Activists say forcing people to seek services and into shelters is the wrong approach.
Activists slammed Mayor Eric Adams' recent plan to help those with severe mental illness by hospitalizing them involuntarily.Activists slammed Mayor Eric Adams' recent plan to help those with severe mental illness.if they can't care for themselves.Public Advocate Jumaane Williams says the mayor has put too much funding and focus on enforcement.
"They're the ones that get all the funding then we're going to ask them to do too much, they're going to do things they are not equipped to do, they are going to provide services that they are not trained to do," Williams said. Adams defended the plan and said it will not be police-driven despite officers being a key part of it.
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