New York Gov. Kathy Hochul seeks expanded involuntary commitment laws over violent crimes on subway
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Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to expand New York's mental health laws to allow hospitals to force more people with mental health problems into treatment.
Hochul said Friday she wants to introduce legislation during the coming legislative session to amend mental health care laws to address the recent surge of violent crimes on the subway.
"Many of these horrific incidents have involved people with serious untreated mental illness, the result of a failure to get treatment to people who are living on the streets and are disconnected from our mental health care system," the governor said.
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