Mayor Eric Adams unveiled details of his $650 million investment to tackle homelessness and mental illness in a plan that increases the number of beds for unhoused individuals and leans more heavily on city hospitals.

Mayor Eric Adams announced a new plan Wednesday to help address the issue of of homeless people with mental illness​.

New York City plans to build a live-in “safe space” care facility for homeless people with serious mental illness who are repeatedly treated and discharged from city hospitals, Mayor Adams said Wednesday.

Denver Mayor Mike Johnston vetoed an expanded needle exchange program just one day after the city council passed the ordinance.

City councilwoman Amanda Sawyer, who opposed the bill, said a needle exchange in her district has been a ‘terrible neighbor.’

Denver Mayor Mike Johnston on Tuesday vetoed a bill passed by the Denver City Council one day prior expanding the city's needle exchange programs, per to a statement from his office. The big picture: The measure would have eliminated a cap on the number of syringe access programs in the city and removed a 1,