In @NYDNOpinions today, @NormOrnstein and I endeavor to cut through the noise and explain how and why @NYCMayor is working to secure treatment for unsheltered New Yorkers in psychiatric crisis.

I actually find the reflexive opposition to this more understandable than I do when it comes to involuntary treatment of SMI. I myself had to be convinced that there is a role for it. If given the chance, I think we could do something worthwhile in NYC and convert some skeptics.

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Props to @TandyLau1995 of @NYAmNews for the most thorough, balanced, accurate + informative reporting I've seen on @NYCMayor's proposal to authorize involuntary hospital care for addiction.

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IOW, the point of the amendment is NOT to give NYC removal authority it currently lacks. It’s to clarify for hospital docs making admissions decisions + judges hearing patient challenges that a person whose mental illness has led to extreme self-neglect needs hospital care. 4/4.

Typically that person is suffering from addiction alone, not SMI, + doesn’t want help. And yes, It’s horribly sad to see. But keep in mind that the law amendment we + Gov Hochul are pushing for would NOT extend removal to people who don’t exhibit appearance of mental illness. 3/4.

I suspect this outreach worker (who I’ll reach out to when I’m back from vacation next week) knows the law + policy but was talking about the many people we see in deplorable physical condition who don’t qualify for removal because they don’t exhibit mental illness symptoms. 2/4.

Appreciate Henry's incisive coverage as always. But must clarify that under @NYCMayor, we interpret the current vaguely-worded statute to *ALLOW* hospital removals of ppl exhibiting mental illness symptoms + inability to care for self. Our SCOUT + PATH teams do it every day. 1/4.

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