The report found that the NYPD initiated 7,060 involuntary removals last year, and clinicians initiated another 660 transports. Adams has touted the policy as a success since he introduced it in ...

And despite the swift backlash from mental health advocates and some lawmakers who argued that the city should be focusing on long-term care and housing rather than involuntary hospitalization, the ...

If we are going to expand the use of involuntary commitment, we need to focus on rebuilding our mental health system with more treatment facilities, crisis centers, and support services. Otherwise ...

Hochul’s proposal vindicates Mayor Eric Adams’s stalled mental-health-care efforts, delivering what he requested back in November 2022: more proactive treatment for the seriously mentally ill.

Few of those taken to a hospital involuntarily under New York City Mayor Eric Adams' policy aimed at helping people in the grips of a mental health crisis have access to long-term care, according ...