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Eric Adams: “The clubhouses are the results of a $30 million investment…”

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Mayor Eric Adams Makes Severe Mental Illness Announcement

Published August 13, 2025 | Video Starts at 11:10

We do not believe it is humane or neighborly to allow our fellow New Yorkers to suffer when they need help. It's just wrong. It's just wrong. And The clubhouses are the results of a $30 million investment of City and state funds. which led the Department of Health to release an RFP to expand the clubhouse model. This is the first expansion in over 30 years. Over 30 years. (11:10–11:19)

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States that the clubhouses are funded by a $30 million investment from City and state funds.

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