OPINION | Clubhouses for NYers with mental illness
Mayor Adams announcement to replace existing clubhouses with new sites that would be three to 12 times the size of existing community facilities is shortsighted, @LindaLeeforNYC and @GoddardRiv write.
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Almost two dozen members of the New York City Council are banding together with mental health consumers to urge Mayor Eric Adams' administration to reverse course on a plan that could force some of the city's mental health clubhouses to close. https://t.co/0sdddIwU3c
Several NYC Council members and mental health consumers are urging the Adams administration to not close some of the city's mental health clubhouses. The facilities serve people with serious mental illnesses who might otherwise be socially isolated. https://t.co/aG6c3vZPu1
We were proud to join our partners at @GoddardRiv today to rally for #JustPay for our staffs! @NYCMayor these beautiful people strengthen our community every day with necessary services. They need a Cost of Living Adjustment to keep doing this work! #DayWithoutHumanServices
"I stand up for myself, but I also stand up for other people." Great portrait of La Keesha Taylor, co-founder of the @HolmesIsaacs Coalition, in the NYT! https://t.co/AqNKA82LVM
NEW: more than 75 State Senate staffers have signed cards to form a union. They have retained counsel, and sent this letter to @AndreaSCousins ⬇️
Legislative staff are notoriously underpaid for the massive amount of work they do.
It's the last day of the public comment period for New York State's draft climate action plan, and Councilmember @LincolnRestler wants to make sure New York City's voice is heard loud and clear as it urges the state to take clear, bold action. https://t.co/ajjINz6TGq
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