Jordan Neely's case is perhaps one of the worst examples of a person who may have fallen through the cracks.
- for a second time - is being discussed in a previously scheduled council committee meeting. This time, it was mentioned during a budget hearing. Elected officials pressed any and every department that may have interfaced him.
Neely's case is perhaps one of the worst examples of a person who may have fallen through the cracks. The 30-year-old had been placed on the Department of Social Services Top 50 list of sheltered and homeless individuals which is 'interagency collaborative case management for very very high need individuals.'
As for Neely, he experienced trauma at the age of 14 when his mother was murdered - suffering from mental health challenges since then. On Monday, Governor Hochul announced a one-billion-dollar plan to address mental health. It is an issue raised by attorneys for Daniel Penny, who said in a statement Friday,
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