December 30, 2023
The article linked directly below is the 3rd in a series from the NY Times looking at the fragmented systems of care available to New Yorkers with severe mental illness in New York City.
| How Rikers Island Became New York’s Largest Mental Institution, NY Times, 12/30/23 https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/29/nyregion/nyc-rikers-homeless-mental-illness.html?unlocked_article_code=1.J00.TE6p.ENkTzillLMD3&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare Jordan Neely had places he belonged and people looking out for him. How did he end up dying, alone, at the hands of a stranger, since the story of his life was so much more than what happened in a subway car earlier this year, New York magazine reports. |
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