Gilbane Development, Institute for Community Living, Tredway, and ELH Mgmt Awarded Buildings of Excellence Competition Award for Transformational Supportive Housing Project in the Bronx

Gilbane Development Company, Institute for Community Living (ICL), Tredway, and ELH Mgmt. LLC (ELH), the joint venture development team for the West Tower Supportive Housing project at 280 East 161st Street (Project), is proud to announce that the Project, with Aufgang Architects as the lead architect, has been recognized as a winner of the New York State Energy Research and […]

The 2025 Pride Trailblazers

After years of making remarkable progress in winning public support and securing policy changes, the LGBTQ+ community is now on defense. The Trump administration is slashing spending on research into LGBTQ+ health care and seeking to cut resources for an LGBTQ+ youth suicide hotline. With the White House actively opposing diversity initiatives of any kind, […]

The 2025 Nonprofit Trailblazers

Nonprofit organizations ensure the well-being of New Yorkers in a wide variety of ways, whether it’s promoting mental health, delivering care for people with disabilities, providing training and education for students and job seekers – and much, much more. City & State’s annual Nonprofit Trailblazers puts a spotlight on an array of key leaders in […]

Leveraging Technology to Enhance Mental Health Services for Children and Families

Technology-driven approaches to mental health care have transformed the way services are delivered, making support more accessible and tailored to individual needs. Children and families can particularly benefit from this movement because digital tools enable novel pathways to the implementation of impactful and effective interventions. Utilizing telehealth and interactive platforms can transcend traditional barriers to mental […]

Institute for Community Living Report Shows New Program Increased Capacity to Serve New Yorkers with the Most Significant Mental Health Challenges, Including Individuals Living on Streets and Subways

STEPS Program Reduced Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) and Intensive Mobile Treatment (IMT) Waitlists by 5% While Maintaining Stability among Participants Click here to read the report (New York, NY) –Today, the Institute for Community Living (ICL) released a report on the outcomes of its innovative Step-down Treatment Ensures Personal Success (STEPS) pilot program, highlighting significant […]

Hochul makes involuntary commitment proposals top state budget priority

One of Gov. Kathy Hochul’s top priorities is making it easier to hospitalize people with serious mental illness involuntarily and hold them there until they stabilize. The proposal would change the standard for what clinicians should consider when deciding the likelihood that a person with a mental illness would “result in serious harm.” Click here […]

Hochul’s proposed mental health reforms offer real solutions

Many New Yorkers facing serious behavioral health challenges are discharged from the hospital without the necessary support they desperately need, which leads to cycles of hospitalization, shelter stays, or homelessness. Governor Kathy Hochul’s proposed mental health reforms offer real solutions. While involuntary hospitalization is a controversial topic not to be taken lightly because it impinges on people’s […]

NYC Council press officials to cut wait times for mobile mental health teams

City Council members pressed health officials Monday on the long wait times New Yorkers with serious mental illnesses face when trying to enroll with teams that connect them with treatment and housing. “These are extremely important programs and we are looking to expand them,” said Councilmember Shahana Hanif, a Democrat representing parts of Brooklyn. Click […]

Mental health pilot for the chronically homeless shows signs of success on unrelenting issue

In the litany of mental health initiatives being tested to solve one of the city’s most persistent issues, at least one is showing early signs of success. A pilot program focused on transitioning homeless people from intensive street outreach programs into more stable community-based services is producing promising results, according to data shared with Crain’s. Click […]