In the wake of several high-profile crimes in the city, Gov. Kathy Hochul says she wants to change state law to allow authorities to commit mentally ill people to hospitals without their consent.

But it will be an uphill battle, as the Democratic-led state Legislature has previously opposed similar policy proposals.

On Friday, Hochul said enough is enough when it comes to subway crime.

“We need to ensure that those who are suffering from severe mental illness are getting the care they need and we’re also protecting the innocent bystanders in our subways and on our streets,” Hochul said during a press conference on the Lower East Side.

Last month, a woman died after she was set on fire in a subway car.

This week, a man was severely injured after he was shoved before a moving train and in the Bronx, an MTA worker was stabbed.

“Mental health is not at the foundation of every one of these crimes, I never thought that it was — but in those cases, when the system has failed, when there’s an individual who in the throes of a mental health episode does something that is so horrific,” she said. “That’s what we have to solve for, and legislative language will give more direction to the doctors and hospitals.”

Now, Hochul says she must change state law, making it easier to commit a person to medical care without their consent.

She also wants to strengthen Kendra’s Law, which allows a court to set psychiatric treatment for people suffering from mental illness.

Mayor Eric Adams backed Hochul in a statement.

“Several recent incidents have shown what happens when these issues go untreated. As we have repeatedly said, we cannot wait for change. That’s why, since the start of our administration, we’ve put nearly every possible solution into action within the city’s control without passage of this law,” he said on Friday.

But Hochul could be in for a fight with the Democratic-controlled Legislature.

“This has been rejected by the Legislature in the past. It is my sincere hope that everyone in the Legislature is paying attention to what is unfolding in our city and in our state,” state Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, a Democrat from Westchester, said. “We’ve been focused beyond any Legislature in the past. In terms of mental health and how to make sure that people are getting the help they need. I’m going to take a look at what she’s proposing and we will work from there.”

“I think there’s a global acknowledgement that we have to do more on mental health, in particular what’s been happening on the subway. We have to do something,” Bronx Democratic state Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said.

Mental health teams were ordered onto the subways in 2022. Hochul has demanded hospitals free up more psychiatric hospital beds and that 1,000 National Guardsmen patrol the system.

But recent statistics show a crime uptick.

“I’m taking it on again. I expect to be successful, but also saying this: this is not new to me to be focusing on mental health,” Hochul said.

Both proposals would need to be approved by the Legislature before the end of the legislative session scheduled for June.