Mayor Eric Adams said Thursday he will push for a change in state law to allow people with substance use disorders to receive treatment, whether they want it or not.

Adams said the mandated treatment, part of an effort to reduce public drug use and intoxication, would empower clinicians to hospitalize people involuntarily if they pose a danger to themselves or others because of their use of drugs or alcohol. Judges would also have the authority to mandate care for individuals who are unwilling to consent to treatment.

Adams said the proposal, which he said he would push in the 2026 legislative session, would bring New York in line with the majority of other states , which already allow some form of involuntary commitment for substance use disorder.

He said the initiative is part of hi

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