A federal judge on Friday scheduled a Monday afternoon hearing for the first legal challenge against Mayor Eric Adams' recent directive to start forcibly hospitalizing more people who appear to be severely mentally ill.
on the mayor’s plan, which he announced late last month, was filed in a Manhattan federal court Thursday morning by Beldock Levine & Hoffman LLP, New York Lawyers for the Public Interest and other attorneys. It was brought on behalf of plaintiffs including individuals like Justin Baerga and Steven Greene and advocacy groups such as the National Alliance on Mental Illness of NYC and Community Access.
“The newly announced ‘Involuntary Removal Policy’ not only violates New York’s Mental Hygiene Law, but it discriminates against individuals by treating them differently simply because of their actual or perceived mental disability,” the filing read. “The new involuntary removal policy doubles down on decades of failed, police-centered City mandates just when we should be creating health-centered supports for people with mental illnesses.”
From the moment Adams unveiled his directive, it seemed almost inevitable the plan would be met with legal challenges.criticized the plan for what they charge is a lack of clarity around how the NYPD will determine who to forcibly commit
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