Court Rules Against New York’s NYC Safe Hub Program & Monitoring of People With Mental Illness

In a legal decision issued on February 10, 2016 by the Supreme Court, New York County in the Matter of MP v Ramesar the judge said New York City's new program, the NYC Safe Hub, that monitors people diagnosed with mental illness who are deemed to be potentially dangerous, is “not a valid legal standard for involuntarily committing a person” under the state’s Mental Hygiene Law. The judge said the mayor “cannot use the Mental Hygiene Law in this way.“

The city launched NYC Safe in late 2015 to improve access to mental health treatment and improve public . . .