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RobinA

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26. Unfortunately

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Reply #13)

Thu Dec 1, 2022, 12:42 PM

Dec 2022

boarding houses tend to be yet another way of separating poor people from what little money they have.

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NYC will involuntarily hospitalize homeless "who appear to be mentally ill" [View all] BlueWaveNeverEnd Nov 2022 OP

Here's an idea ... put them on a bus and send them to Florida FakeNoose Nov 2022 #1

How about we do less to increase their suffering, and more to get them the treatment Aristus Nov 2022 #2

Mental illness is no joke DaBronx Nov 2022 #10

Follow up care after release from hospitals is essential. wnylib Nov 2022 #19

This is a horrifying, violent policy that is yet another way to give cops money and power, and will WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2022 #3

"Appear to be mentally ill"? marmar Nov 2022 #4

yes, cops. here is how it will work. BlueWaveNeverEnd Dec 2022 #32

This message was self-deleted by its author Midnight Writer Nov 2022 #5

And somehow, in 40 years, nobody put the money back in to the system? jimfields33 Nov 2022 #9

was this doc. set in America? BlueWaveNeverEnd Nov 2022 #15

Yes, New York. A young Geraldo Rivera snuck in with a camera crew and it was sickening. Midnight Writer Nov 2022 #17

No. Damn. No. That's beyond wrong. Solly Mack Nov 2022 #6

A relative of a friend died from inadequate food and medicine Tetrachloride Nov 2022 #7

Yes, this is not a black-and-white issue. Sky Jewels Dec 2022 #30

I had 2 jobs where I was involved in the paperwork trail Tetrachloride Nov 2022 #8

One of the factors driving homelessness that rarely gets mentioned thucythucy Nov 2022 #11

...boarding houses, a business mostly run by women BlueWaveNeverEnd Nov 2022 #13

Unfortunately RobinA Dec 2022 #26

RecRecRec! Spot on!! Thank you for this truth. 😭 MerryBlooms Nov 2022 #20

Thank you XanaDUer2 Dec 2022 #25

Thank you for your very valuable perspective in this and your post no. 23. yonder Dec 2022 #27

Those homeless individuals didn't walk out of a Phoenix61 Nov 2022 #12

Who gets to decide WHO gets locked up? WarGamer Nov 2022 #14

if it it's cops, expect a large percentage of the locked up to be black and brown males BlueWaveNeverEnd Nov 2022 #16

This could be helpful if people actually got help they needed Takket Nov 2022 #18

They do 72 hour hold here in L.A. nini Nov 2022 #21

Why has no one restored "that system"? former9thward Dec 2022 #29

I thought everybody here was against Reagan's closing of the mental hospitals EX500rider Dec 2022 #22

Reagan didn't close the institutions. thucythucy Dec 2022 #23

+1 H2O Man Dec 2022 #31

Many also were able to move into group homes thucythucy Dec 2022 #33

I am a retired H2O Man Dec 2022 #34

It sounds like we've both been in this struggle. thucythucy Dec 2022 #36

Long overdue eissa Dec 2022 #24

Mental health treatment doesn't have to be involuntary institutionalization. thucythucy Dec 2022 #28

This doesn't provide long term care and support just arrests and persecution. David__77 Dec 2022 #35

And I wonder what recourse there will be thucythucy Dec 2022 #37

New York doesn't have a provision for "Grave Disability"? Caliman73 Dec 2022 #38