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Ex-Gov. David Paterson backs Adams' plan to get mentally ill off streets

[NYPOST] Mayor Eric Adams’ move to involuntarily commit some mentally ill homeless people is the right way to both help them and improve safety for everyone else, former Gov. David Paterson said Sunday.

“The mayor has been very proactive. [His strategy] not only will help to keep [dangerous] individuals off the streets, it’s going to help the individuals themselves,” Paterson said during an appearance on WABC Radio’s “Cats Roundtable.”

Hizzoner’s policy allows cops to bring homeless people to hospitals for psych evaluations if they pose a danger to themselves or others — even if the person does not agree to go.

“What we need to do is what we should’ve been doing the last 15 or 20 years, [which] is reversing the deinstitutionalization of the late ’70s that carried into the ’90s that doesn’t allow us to have enough beds to help these people,” Paterson told host John Catsimatidis.

Posted by Fred 2022-12-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11141 views ] Top

#1 This seems to make companionate sense on the surface. If you consider everything that Trudeau is actually doing to be the wishlist or template for Dems and Libs, this is just a way to get people back under tighter government control. No one can argue with institutionalizing dangerous mentally ill folks. In the socialist communist framework the definition of mentally ill begins to float towards people that disagree with government control. Then the cost cutters get involved and euthanasia begins to be offered. Later it is mandated.

Posted by Super Hose 2022-12-12 09:55|| 2022-12-12 09:55|| Front Page Top

#2 homeless people to hospitals for psych evaluations

They are not mentally ill. They are alcoholics and drug users.

Posted by Tyranysaurus McCoy1242 2022-12-12 19:34|| 2022-12-12 19:34|| Front Page Top

#3 I think a fair share are actually mentally ill, and their reliance on drugs and alcohol are coping or excuses. YMMV

Posted by Frank G 2022-12-12 19:36|| 2022-12-12 19:36|| Front Page Top

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