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Eric Adams: “We were successful with the involuntary removal legislation…”

Featuring: Eric Adams, Democratic | Mayor of New York

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NYC Mayor Eric Adams responds to low poll numbers: FULL INTERVIEW

Published | Video Starts at 00:54

And those photos that you just showed, they speak volumes. You can't leave people on the street that don't have the capacity to understand that they are not taking care of themselves. We were successful with the involuntary removal legislation that was passed in Albany for those with severe mental health illness. Now we're saying, hey, folks, many of them also have drug addiction problem and we need to address it. (00:54–01:03)

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