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Advocates Push to Center Youth Mental Health as New School Year Begins

Jeanmarie Evelly | August 29, 2022

At a virtual rally on Sunday, parents, young people and advocates in the city and across the state shared stories about the impact of the pandemic and renewed calls for elected officials to invest more in behavioral health programs and services for children and teens, which experts say have been underfunded for years and are now at a breaking point, with increased demand spurred by the coronavirus crisis.

Opinion

Opinion: Use NYC’s Vacant Lots and Buildings to Help Solve the Housing Crisis

John Thompson Jr. | August 10, 2022

“As of 2016, the city had over 1,131 (more or less) parcels of property at its disposal. Instead of using executive orders on projects that benefit a small group of people, the mayor has the power to relinquish parcels of land and abandoned property to address homelessness.”

CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS

A bedroom in a supportive housing complex in Harlem

Opinion: Supportive Housing is NYC’s Best Tool for Addressing Homelessness

Jim Dill | July 26, 2022

“Shelters are not a stand-alone solution and just because we remove homeless people from our subways and streets doesn’t mean they have found a home.”

CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS

Homeless outreach workers in the NYC subway

Opinion: ‘Housing First’ is Not Enough to End NYC Homelessness

Harriet Karr-McDonald | July 19, 2022

“We need a continuum of care that meets the individual needs of homeless New Yorkers where they are, whether it’s a single mother, an out-of-work man, someone exiting incarceration with nowhere to go, a person living with schizophrenia or battling addiction, and everyone in between.”

housing

Bronx tenant and her two children in her apartment kitchen

‘It’s Like a Slum’: Supportive Housing Tenants Cope with Violation-Filled Homes. Provider Blames Underfunding

David Brand | July 13, 2022

Postgraduate Center for Mental Health has $130 million in two cash reserves and steady funding from the state, but conditions inside the apartments it rents for low-income tenants continue to deteriorate. The organization says it is forced to rent substandard units because state contracts are too low to cover better housing.

CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS

A staffer paints a cell at Rikers Island jail

Opinion: Banning Solitary Confinement in NYC Jails is Long Overdue

Nancy Holt and Vaishali Talwar | July 12, 2022

“Scientific research very clearly demonstrates that solitary confinement is torture. It also shows that it is counterproductive in achieving its goals because it often increases an inmate’s violent behavior.”

CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS

Opinion: Increased Police Presence in Schools Will Only Help Strengthen the School-to-Prison Pipeline

Amanda Fialk | June 10, 2022

“Though society is scared and grieving, we cannot allow the knee jerk reaction to the devastating mass shooting in Uvalde to ignore the systemic, policy, and evidence-based realities and root causes of gun violence.”

Age Justice

Opinion: We Must Invest in Mental Health Care for Older New Yorkers

Linda Giuliano | May 10, 2022

The reality is that many older adults have already survived trauma—and those experiences carry so much wisdom, perspective, and resilience to share as a result. Investments to increase access to mental health support for seniors would go a long way.

CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS

Opinion: Supportive Housing Can Help Break the Cycle Between Homelessness and Incarceration

Patricia Hernandez, Bea De la Torre, JoAnne Page and Cynthia Stuart | May 2, 2022

“Deeply affordable housing with supportive services for this population has a proven track record of success and hits all the Adams administration’s goals of efficiency, smart government, addressing problems at their root, and getting things done.”

The Coronavirus Crisis

Opinion: As COVID Mandates Lift, We Must Do More to Support Caregivers of Kids With Special Health Needs

Christina Salley | April 25, 2022

“We have all been on our path to accepting COVID-19 as a part of our lives, but let’s not forget that the stakes are higher for some.”

Jeanmarie Evelly | August 29, 2022

John Thompson Jr. | August 10, 2022

Jim Dill | July 26, 2022

Harriet Karr-McDonald | July 19, 2022

David Brand | July 13, 2022

Nancy Holt and Vaishali Talwar | July 12, 2022

Amanda Fialk | June 10, 2022

Linda Giuliano | May 10, 2022

Patricia Hernandez, Bea De la Torre, JoAnne Page and Cynthia Stuart | May 2, 2022

Christina Salley | April 25, 2022

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