These individuals had no place to go for care. And I spoke to the commissioner about this and my team. I said, now that the pandemic is over, We have to get those beds back online and create new beds because we have a severe shortage here in the state of New York. And it's not something I was proud of. I said, we have to do this. (05:46–05:54)
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Asserts that there is a severe shortage of mental health beds in New York State.
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