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Adams urges Albany to make involuntary hospitalizations easier, in wake of A train shooting

By Ethan Stark-Miller Posted on March 15, 2024

On the heels of a grisly shooting aboard a Brooklyn subway car Thursday, Mayor Eric Adams on Friday called on Albany lawmakers to give the city more power to involuntarily commit people struggling with “severe mental illness.”

The mayor, during a Thursday morning WABC77 radio interview, said that after reviewing video footage of the incident, where a man was shot in the head on an A train Thursday afternoon, he believed the victim was mentally ill.

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Adams urges Albany to make involuntary hospitalizations easier, in wake of A train shooting

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