mental health

TownHome is backed by investors including Dr. Richard Park, the founder and former CEO of CityMD.

The agreement, which still requires court approval, could benefit thousands of children.

In 2023, the City Council required all homeless shelters for families with children to provide one mental health professional for every 50 families.

The sites are a tool for reducing social isolation and improving health outcomes.

Police shot and killed Win Rozario while his mother and brother watched and begged them not to shoot.

The nonprofit that operates the hotline says staffing reductions would limit its ability to help people in crisis.

Providers are making "critical decisions" about programs amid the uncertainty over proposed federal funding cuts, official said.

In a Sunday interview conducted by Mayor Eric Adams, Melissa Aviles-Ramos said she wants to get to the root of why so many students are missing class.

The Justice Department asserts that dispatching police instead of mental health workers on routine calls involving people with mental health issues could constitute discrimination.

The measure follows a lawsuit against Jersey City police by the family of a man who was fatally shot by officers while experiencing a mental health crisis in his home.