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NEW YORK — Teams of mental health professionals and EMTs responding to 911 calls in a pilot program in Harlem have reduced the rate of hospitalizations for people in crisis, data released by New York City shows.
But advocates say more work is needed to eliminate police from mental health emergencies as three quarters of the calls in the pilot were still routed to police.
The numbers released Thursday from the Mayor’s Office of Community Mental Health provides the first look into the pilot program that pairs social workers and EMTs — rather than armed police officers — to answer mental health emergency calls…
