REMARKS
Council member Lee thanks panel and emphasizes importance of peer support services
4:17:49
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Council Member Linda Lee expresses gratitude to the panel and emphasizes the importance of peer support services in various contexts, including the criminal justice system and community crisis response. She highlights that peer support is a priority for her, the speaker, and other council members.
- Lee mentions the inclusion of peer support in the first step of their road map
- She commends the panel for their work and acknowledges her own association with NAMI-NYC
- The council member stresses the importance of meeting people where they are
Linda Lee
4:17:49
have any questions?
4:17:50
Okay.
4:17:51
I just wanna say thank you to all of you, especially and and just just to reiterate, peer, you know, and more supportive peer services was is important to me personally, but also to the speaker and other council members, which is why we wanted to make sure to include that in the first step of our road map because we see how important it is, whether it's in the the criminal justice system, whether it's in just you know, your neighbors who are experiencing a crisis or family members, it is super, super important.
4:18:21
So I just wanna commend you all for the work that you're doing, and I'm glad that so many of us are associated with Naomi, New York City as a former board member myself.
4:18:29
So I just wanna really say thank you to all of you for the work you're doing.
4:18:33
And, Jim, I definitely felt more calm with you speaking, and you have to we have to meet people where they are.
4:18:39
Right?
4:18:40
We have to meet people where they are.
4:18:41
So, yes, definitely.
