Many NYC psych patients have no chance to go outside

Many psychiatric patients at New York City’s public hospitals are cooped up during their stays with no opportunity to go outside, sometimes for weeks or months at a time, according to a new report by a state watchdog agency that monitors treatment of psychiatric patients and a nonprofit legal group.

Morning Edition spoke with WNYC's Caroline Lewis and former Bellevue patient Michael Kronenberg about what fresh air means to people receiving care.