NYC’s Controversial Plan for the Homeless

In the Bubble with Andy Slavitt

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4.6 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2022

⏱️ 44 minutes

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New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ controversial plan to address homelessness would allow police to involuntarily remove people with mental illness from the street and bring them to the hospital. He calls it the moral thing to do. Is it, or is it a violation of people's constitutional rights? Are there better ways? Andy speaks with reporter Maya Kaufman about how the plan is getting rolled out and the reaction so far. Then he turns to mental health crisis responder Ben Adam Climer, who explains why this approach won’t work and lays out more successful alternatives.

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1:40.0	This is in the bubble with Andy Slavin. Across America, in urban areas, coast to coast,
1:45.0	people are crowding doorways, creating encampments, or otherwise seeking shelter.
1:51.0	Homeless encampments are growing in major cities and levels we haven't seen in decades.
1:56.0	Now there's a lot of reasons for homelessness, high rents, economic displacement,
2:02.0	inability to hold a job, and mental illness, and certainly a pending recession.
2:08.0	Today's conversation is about a fairly dramatic plan, and a controversial plan,
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