Eric Adams: “Albany must give us the law to do [involuntary removal].”

“You can't take care of your danger to others. I should be able to remove you off the street involuntarily and give you the care that you deserve. That's humane. Albany must give us the law to do [involuntary removal]. that. They were reluctant to give us the full scope of doing that. So I had to work with what we have. We put in place something called our PATH program and our SCOUT program.” (28:39–28:43)

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