Many New Yorkers have hit their “pandemic wall.”
While the state’s vaccine rollout offers the state’s residents the promise of an eventual return to normalcy, COVID-19 remains an active threat – not just to individuals bodies, but to their minds as well. Nearly a year since the onset of the pandemic, numerous individuals remain jobless, homebound and unable to socialize as they once would have, which has taken a toll on many people’s mental state.
The rates of people suffering from depression, anxiety, substance abuse and other mental health issues increased steadily across the state last year. In December, the New York State Office of Mental Health released its “COVID-19 and the Public Mental Health System” report, which revealed that the 70% of the 6,000 participants it surveyed, between May and June, reported an increase in stress and anxiety. According to a study gauging the impact of the COVID-19 on New Yorker’s mental health conducted by the New York Sta
New Yorkers have been living through the challenging effects of the worldwide pandemic for a year now. Many are suffering from new or aggravated mental health issues stemming from the lockdowns and the pandemic, while those with more chronic mental health issues, developmental disabilities and at-risk youth are facing limited treatment options caused by COVID-19 protocols and fewer state-funded treatment options. As we have seen in recent days with the subway attack in New York City, the failure to provide adequate state support, care and treatment for these individuals ultimately results in unnecessary tragedies.
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Office of Rep. Greg Meeks
Rep. Gregory Meeks refers to himself as an “elected official by accident,” though he’s been a public servant from a young age.
Growing up in East Harlem, Meeks says he was inspired by the civil rights movement and Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall to attend Howard University School of Law and eventually become an attorney.
Prior to running for public office, Meeks worked as a Queens County assistant district attorney, a prosecutor for a special anti-narcotics task force, and a chief administrative judge for New York state’s worker compensation system.
In 1992, he was elected to the state Assembly, and in 1998 he won a special election to represent New York’s Fifth Congressional District. While in office, Meeks has co-chaired the National Democratic Congressional Committee Trade Task Force and has chaired the House Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions. In the upcoming session, Meeks will become the first Afr
Mercury
Mercury’s lobbying and public affairs firm, which is headed by Michael McKeon, boasts more than 30 media relations professionals in its New York office. The growing media relations team is led by former Bloomberg spokesperson John Gallagher, managing director and former National Action Network communications lead Rachel Noerdlinger, former Fox News producer Dan Bank and former Associated Press chief White House correspondent Ben Feller. Mercury, which represents a wide variety of clients, has a national presence that is bolstered by former New York Post reporter Stefan Friedman, who leads the media relations practice on the West Coast.
Other key employees: Beth DeFalco, Karen Mustiga, Kim Winston, John Tomlin, Djenny Passé, Shannan Siemens, Eric Bloom