Several experts expressed concern to Fox News Digital after NYC Mayor Eric Adams announced a plan to combat homelessness and crime that includes involuntary commitments.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams, left, and a homeless individual, right, sleeping on New York City subway
The move comes as the nation's largest city faces both a homeless crisis, where at least 60,000 New Yorkers are living on the streets or in shelters, and surging crime in several categories, especially on subways where underground crimes are up over 40% in 2021 and subway murders are at theWhile many have lauded the mayor’s willingness to take bold and controversial action to address the tens of thousands of homeless individuals on New York City streets, the move hasfrom several mental...
"I’m not opposed to taking mentally ill people in distress to the hospital — our ambulances do this all the time," Almojera wrote."But I know it’s unlikely to solve their problems. Hospitals are overwhelmed, so they sometimes try to shuffle patients to other facilities. Gov. Kathy Hochul has promised 50 extra beds for New York City’s psychiatric patients. We need far more to manage those patients who would qualify for involuntary hospitalization under Mr. Adams’s vague criteria.
Amy Swearer, a legal fellow in the Meese Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at Heritage Foundation, also told Fox News Digital that New York City’s healthcare system would have trouble with the additional burden of increasing the number of involuntary commitments on city streets and subways.
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