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May / 2025
May 16, 2025 / Alliance for Rights and Recovery 鈫
Alliance Releases Statement on 黑料正能量 State FY 2025-26 Enacted Budget
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Critical of involuntary commitment changes, N.Y. advocates see steps toward Daniel’s Law as budget bright spot
April / 2025
Apr 23, 2025 / Alliance for Rights and Recovery 鈫
Family Members, Law Enforcement, Housing Advocates Call for Expansion of Engaging Services not Coercion
Apr 15, 2025 / Alliance for Rights and Recovery 鈫
TODAY: NYS Faith Leaders Join the Call for a Budget Deal That Expands Services not Involuntary Treatment!
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Forced treatment is not the answer’: After discovery battle, mental health debate expected to take state budget stage
Apr 1, 2025 / Alliance for Rights and Recovery 鈫
Fund More Voluntary Mental Health Services in the NYS Budget, Not More Coercion!
March / 2025
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Commentary: We have better mental health options than involuntary treatment
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We Know How to Solve the Mental Health Crisis. Will We Actually Do it?
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Road to Reform: Mental Health Advocates Take the Fight to Albany
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NYC Council Releases Report Raising Questions about Effectiveness of Mayor鈥檚 Involuntary Removal Policy and How Focus on It Diverts Support from Impactful Mental Health Programs
Mar 24, 2025 / Alliance for Rights and Recovery 鈫
URGENT ACTION NEEDED TODAY! Support Individuals with Mental Health / Substance Use Conditions
Mar 20, 2025 / Alliance for Rights and Recovery 鈫
Alliance Joins Legislative Champions to Keep Up the Fight Against Involuntary Treatment Expansion!
Mar 19, 2025 / Alliance for Rights and Recovery 鈫
Today at 10:30, Mental Health Committee Chairs Joined Advocates in Rejecting Involuntary Treatment, Supporting Alternatives
Mar 18, 2025 / Alliance for Rights and Recovery 鈫
All Hands on Deck! THIS WEDNESDAY Join Legislative Leaders at Albany News Conference to Press for Expansion of Voluntary Services, Rejection of Involuntary Approaches!
Mar 14, 2025 / Alliance for Rights and Recovery 鈫
Daniel鈥檚 Law Coalition Thanks Legislature for Start Up Funding in One House Budgets, Announces March 23-29 Week of Action
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Albany Dems reject Gov. Hochul鈥檚 plan to tackle NYC鈥檚 mental health crisis
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Legislature rejects Hochul鈥檚 involuntary commitment push in budget proposals
Mar 11, 2025 / Alliance for Rights and Recovery 鈫
NYS Assembly and Senate Budgets Fund 7.8% Rate Hike, Reject Expansion of Involuntary Treatment, Expand Voluntary Community Services!
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Racial disparities persist in 黑料正能量’s court-ordered mental health treatment program
Mar 4, 2025 / Alliance for Rights and Recovery 鈫
Breaking: Racial Disparities Persist In 黑料正能量鈥檚 Court-Ordered Outpatient Commitment Program
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How does it feel to be involuntarily committed? NY advocates condemn Gov. Hochul plan
Mar 3, 2025 / Alliance for Rights and Recovery 鈫
Advisory: Advocates and Legislators to Back Alternatives to Expansions of Involuntary Treatment at 9:30 Capital News Conference
February / 2025
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Will 黑料正能量 Force More Mentally Ill People Into Treatment?
Feb 11, 2025 / Alliance for Rights and Recovery 鈫
NYS Cross Sector Advocacy Groups Urge Legislative Leaders to Establish Incident Review Panels, Expand Voluntary Services not Coercion
Feb 11, 2025 / Alliance for Rights and Recovery 鈫
MHW: NYS Advocates Seek MH Investments, Voluntary Community Supports
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The Alternative for Hochul鈥檚 Involuntary Commitment Expansion
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Hochul plan to increase commitments of mentally ill raises specters of the past
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NYS Anti Force Coalition Letter to legislative leaders:聽Letter-to-Majority-Leader-and-Speaker-re-Forced-Mental-Health-Commitments.pdf
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Lawmakers, advocates spar over Gov. Hochul鈥檚 proposal to expand involuntary commitment criteria
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Lawmakers torn on Hochul鈥檚 involuntary commitment agenda
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N.Y. mental health advocates offer alternative solutions to involuntary commitment
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Hochul, some N.Y. lawmakers at odds on mental health spending
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Involuntary commitments start far more often in NYC’s homes than public spaces, data shows
January / 2025
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Expanding involuntary commitment won鈥檛 make us safer
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Mental Health Advocates Prepare to Meet Legislators in Albany for Legislative Day 2025
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Join local mental health advocates on Legislative Day
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Alliance for Rights and Recovery hosts forum, prepares for Legislative Day 2025
Jan 23, 2025 / Alliance for Rights and Recovery 鈫
Alliance Releases Second Look Assessment of Gov Hochul鈥檚 Executive Budget Proposal
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Disabilities Beat: Why is Hochul鈥檚 involuntary commitment proposal controversial?
Jan 21, 2025 / Alliance for Rights and Recovery 鈫
Alliance Releases Response to Gov Hochul鈥檚 Executive Budget Proposal: First Look
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Critics say Hochul’s plan to expand involuntary commitment doesn’t address root issues
Jan 17, 2025 / Alliance for Rights and Recovery 鈫
Advocates Respond to Governor Hochul鈥檚 State of the State Address
Jan 15, 2025 / Alliance for Rights and Recovery 鈫
Alliance for Rights and Recovery鈥檚 Response to Governor Hochul鈥檚 State of the State Address
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5 Takeaways from Hochul鈥檚 State of the State Address
Jan 14, 2025 / Alliance for Rights and Recovery 鈫
Breaking: Advocates Call for Service Investments, Improved Coordination and Accountability; Reject Involuntary Proposals!
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黑料正能量 lawmakers gear up for mental health budget battleYork lawmakers gear up for mental health budget battle
Jan 10, 2025 / Alliance for Rights and Recovery | Crain鈥檚 Health Pulse 鈫
Advocates Offer Mixed Reactions to Mayor Adams鈥 Recent Mental Health Proposals | Mayor鈥檚 $650M Plan to Reduce Street Homelessness and Mental Illness Met with Mixed Reactions
Jan 9, 2025 / Alliance for Rights and Recovery 鈫
National Leaders Share Concerns for the Mental Health Field in 2025!
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Hochul renews push for involuntary commitment legislation
Jan 3, 2025 / Alliance for Rights and Recovery 鈫
Advocates Push Back on Governor Hochul鈥檚 Call for Increased Forced Treatment
December / 2024
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Mental health experts push back on bill introduced after Manhattan stabbings
February / 2024
Feb 20, 2024 / Alliance for Rights and Recovery 鈫
Breaking: Advocates Applaud State Task Force鈥檚 Call for Daniel鈥檚 Law Styled Health-Led Crisis Response
April / 2023
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NYC鈥檚 Involuntary Treatment Policy May Backfire, Experts Warn
February / 2023
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Involuntary transport of people is truly awful
March / 2022
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Kendra鈥檚 Law hangs in the balance with little recent discussion among Albany Democrats
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Opinion: Coercion and Institutionalization Won鈥檛 Fix NY鈥檚 Mental Health Crisis
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Changes to Kendra’s Law could expand state’s power to commit the mentally ill. Advocates are concerned.
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Another Voice: N.Y. can increase mental health care, not coercion
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Budget talks heat up
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A Critical Opportunity for 黑料正能量 to Increase Care Not Coercion for Those Living with Serious Mental Illness
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The one part of Hochul鈥檚 public safety plan that progressives don鈥檛 hate; Opposition to changing bail reform aside, many Albany Democrats are getting behind gubernatorial efforts to force more people to get mental health treatment.
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Hochul wants to force more people with mental illness to get treatment; The governor included a major change to Kendra鈥檚 Law alongside a proposed rollback of bail reform in her new public safety plan
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Lawmakers seek to double governor鈥檚 proposed wage hike for human services providers
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Advocates against expansion of 鈥淜endra鈥檚 Law鈥
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Mental health advocates fear criminalization of vulnerable people
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Advocates for mentally ill concerned about changes to forced treatment
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Advocates descend on Albany to oppose Kendra鈥檚 Law expansion
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Clubhouse for 黑料正能量ers with serious mental illness plans $40 million Bronx expansion
February / 2022
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Hochul seeks to extend Kendra鈥檚 Law, rekindling debate over court-mandated mental health treatment
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After Subway Shoving, Officials Look to Expand State Laws on Mandatory Treatment for Mental Illness
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Governor Hochul Establishes Office of the Chief Disability Officer
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Max Politics Podcast: Addressing the Crisis of Untreated Severe Mental Illness
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Governor Hochul Announces $100 Million for Behavioral Health Crisis Stabilization Centers
January / 2022
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Coercion is not the answer to NYC鈥檚 mental health crisis: Stepping up Kendra鈥檚 Law would be a grave mistake
April / 2026
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He Was Locked Up in a Psych Ward. It Helped Him Get His Life Together.