July 9, 2024, Small mental-health ‘clubhouses’ score $2M from NYC council but say it’s still not enough
The City Council has ponied up $2 million for small mental-health “clubhouses” at risk of closing when their contracts expire Sept. 30, but the funds aren’t enough to keep all of them open indefinitely, advocates warn.
May 23, 2024, CM Lee to vote ‘no’ to Adams’ City of Yes
Introduces bill to amend LL97 fines, co-sponsors squatting legislation
May 6, 2024, Baby formula giveaway to be held in Queens
QUEENS, N.Y. (PIX11) – City Council members will be hosting a baby formula giveaway in Queens on Friday – just in time for Mother’s Day.
The giveaway was made possible through a partnership with the City Council and the nonprofit organization, UA3.
April 5, 2024, NYC school mental health jobs are on the chopping block. The City Council wants them back.
City Councilmember Linda Lee, who chairs the Council’s Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction, said now is not the time to reduce youth mental health funding. “What COVID did was really uncover all the issues and silos within the mental health sector and all the years of disinvestment,” she said.
April 2, 2024, Northeast Queens officials push forward legislative solutions to the ‘unfunded mandate’ of Local Law 97
Local Law 97 went into effect in 2019 with the goal of net zero carbon emissions from NYC buildings by 2050, but many are referring to it as an “unfunded mandate” that puts the cost of compliance on the middle class. Earlier this year, greenhouse gas limits on 50,000 buildings went into effect.
Since its passage, city council members have introduced legislation to either delay the start of compliance, which if not met will bring hefty fines on building owners, or put additional considerations on garden apartment co-ops which are concentrated in eastern Queens.
March 20, 2024, New bill would revive a de Blasio-era mental health initiative
City Councilwoman Linda Lee introduced a bill Tuesday to offer a free mental health first aid training program for any New Yorker who wants to better recognize and respond to individuals in mental health crises.
January 3, 2024, Nearly two dozen NYC councilmembers join fight to save mental health clubhouses 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. Advocates say the closures are worrisome even as more funding for the clubhouse model becomes available.