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Executive Budget Adds Mental‑health and Reentry Investments but Officials Say Gaps Remain for Rikers Closure Plans
Summary
OMB said the executive budget includes funding for mental‑health programs, reentry services and alternatives to incarceration tied to the Rikers closure plan, but council members and providers said additional capacity — including residential treatment beds and justice‑involved supportive housing — remains underfunded.
The finance hearing included extended discussion of the fiscal elements needed to close Rikers and expand community‑based mental health services.
Jacques Shishaha, director of the Mayor’s Office of Management and Budget, listed investments included in the executive budget that the administration says support jail‑reduction and reentry goals. He cited a baseline extension of the intensive case management pilot ($9.1…
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