New York City government announces it will forcibly hospitalize homeless people with mental disorders.
At least 25 cases have been reported, with two deaths of people hit by trains in the American city.
247 - Mayor Eric Adams of New York City, in the state of the same name in the United States, announced that police officers may forcibly take homeless people who appear to suffer from mental disorders to hospitals. In 2022 alone, at least 25 cases of assaults committed by people with a medically diagnosed problem were recorded.
"If people suffering from serious mental illness are homeless and pose a danger to themselves, we have a moral obligation to help them get treated and cured when they need it," Adams told reporters. The statement was published by the AFP news agency.
Mayor Adams did not mention the crimes when announcing the new involuntary detention measures.
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