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Call to restore Nassau mental health cuts

Originally published: December 18, 2012 2:49 PM
Updated: December 18, 2012 9:23 PM
By ROBERT BRODSKY  robert.brodsky@newsday.com

Legiss. Judy Jacobs (D-Woodbury) wrote to Nassau County

Photo credit: Howard Schnapp | Legiss. Judy Jacobs (D-Woodbury) wrote to Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, Presiding Officer Norma Gonsalves (R-East Meadow) and Minority Leader Kevan Abrahams (D-Freeport) asking for the restoration of $3.9 million in funds for 2013 for the Department of Human Services' Office of Mental Health, Chemical Dependency and Development Disabilities.

A Nassau legislator is calling on county lawmakers to restore millions of dollars in funding for mental health programs after Friday's deadly school shooting in Newtown, Conn., which left 20 children and six adults dead.

Legis. Judy Jacobs (D-Woodbury) on Tuesday wrote to Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, legislative Presiding Officer Norma Gonsalves (R-East Meadow) and Minority Leader...

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