Gov. Kathy Hochul says the recent surge in violence in the subway "cannot continue." She says she will include new legislation in the executive budget to change New York's involuntary commitment standards.

Gov. Kathy Hochul said Friday she’d introduce legislation to the state budget that would make it easier to involuntarily commit those suffering from mental illness to hospitals, citing an uptick in violent crimes on the NYC subway system.

In a statement Friday, Hochul, a Democrat, said she would push to change mental health care laws during the coming legislative session in an attempt to address what she described as a surge of crimes on the subway.

Following a series of violent subway crimes allegedly committed by individuals with mental health issues, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has proposed new legislation to improve access to mental health assistance.

Amid a recent surge in headline-grabbing subway violence, Gov. Kathy Hochul vowed on Friday to take action to make it easier for authorities to involuntarily hospitalize severely mentally ill individuals often linked to such incidents.