City Council pushing bill to provide free mental health services to migrants | #citycouncil
Metro exclusive By Jon Levine Published March 30, 2024, 8:16 a.m. ET The new bill “would require the Mayor’s Office of Community Health to have at least one mental health coordinator at any location where refugees and migrants receive services from the city. CineLens/peopleimages.com – stock.adobe.com Big Apple lawmakers may need their heads examined. Newly […]
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Critics Say Arkansas Neglects Inmates’ Health
Newsweek began examining criminal justice issues in Arkansas after reporting in January on the death of Larry Eugene Price, who starved to death in an Arkansas jail. His case is now the subject of a federal lawsuit. This installment examines healthcare issues and how overcrowding and understaffing in jails and prisons across Arkansas is impacting […]
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City Council caucus wants Hochul to re-open state psych centers | #citycouncil
A bipartisan City Council coalition is calling on Gov. Hochul to reopen many of the state’s shuttered psychiatric facilities to help Mayor Adams move forward with his sweeping mental health plan. The pols seek to reopen shuttered buildings that include all or parts of Queens’ Creedmoor Psychiatric Center, Bayley Seton Hospital on Staten Island and […]
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