Potential legal exposure of mayor’s mental health plan

Mayor Eric Adams announced Tuesday that the city is adopting the state’s expanded interpretation of the circumstances under which apparently mentally ill people can be forcibly transported to a hospital.

“In short, we are confirming that a person’s ‘inability to meet basic needs,’ to the extent that it poses a risk of harm, is part of the standard for mental health interventions,” he said.

That “basic needs” standard that…