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New York City Mayor Eric Adams has signed legislation to prohibit discrimination on the basis of a person's height or weight in employment, housing, and
The mayor has laid out a plan to address mental health across the city, but not everyone is on board.
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The program is part of the city’s effort to address police violence and systemic racism by providing alternatives to traditional law enforcement responses to emergency calls involving issues like mental health or drug and alcohol crises — sending teams of FDNY EMTs and paramedics and New York City Health + Hospitals social workers instead.
The pilot program still routes most mental health calls to the police.
New York lawmakers are meeting Thursday to discuss last-minute policy and spending disagreements that have held up passage of the state budget nearly a week past an April 1 deadline, including the potential expansion of a law for people with mental illnesses.