New York City leaders are divided into non -in -hospital admissions of serious mental illnesses, as Albany’s lawmakers will expand the power of civil servants to eliminate them from the streets and subways.
The councilor criticized the initiative of Eric Adams. Those who have a mental health crisis here are taken to receive mental treatment of their will in reports and hearings that emphasize the inconsistency and disadvantages of the program on Monday. But Adams said that the legislators after the analysis said, “We must escape from the sterile environment of the city council.”
“The administration continues to depend on unconscious removal without providing funds for the treatment measures necessary for those in need of long -term services,” said Linda Lee Pyeong, chairman of the Mental Health Committee of the Council.
Adams replied in a Monday press conference, “They must do what we do, go to the subway system, and see a population that needs help.” “We will respond to that request.”
It was the latest episode of discussion on whether the city and state authorities had to have the power to be involved in medical facilities, including homeless New Yorkers. Promoters say that this practice guarantees the safety and welfare of the individual and the extensive public, while the oppositions violate people’s autonomy and often not provide them with consistent help. Civil rights advisors also raised concerns about the misconception of policies to those who do not need urgent treatment.
State lawmakers are considering changing the law so that more professionals can perform mental health evaluation for vision promises, and that they can evaluate the ability of a person to care for themselves when they decide whether to be hospitalized. Kathy Hochul has supported this proposal, and Adams advocated involuntary removal by connecting people with serious mental illness with long -term nursing and services. This problem also appeared in the market race in 2025.
Council report The ADAMS administration is based on the data of 2024 that it should be shared legally. It has been found that many people who have taken for mental health admission to their will have not been recognized for inpatient treatment, and they are not sure if they have received medical or psychiatric treatment for most people.
The report also stated that five times more people were taken in private houses than public places, and the meeting questioned the market’s claim that initiatives could help people deal with mental illnesses in the same place as in the subway. And this data showed a significant racial imbalance. 54% of the people who were shipped last year were black even if the New York residents made only 23% of the population of the city.
The city council warned that the efficacy of this program is difficult to evaluate because the administration did not provide major data for location and hospital hospitalization.
The report pointed out that “the number of transportation is not the same as the number of people transported because it does not track whether the same individual has been transported unconsciously several times.”
Nevertheless, Adams defended the practice, claiming that the racial inconsistency quoted by the council reflected the population statistics of the homeless population of the city.
“We’ll have to remove this person unconsciously, but we’ll hold on to it, so we will not do it, Hispanic, we will not do it, white, we will not do so.” “We will go where there is a problem, and we will not do racial politics. We will go where the service is.”
The city council reported that the city would invest more in intensive mobile therapy programs, transition support programs, crisis rest centers and mental health clubs. At a separate council hearing on Monday, lawmakers urged the administration to accelerate the work of intensive mobile treatment teams.
