"My predecessors for years were just shutting down psychiatric hospitals, eliminating psychiatric beds, and replacing them with nothing," Hochul told reporters on Oct. 12, 2023. "So, like any other health issue, if you don't treat it, it gets worse and that's why we have so many people on our streets."
"This is a reaction to the drama going on in the streets," said Dr. Ralph Aquila, medical director of Horizon House in Philadelphia and former senior medical director of Fountain House in New York.
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