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Mental Health

CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
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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.”

CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS

Opinion: Defendants Living with Mental Illness Need Treatment, Not Jail

Matt Kudish, Margaret Byrne and Alexa James | April 8, 2022

“More than half of Rikers inmates are affected by mental illness and almost 17 percent have a serious mental health diagnosis. Yet throughout New York State, there are 30 mental health courts, which can only serve 140 participants under the current system.”

CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS

Opinion: Coercion and Institutionalization Won’t Fix NY’s Mental Health Crisis

Harvey Rosenthal | March 30, 2022

“We must reject policies that single out, scapegoat, and sweep away the rights of our neighbors with mental illness.”

Government

Mayor’s Budget Plan Cuts $615M from Homeless Services, as Subway Crackdown Intensifies

David Brand | February 18, 2022

Service providers have urged the city to hire more workers to help move people more quickly out of shelter or public spaces and into permanent housing.

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City Watch: Bottcher Urges City and State to Fund Treatment Beds to Address Mental Illness

David Brand | February 16, 2022

“The failure that we’re experiencing is the result of decades of disinvestment of mental health services,” Manhattan Councilmember Erik Bottcher, who represents Greenwich Village, Chelsea and Hell’s Kitchen, said during an appearance on WBAI’s City Watch this week.

Government

How Will New York State’s Budget Address the Youth Mental Health Crisis?

Julian Roberts-Grmela | February 15, 2022

Youth and advocates are optimistic, saying Gov. Kathy Hochul’s budget takes important steps to expand resources, but that more needs to be done to make up for years of ‘chronic underfunding’ across the system.

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