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The mayor of New York is using genuine concern over the plight of unhoused people with mental illness to launch a new round of police sweeps, this time with a twist: people whom the police judge to be severely ill and incapable of caring for themselves will be involuntarily hospitalized. Demands to expand involuntary treatment and involuntary hospitalization are also coming from California.