeswoman for the medical examiner. Neely’s neck and head and held him for several minutes until he went limp. The man who died, Jordan Neely, was homeless and had been screaming at passengers when the other rider wrapped his arms around Mr. The death of a New York City subway rider who was placed in a chokehold by another passenger on Monday was ruled a homicide, the city’s medical examiner confirmed on Wednesday evening.

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