Thank you for the link- I'll take a peek.

Yeah I think the issue I'm facing is trying to understand how to connect the short term solution to the long term. Nothing in the article (nor PDF) indicated what the long term solution looks like. I'm not a resident of NYC, but is it safe to say that this has been an ongoing issue that continues to be unresolvable? I haven't done enough research to look at what previous mayors, governors, etc have done, but will have to look later.

That's what the PDF said in the article. That was my reaction too :/

So that's what I went through. I had a really bad reaction to a medication I was taking and stayed within 72 hrs. I was discharged and had an appointment with both my psychiatrist and psychologist. World outside of a hospital is much different than being monitored and taken care of buy the medical staff.

I do get that sometimes patients don't want to comply with medication (I've tried different ones and still can't seem to find the one that works for me), so I get that they would want to stop taking medication. However, it's not really productive if they are meandering around and aren't willing to getting help. Mental health is really tough :( This is all very tricky :(