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Council Member Lee's remarks on Rikers Island and mental health advocacy
6:31:17
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Council Member Linda Lee comments on the status of Rikers Island as the third largest mental health institution in the nation and expresses gratitude to the panel for their advocacy work.
- Lee acknowledges the panelists' dedication and advocacy efforts
- She mentions her past involvement with NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness)
- Lee expresses hope to rejoin NAMI's board after her current role
Linda Lee
6:31:17
Yeah.
6:31:18
Well and also Rikers is third largest in the nation mental health institution, which is crazy.
6:31:22
But I just wanted to say thank you to this panel always for your dedication, advocacy, and bringing the fire, especially Ruth.
6:31:28
I love it.
6:31:31
Yeah, no, just want to say thank you to all of you and having been part of many of your and worked with a lot of your organizations, you really are doing the work.
6:31:39
I miss being on the board of NAMI, so hopefully I can come back after I'm done here.