AG James finds systemic failures in hospital psychiatric care
BY CARTER MYERS-BROWN
Posted 4/17/26
The workers tasked with caring for some of New York’s most vulnerable patients — nurses, emergency department staff and psychiatric providers — were left without adequate policies, training or resources to safely manage mental health crises, an investigation by New York Attorney General Letitia James found.
Her office’s investigation culminated in a settlement with NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital announced this week that will require the hospital system to overhaul how it handles behavioral health emergencies.
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