NYC Plan to Involuntarily Hospitalize People with Mental Illness

The Brian Lehrer Show | Nov 30, 2022

Andy Newman, New York Times reporter covering social services and poverty in the New York Metro Region, discusses Mayor Adams' policy announcement expanding police and medical workers' ability to involuntarily hospitalize people with mental illness.

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