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by woodruffw 1857 days ago
The same thing that happens to them elsewhere in the US: the overwhelming majority of them are taken in by the carceral system in lieu of actual care.

I'd like to think that NYC is at least slightly better, numbers wise, but it probably isn't.

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In California that doesn’t seem to be the case. I can take you to streets where there a half naked people out of their mind and no cops are coming for them.