NYC: Equating a Disability with a Crime

In this episode we interview attorneys Marinda van Dalen and Beth Haroules about a public address from New York City mayor Eric Adams encouraging police officers to initiate more mental health arrests.

Marinda van Dalen: https://www.nylpi.org/team/marinda-van-dalen/

Baerga v. City of New York: https://www.nylpi.org/case/baerga-v-city-of-new-york/

Beth Haroules: https://www.nyclu.org/en/biographies/beth-haroules

Rights This Way: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rights-this-way/id1643734167

Transcript of Mayor Adams' Statement: https://www.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/871-22/transcript-mayor-eric-adams-delivers-address-mental-health-crisis-new-york-city-holds

Mayor Adams' Psychiatric Crisis Care Legislative Agenda: https://www.nyc.gov/assets/home/downloads/pdf/press-releases/2022/Psychiatric-Crisis-Care.pdf

Mental Health Involuntary Removals: https://www.nyc.gov/assets/home/downloads/pdf/press-releases/2022/Mental-Health-Involuntary-Removals.pdf

Office of Mental Health Guidance on Admissions Process: https://omh.ny.gov/omhweb/forensic/manual/html/mhl_admissions.htm

Episode Transcript:  sensiblenonsense.squarespace.com/committables3-transcripts/2023/2/27/nyc-equating-a-disability-with-a-crime

Committable is produced by Michelle Stockman, Jim McQuaid and Jesse Mangan. https://sensiblenonsense.squarespace.com/committable

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