What’s News, Breaking: Wednesday, February 8, 2023
BRIC TOWN HALL TO DISCUSS CITY’S NEW POLICY ON HOMELESS AND MENTALLY ILL PERSONS
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — BRIC TV and The City will bring together experts and leaders to discuss the housing crisis facing communities throughout Brooklyn, during a Town Hall on Thursday, Feb. 23. The meeting, titled Healing with Housing: Decriminalizing the Unhoused & Mentally Ill,” will focus on the mayor’s recently-implemented policy stating that unhoused individuals who appear mentally ill can be forcibly hospitalized. Entry to the Town Hall, at BRIC House, 647 Fulton St., is first-come, first-served and online RSVPs are encouraged.
The meeting will also discuss the impact of various strategies to mitigate harm being done to mentally-ill persons to neighborhoods and families, and to create pathways toward economic justice.
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