Mayor Eric Adams announced his Compassionate Interventions Act last Thursday, Aug. 14, at a Manhattan Institute event.

The plan, which would heavily impact unhoused people, is opposed as unethical and harmful by many advocates but fits a wider ...

Mayor Adams announced last week that he would pursue state legislation to authorize involuntary commitment of those with ...

Mayor Eric Adams announced Thursday, a slew of new initiatives and investments to fight substance use plaguing the Bronx and ...

Mayor Eric Adams wants New York State to approve his latest proposal to use involuntary means aimed at street homelessness, ...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has proposed a controversial new law to get drug addicts off the city's streets by expanding ...

NYC Mayor Eric Adams proposes the Compassionate Interventions Act to allow involuntary commit for substance abuse.

New York Civil Liberties Union’s Executive Director Donna Lieberman responded to Adams saying, “For too long, politicians ...

Mayor Eric Adams is seeking to harness the power of incumbency to offer a plan that gets addicts off the streets and into ...

Mayor Eric Adams wants to make it easier to take drug addicts off the streets — and into treatment against their will.

Compelled treatment tries to correct behavior that drives drug users to hurt themselves and others. That’s why 37 other ...

The New York City mayor is pitching a new law for involuntary removals, though it has no sponsors in Albany or bill language ...