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As Deaths Rise in N.Y.C. Jails, Oversight Board Fails to Raise Alarm
NY Times
“You’re the oversight!” Dr. Victoria A. Phillips, who works with the Urban Justice Center, testified. “Oversee this work. Make sure it happens. Please do it, before someone else dies.”https://www.thecity.nyc/2021/7/16/22580574/tablets-for-inmates-new-nyc-jails-chief-presents-reform-plan
The City
“I feel positive that they are working really hard to change around a system that’s just a disaster,” said Jennifer Parish, director of criminal justice advocacy at the Urban Justice Center Mental Health Project.Where could redirected police funding go?
City & State
"Several groups including JustLeadershipUSA, the Mental Health Project at the Urban Justice Center and Brooklyn Defender Services have also outlined plans for additional avenues for mental health support. Their recommendations include creating more “crisis respite centers” where people in mental health crisis can go for services and expanding the city’s mobile mental health treatment efforts."Health Coverage for the Most Vulnerable
Gotham Gazette
For New York City’s communities of color, immigrants, people who are LGBTQ+, and people with disabilities and mental health concerns or substance use problems, the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted flaws in our health care system, including inadequate access to needed mental health services.Plan for Combatting COVID-19 in NYC Jails and Other Lock-up Facilities
MHP signed on to a letter demanding that Mayor de Blasio use his emergency powers to protect New Yorkers from the grave possibility of the spread of COVID-19 in city jails and other lock-up facilities. Read the letter here.
Medicaid Redesign Team (MRT) II Public Comment
Frankie Herrmann, staff attorney, testified at a public hearing for the Medicaid Redesign Team.
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