Governor Kathy Hochul announced plans to introduce legislation in New York's upcoming budget to change involuntary commitment standards for individuals with severe mental illness. She also aims to modify Kendra's Law, making it easier for both courts and individuals to utilize Assisted Outpatient Treatment. Critics, however, argue that the plan lacks details and that existing resources like Kendra's Law should be leveraged more effectively.
by making it easier to involuntarily commit and treat dangerous mentally ill New York ers — but critics quickly blasted her largely detail-free plan as too little, too late.
The governor didn’t specify whether she’d be supporting existing bills or unveiling newly-crafted legislation. A spokesperson for Hochul said the specifics will be released when she unveils her executive budget proposal on Jan. 21. Kendra’s Law is named after Kendra Webdale, a writer killed in 1999 when a schizophrenic man pushed her in front of a Manhattan subway.
“We don’t know what she is proposing today on Kendra’s Law since her statement was vague, but we hope that this is one of them,” Stettin said. “The devil is in the details and we’re anxiously awaiting to see what she proposes.” Adams, who launched the city’s own involuntary commitment plan more than two years ago, praised Hochul for “finally” heeding his repeated calls for state reforms for helping homeless New Yorkers with untreated severe mental illness.
But Hochul spokesman Avi Small told The Post that the mayor’s preferred bill won’t be the legislation that the governor will push. She also stood by her assertion that her deployment of hundreds of National Guard troops in the subway was decreasing concerns about crime underground, without providing any data or evidence.Glenn Liebman, CEO of the Mental Health Association of New York, disapproved of Hochul’s vague proposals, arguing that they’re missing the forest for the trees.
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