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Commentary By Nicole Gelinas

Adams’ $650M Plan for Homeless Mentally Ill Holds a Mirror to His Troubled Tenure

Governance, Cities New York, New York City, Serious Mental Illness, Homelessness

Last Thursday, Mayor Adams went up to Harlem to make his fourth State of the City address — his last one before his June re-election primary.

The mayor’s speech was a snapshot of his re-election dilemma, and that of the voters: On broad policy and plans, he’s often right.

It’s just that he bumbles the execution.

The mayor’s big idea last week was tackling street and subway homelessness.

Adams wants to “invest” $650 million over five years across three homeless initiatives, two of which target the homeless population responsible for public disorder and, often, violent crime.

Continue reading the entire piece here at the New York Post

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Nicole Gelinas is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and contributing editor at City Journal. Follow her on Twitter here. Nicole is the author of Movement: New York’s Long War to Take Back Its Streets from the Caravailable now.

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