New York City Mayor Eric Adams has directed the NYPD and peace officers to take individuals who appear 'to be mentally ill' into custody involuntarily for psychiatric evaluations, even if they are not considered to be an imminent threat to the public.
With police on the frontlines of the effort to get unhoused citizens off the streets, the initiative has been criticized by civil rights, mental health and disability rights advocates.
Advocates say that involuntary hospitalization is a violation of civil rights and is a form of incarceration for innocent unhoused and mentally ill citizens of New York City. However, city officials claim this effort balances "prevention and intervention," by reducing "the number of people we see in need on our streets and in our subways to begin with," Health Commissioner Ashwin Vasan said on Twitter.However, the city is piloting a separate program that provides 80 homeless people with supportive housing, food and health support and financial literacy support.
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