filed last Thursday alleges that Adams' mental health plan is too broad, lacks details and argues the policy violates the U.S. Constitution and the Americans with Disabilities Act.
The motion was added to an existing class action lawsuit, which was filed at the end of last year, that is challenging the role of the NYPD in responding to mental health crises.Van Dalen said that police can, at times, exacerbate the issue. "They arrive often in police cars with sirens and lights in some circumstances," van Dalen explained. "They'll draw a weapon and they're loud and they're acting like police officers."
People are now scared to leave their homes because they think that they may get picked up by the police and involuntarily transported to a hospital for psychiatric evaluation.Adams has claimed that the city has a moral obligation to help someone who is clearly in a crisis.The motion includes a statement from Steven Greene, 27, who has post-traumatic stress disorder after being involuntarily and violently taken to a hospital in 2020 after someone falsely reported that he was suicidal.
Right now, a federal judge is still considering whether to grant a temporary stay on the mayor's new mental health policy to keep it from moving forward. A procedural hearing was held on Monday afternoon to set terms on the discovery process.