Mental illness and homeless: what is New York mayor's new initiative?
A plan to hospitalize those experiencing homelessness who have mental illness is receiving backlash despite the mayor’s promise of help.
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A plan to hospitalize those experiencing homelessness who have mental illness is receiving backlash despite the mayor’s promise of help.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has announced a new initiative that would allow authorities to more aggressively intervene to help people in need of mental health treatment.
Advocacy groups for civil rights groups and the homeless criticized mandate: ‘Mayor is playing fast and loose with the legal rights’
New York City Mayor Eric Adams rolled out a plan on Tuesday to allow more mentally ill homeless people to be hospitalized against their will in order to tackle "a crisis we see all around us."
NEW YORK (AP) -- New York City's mayor on Tuesday said he was directing police and city medics to be more aggressive about getting severely mentally ill