Dr. Alan Chartock's Morning Commentary

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Alan Chartock,

Published November 30, 2022 at 7:41 AM EST

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WAMC's Dr. Alan Chartock discusses a plan by New York City Mayor Eric Adams that directs the police and emergency medical workers to hospitalize people they deemed too mentally ill to care for themselves, even if they posed no threat to others.

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Alan Chartock

Dr. Alan Chartock is professor emeritus at the University at Albany. He hosts the weekly Capitol Connection series, heard on public radio stations around New York. The program, for almost 12 years, highlighted interviews with Governor Mario Cuomo and now continues with conversations with state political leaders. Dr. Chartock also appears each week on The Media Project and The Roundtable and offers commentary on Morning Edition, weekdays at 7:40 a.m.

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David Guistina is the host of Morning Edition on WAMC.

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