New York City is instructing officials to confront and involuntarily hospitalize people experiencing severe mental illness on the streets, Mayor Eric Adams said.
, Adams described city residents with severe and untreated mental illness who sleep on subway cars and park benches and said their living situations are"a crisis we see all around us."
"A common misunderstanding persists that we cannot provide involuntary assistance unless the person is violent, suicidal or presenting a risk of imminent harm," he said. As part of its initiative, the city is developing a phone line that would allow police officers to consult with clinicians. But Adams said state law allows officials to"intervene" when severe mental illness is preventing someone from meeting their"basic human needs."
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