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New York City's mayor directed police and medics to be more aggressive about getting severely mentally ill people off the streets and subways and into treatment.

Adams, who spoke midday from the City Hall rotunda, said that he had issued a directive to city agencies clarifying how the city would apply state law moving forward, a clarification that’s expected to result in more homeless people receiving treatment against their will.

New York City's mayor on Tuesday said he was directing police and city medics to be more aggressive about getting severely mentally ill people off the streets and subways and into treatment, even if it means involuntarily hospitalizing some people who refuse care.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has announced a new initiative that will allow authorities to more aggressively intervene to help people in need of mental health treatment.

Mayor Eric Adams announced this week that officials will begin hospitalizing more homeless people by involuntarily providing care to those deemed to be in "psychiatric crisis."