Mayor Eric Adams intends to remove people with severe, untreated mental illness from the streets. That will mean involuntary hospitalization of people deemed unable to care for themselves.
Source: New York Times
On City Streets, Fear and Hope as Mayor Pushes to Remove Mentally Ill
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