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Michael Blake: “1,000 mental health professionals are needed instead of the…”

Featuring: Michael Blake, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. House New York, District 15

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Michael Blake Discusses Mayoral Campaign and Challenges Against Andrew Cuomo

Published | Video Starts at 01:38

… how to do that, that we have to end using credit scores for housing applications while also increasing income limits for housing applications. We have to be very clear that 1,000 mental health professionals are needed instead of the NYPD when it comes to public safety crisis. But we need to have civics and financial literacy in mental health, every student. And I'm making it also clear, Don, what we talked about before. (01:38–01:44)

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Proposes replacing police with mental health professionals in public safety crises.

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