NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch called on Albany to do more to help those suffering from mental illness, who, she said, are the ones causing the random, violent attacks that plague the city — because “it can’t be the police department always being called to do everything.”

“We need capacity in our hospitals to care for people suffering from severe mental illness,” Tisch said on Fox 5’s Good Day NY Friday. “Our cops bring people to the hospital thousands of times a year who are in mental health distress. They get released two hours later with a sandwich.

“We need to care for these people,” she added. “New York State needs a different approach in caring for and treating people with mental health issues, and it can’t be the police department always being called to do everything.”

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