The hotline’s creation comes two months after the mayor announced a plan to tackle rising homelessness.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2023.City officials launched a hotline to help NYPD officers decide whether someone should be forcibly removed from the streets, the subways and other public spaces and sent to a hospital for a psychiatric evaluation.
The clinician-staffed hotline, will “provide support and advise the police officers in real time” as officers consider how to respond to individuals with presumed mental health needs while on the job, Hansman said. The City Council convened the hearing on Mayor Eric Adams’ controversial plan forThe hotline creation comes about two months after the mayor unveiled this plan to address the city’s growing homelessness and mental health crisis.
He also did not say how many people have been forced to go into the hospital since Adams announced his plans in late November. A spokesperson for the mayor did not respond to a request for the information.
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