Mental Health Archives

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“The real issue is that there are too few systems and spaces intentionally created for them to engage, learn, and grow. The crisis is not boys. The crisis is belonging.”

ByStephen Tosh 0Comments

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Oct 2025

2025 Elections Government Housing and Homelessness Justice Land Use and Development Opinion Politics

Opinion: The Next Mayor’s Test is Closing Rikers— Public Safety Demands It

“The next mayor’s commitment to public safety shouldn’t be measured by how many people they jail, but by how they prevent harm before it happens, and reduce incarceration as a…

ByJason Rodriguez 0Comments

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Oct 2025

Health Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Mental Health Awareness Should Start On Our Blocks

“In the face of shrinking resources and rising need, community care might be the most powerful intervention we have.”

ByKayla Thompson 3Comments

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Sep 2025

Government Health Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Immigration Justice Politics

Federal Crackdown is Taking a Toll on Immigrant New Yorkers’ Mental Health, Officials & Advocates Say

The Trump administration’s mass deportations plan is fueling fear and an increased demand for mental health services among New York immigrants, who already face barriers to getting care, officials and…

ByDaniel Parra 7Comments

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Sep 2025

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice Land Use and Development Opinion

Opinion: Closing Rikers Is the Only Way Forward

“On Wednesday night, a man held at Rikers Island died—the fifth death in city custody in the last two weeks, and the 12th this year alone. These are not isolated…

ByErik Bottcher 3Comments

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Aug 2025

CLARIFY Government Health Housing and Homelessness News

New York Health Care Advocates Rally Against Medicaid Cuts: ‘You Will Bury Children’

More than 60 parents, assemblymembers and youth mental health advocates called upon New York State lawmakers to compensate for the impending deficits from President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill…

ByCity Limits Youth Journalism Training Program (CLARIFY)4Comments

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May 2025

Government Health Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: I Needed Support. I Got Handcuffs.

“Coercive interventions are costly, traumatic, and ineffective. Community-rooted care, grounded in trust and lived experience, is how we build a system that prevents crisis instead of punishing it.”

ByAlex Brass 0Comments

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Apr 2025

Government Health Housing and Homelessness Justice Opinion

Opinion: New Yorkers Support Community-Based Safety Solutions. You Just Have to Ask.

“When polls only ask people how they feel about ‘tough-on-crime’ solutions, they receive only validation for those very solutions.”

ByAlana Sivin 0Comments

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Mar 2025

Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Justice Opinion

Opinion: Governor’s Forced Hospitalization Plan Will Criminalize Already At-Risk Communities

“We need to invest in the solutions that actually work. Those solutions must be rooted in treating public health challenges with public health responses, not the same reflexive reliance on…

ByVictor M. Herrera 4Comments

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Mar 2025

Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: New York Must Commit to a Housing First Model

"We must commit to a housing first model that focuses on workforce development and wraparound services. Why? Because we know it works and have for over a decade." Chris Janaro…

ByAnn Marie Foster

ByTony Simone

ByJack Lundquist 1Comment

Opinion: Rethinking the ‘Boys’ Crisis’