Teams made up of EMTs, mental health professionals and peers would be stationed in 100 subway stations, focusing on engaging New Yorkers experiencing homelessness or mental distress ...
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, New York has seen a sharp rise in young people reporting mental health issues. According to a 2024 report from the city Department of ...
A program that sends health professionals, instead of police officers, to respond to 911 calls about people in mental distress has struggled to meet demand. By Alyce McFadden More than a third of 911 ...
NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- New York City is launching a pilot program to have health responders - and not police - respond to 911 mental health calls. The 911 EMS mental health teams will consist of EMS ...
Zohran Mamdani wants New York to follow the model of other cities that send mental health teams instead of the police to help people in crisis. But the plan would be expensive. By Hurubie Meko and ...
New Yorkers in several neighborhoods where Mayor Eric Adams won handily on a platform of reducing crime through increased policing now say they’re ready to embrace policies meant to minimize NYPD ...
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Inside NYC’s first ‘stress-free zone,’ where new moms get free massages, mental-health screenings
Brownsville’s “Neighborhood Stress-Free Zone” pilot opened in September to combat a deeply disturbing increase in the rate, ...
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