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AGENCY TESTIMONY
Mental health crisis response in subways
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Commissioner Tisch addresses the NYPD's approach to mental health crises in the subway system, emphasizing collaboration with other agencies and the need for comprehensive solutions.
- Acknowledgment of the mental health crisis facing New York City and other communities
- Collaboration with MTA, Department of Homeless Services, and Health and Hospitals through PATH and SCOUT programs
- Thousands of contacts made by interagency teams over the past five months
- Support for legislative efforts to proactively address severe mental illness
Jessica Tisch
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Our subways are not homeless shelters or psychiatric hospitals.
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At the level with the PATH program and the state level with the Scout program, we're working closely with our partners at the MTA, DHS and health and hospitals to help people in need whom we encounter in the transit system.
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This co response initiative is part of our ongoing effort to connect people with shelter and with care and our interagency teams have made thousands of contacts over the past five months.
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While we have a moral duty to provide services, we cannot do this work alone.
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We require strong partners and even stronger ideas.
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And the NYPD stands with the mayor and the governor and their legislative efforts to proactively address severe mental illness.