… and following the example we've seen in the past where you can do so, while also reducing crime and understanding that no longer can we just be at ease with Rikers Island [is] the largest mental health facility in New York City, second largest in the country where 40% of all the population is diagnosed as having SMI, serious mental illness. Jack Jaworski, who's a journalism student here at Columbia, picks up on that, saying that the mayor of the current administration has made it functionally impossible. Those are your words. (41:50–43:58)
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