Testimony of Susan Herman
Senior Advisor to the Mayor, Office of ThriveNYC
New York City Council Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction
Oversight – ThriveNYC, a Three Year Update
ThriveNYC Reimagining a Mental Health Care System for Everyone is an Op Ed written by By Susan Herman, Senior Advisor to the Mayor, Office of ThriveNYC in the Medium
Where we work, ThriveNYC is helping families and getting homeless children to school is an Op Ed written by Ted Houghton & Brendan Cheney in the Gotham Gazette
Striving for steady progress is key to lasting change in fight for mental health equity is an Op Ed written by Former Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy in The Hill.
Testimony of Susan Herman Senior Advisor to the Mayor and Director, Office of ThriveNYC New York City Council Committee on Finance Budget Hearing – ThriveNYC March 26, 2019
Thrive’s Commitment to the NYPD is Unbreakable is an Op Ed written by Susan Herman, Director, Mayor’s Office of Thrive NYC, Former Deputy Commissioner, Collaborative Policing, NYPD.
Three new Jobs-Plus sites to open and 7 existing sites expanding, serving 17 additional NYCHA developments with critical employment services and mental health support through ThriveNYC.
City adopts recommendations from the NYC Crisis Prevention and Response Task Force and announces new strategies to ensure those with serious needs stay connected to treatment
On mental illness, we’re up to the challenge: ThriveNYC is responding properly and adapting, argues its director is an Op Ed written by Herman is a senior adviser to the mayor and director of the Mayor’s Office of ThriveNYC.
Recommendations set forth by the Health Department and NYPD will provide new ways for City agencies to reach the narrow population of New Yorkers with untreated mental illness who may pose a danger to themselves or others.
First center of its kind in New York City will provide police officers with an alternative to avoidable emergency room visits or criminal justice interventions for people with mental health or substance use needs.
Through the NYCx Co-Labs program, the City will accept proposals for two competitions that call for innovative technology solutions that can address tenant housing discrimination and mental health access for Latinx youth in the Inwood and Washington Heights neighborhoods in Upper Manhattan.
Celebrating heroes who are ensuring all New Yorkers stay safe and nourished– whether by keeping our buildings and transportation systems clean and operating, teaching our young people remotely, stocking our supermarkets, keeping our communities safe, or delivering needed healthcare, mail, or meals.