Zohran Mamdani: “40% of incarcerated New Yorkers there have serious mental…”

“I also think that we need to start to end the revolving door as it Pertains to mental health crisis, where we, for example, send New Yorkers onto Rikers island, now the single largest mental health facility in New York. 40% of incarcerated New Yorkers there have serious mental illness. It's not only a political failure, a moral failure, it's also a fiscal failure. Cost the city more than $500,000 to incarcerate some on Rikers.” (10:22–10:26)

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