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Crain’s New York: How New York can build the behavioral workforce it needs
- July 8, 2026
- •Jobs
New York City’s behavioral health system depends on people showing up during someone else’s worst day, whether in emergency departments after a psychiatric crisis, on inpatient psychiatric units, in shelters or on the street. Across those settings, New Yorkers seek care while managing serious mental illness, substance use disorder, trauma, homelessness, poverty and instability.
