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Discussion on considering high-traffic areas like Times Square for B-HEARD expansion

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Council Member Erik D. Bottcher inquires about considering high-traffic areas like Times Square for B-HEARD program expansion.

Bottcher asks if factors like Times Square's 50 million annual visitors would be considered in expansion decisions.
Laquisha Grant from the Mayor's Office of Community Mental Health is unable to speak specifically to that consideration.
The discussion reveals that various operational considerations are taken into account, but specific decisions about expansion locations have not been made.
Grant mentions that other mental health crisis resources, such as mobile crisis teams, are available citywide in areas where B-HEARD is not currently operating.

Erik D. Bottcher

2:32:38

Okay.

2:32:41

Other factors to be taken into consideration does with the fact that Times Square, for example, gets 50,000,000 visitors per year, would that be a factor that you'd consider in the expansion of this program?

Laquisha Grant

2:33:02

I I can't say.

2:33:04

I wouldn't be able to speak to that.

2:33:06

There are a number of different operational considerations that go into to the decisions around the communities that that next get team.

Erik D. Bottcher

2:33:17

In your conversations and your collective conversations, what neighborhoods are under consideration as you just talk about where the program goes next, what areas do you have in mind?

Laquisha Grant

2:33:35

That decision has not been made yet, but I will say that we do have a number of other mental health crisis related resources in the communities where be heard does not currently exist.

2:33:47

And my colleague from the health department, Jamie, has talked about some of those things like mobile crisis teams, which are citywide and can be accessed through 98.

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