ThriveNYC

What’s the 411 on 988? New National Mental Health Hotline Rebrands NYC Efforts

June 20, 2022, 4:07 p.m.June 21, 2022, 10:40 a.m.

As part of a federal law signed by Trump in 2020, callers will be able to reach the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and its local outposts simply by dialing 988. In the city, those calls are plugging into the existing NYC Well.

Mental Health

Cops Still Handling Most 911 Mental Health Calls Despite Efforts to Keep Them Away

July 22, 2021, 5:58 a.m.July 22, 2021, 7:55 a.m.

A pilot program that’s supposed to send teams of EMTs and social workers to help people in emotional distress isn’t working as planned so far: Police are responding to 80% of emergency calls for help, THE CITY has learned.

Mental Health

Public Advocate Blasts Delays on de Blasio’s Mental Health ‘Diversion Centers’

May 20, 2021, 6:16 p.m.May 20, 2021, 9:12 p.m.

Jumaane Williams, citing THE CITY’s report that one center is empty and another barely used after millions spent, demands answers on the ThriveNYC projects. “It’s beyond frustrating,” he said.

Mental Health

Failure to Thrive: NYC’s $100 Million ‘Diversion Centers’ for Mentally Ill Sit Empty or Barely Used

May 9, 2021, 9:10 p.m.June 24, 2021, 1:03 p.m.

We took a peek inside a shuttered Bronx facility where NYPD cops are supposed to take emotionally distressed New Yorkers to get help. Another center in East Harlem has served just 45 people — coming out to $1.1 million per visit.

Justice

‘Why Are You in My Home?’ Kawaski Trawick Never Got an Answer Before Police Fatally Shot Him

Nov. 17, 2020, 7:05 p.m.Oct. 12, 2023, 7:46 a.m.

Police body camera footage released Tuesday shows how, within two minutes, cops arrived, Tased and shot the 32-year-old man in his Bronx apartment last year.

Chirlane McCray

Chirlane McCray Nearly Doubled Her Official Staff Payroll With Undisclosed Taxpayer-Funded Hires

Aug. 17, 2020, 8:33 p.m.Oct. 12, 2023, 7:41 a.m.

The city’s First Lady officially has eight employees who ThriveNYC and other projects. But at least 14 people on the government payroll work on her team, ahead of a potential Brooklyn borough president run.

ThriveNYC

Chirlane McCray’s ThriveNYC Mental Health Program Gets a Reboot

March 3, 2020, 5:00 a.m.April 6, 2020, 4:55 p.m.

New goals, fewer programs and a greater emphasis on people with serious mental illness are on tap for de Blasio’s wife’s much-criticized effort.

Health

Local Concerns Over NYPD Plan to Take Mentally Ill to New ThriveNYC Clinics

Dec. 20, 2019, 4:00 a.m.April 6, 2020, 4:55 p.m.

Two precincts in East Harlem and The Bronx will soon start sending people having psychiatric episodes to “diversion centers” they’ll be free to leave.

Public Safety

San Antonio ‘Crisis Cops’ Deliver NYPD Lessons on Dealing with Mentally Ill

Nov. 19, 2019, 4:00 a.m.April 6, 2020, 4:55 p.m.

New HBO documentary about Texas city’s approach to 911 calls where mental health plays role is shown to New York cops amid plans for policing reforms.

Health

City Mental Health Services Checked In on Man Killed by Cop — After He Died

Nov. 1, 2019, 4:05 a.m.April 6, 2020, 4:55 p.m.

“I said, ‘This phone call is very triggering.’ I hung up,” Kwesi Ashun’s sister told THE CITY. “I mean, how much can a person take?”

ThriveNYC

What’s the 411 on 988? New National Mental Health Hotline Rebrands NYC Efforts

Cops Still Handling Most 911 Mental Health Calls Despite Efforts to Keep Them Away

Public Advocate Blasts Delays on de Blasio’s Mental Health ‘Diversion Centers’

Failure to Thrive: NYC’s $100 Million ‘Diversion Centers’ for Mentally Ill Sit Empty or Barely Used

‘Why Are You in My Home?’ Kawaski Trawick Never Got an Answer Before Police Fatally Shot Him

Chirlane McCray Nearly Doubled Her Official Staff Payroll With Undisclosed Taxpayer-Funded Hires

Local Concerns Over NYPD Plan to Take Mentally Ill to New ThriveNYC Clinics

San Antonio ‘Crisis Cops’ Deliver NYPD Lessons on Dealing with Mentally Ill

City Mental Health Services Checked In on Man Killed by Cop — After He Died

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