Basking Ridge, N.J.: To Voicer Jonathan Kleid: I totally agree with you. I think a majority of the country doesn’t think mental illness is a real thing or a real illness. It certainly is, and left untreated, it can and does lead to death.
Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y.: On Dec. 30, Gov. Hochul cut 14% of mental health practitioners from a bill that requires all insurance companies to cover therapy. This will drastically impact New Yorkers’ access to affordable mental health care from qualified providers at a time when waitlists are already very long and many are struggling to afford therapy for themselves and their children.