The workers who care for people with disabilities are underpaid, overwhelmed, and increasingly leaving the field. Advocates ...
Mayor Eric Adams has unveiled a five year, $650 million plan to address homelessness — including a special new facility to ...
In the wake of a series of alarming crimes linked to individuals with histories of serious mental illness, state Sen. George ...
New York City and its hospitals must preserve 911 recordings, surveillance videos, and personal items relevant to a medical malpractice suit arising out of the death of a mental-health patient, a ...
The CARES UP initiative, administered by the New York Office of Mental Health’s Suicide Prevention Center, will provide ...
ALBANY — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to expand the state’s involuntary commitment laws to allow hospitals to compel more mentally ill people into treatment, following a series of ...
In a January 2, 2025 decision in CompassCare et al. v. Hochul, a Second Circuit panel vacated a permanent injunction issued ...
To address subway safety concerns, Kathy Hochul suggested changes to legal criteria for involuntary commitment, but civil ...
Governor Kathy Hochul says public violence has been a growing concern in our state for some time and now there’s an extra worry in recent weeks following a surge in violent attacks in New York City, ...