Mayor Eric Adams prodded Albany for help Tuesday in his years-long push to take mentally ill vagrants involuntarily off the street and into care — grimly casting a madman’s deadly Manhattan stabbing spree as the tragic consequence of inaction.
“Everybody said I was inhumane, that we just want to institutionalize people,” Adams said during his weekly off-topic briefing. “Well, this is the result. This is the result of not taking actions and ignoring people who need help.”
Adams said city officials will carry out an analysis to see where gaps in the mental health and criminal justice systems failed accused killer Ramon Rivera — and, ultimately, his three victims.
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