{"id":41566,"date":"2026-10-02T17:46:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T17:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/?p=41566"},"modified":"2026-10-02T17:46:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T17:46:18","slug":"mayor-mamdani-opens-new-bridge-to-home-facility-in-brooklyn-expanding-path-from-hospital-care-to-permanent-housing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/archives\/41566","title":{"rendered":"Mayor Mamdani opens new bridge to home facility in Brooklyn, expanding path from hospital care to permanent housing"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEWYORK: Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani and NYC Health + Hospitals announced the opening of a new Bridge to Home facility in Brooklyn, expanding a program that helps New Yorkers living with serious mental illness move from hospital care into stable housing and continued treatment.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bridge to Home program provides a critical bridge for patients who are ready to leave the hospital but do not have a stable place to go. Rather than sending New Yorkers from inpatient care to a shelter or the street, the program provides a home-like setting with onsite clinical and behavioral health services, housing application assistance and support throughout the transition to permanent housing.<\/p>\n

“Recovery should not end at the hospital doors, and no New Yorker should have to choose between getting the care they need and having a safe place to call home,\u201d said Mayor Mamdani.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy bringing this program to Brooklyn, we are giving more New Yorkers the stability, treatment and support they need to recover and move into permanent homes with dignity.\u201d<\/p>\n

“The Bridge to Home program brings together two fundamental commitments of this administration: ensuring New Yorkers can access high-quality mental healthcare and that every New Yorker has access to stable, dignified housing,\u201d said Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Dr. Helen Arteaga.<\/p>\n

\u201cFollowing the success of our first site in Manhattan, we are proud to expand this model to Brooklyn and provide more New Yorkers with the care and support they need to move into permanent supportive housing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cA year ago, we opened Bridge to Home on a simple premise: patients with serious mental illness are far more likely to stay well if they leave the hospital for a stable place with care on-site, rather than a shelter or the street,\u201d said Dr. Mitchell Katz, President and CEO, NYC Health + Hospitals.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur Manhattan guests and their incredible care team have shown what that stability makes possible \u2014 staying engaged in treatment, completing housing applications, and moving into homes of their own. I am grateful for the support of Mayor Mamdani and our city partners who have helped us quickly open our Brooklyn site so that we can offer that same path to a better life for more New Yorkers in need.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen patients with serious mental illness have a stable place to go after they leave our hospitals, we now have the opportunity to create a lasting change in the course of their lives,\u201d said Ted Long, MD, MHS, Chief Medical Officer for Clinical Services and Population Health at NYC Health + Hospitals.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we’ve learned at our Bridge to Home site in Manhattan is that stability and onsite services will change the trajectory of someone’s recovery. Our guests stay engaged in their care, avoid return trips to the emergency room, and work with our teams to prepare to live in permanent supportive housing. I am grateful to Mayor Mamdani and all who have helped us open this second facility in Brooklyn, where more New Yorkers will now have the chance to move from a hospital bed to a home of their own.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLeaving the hospital is not the end of recovery \u2014 in many ways, it is when the recovery work actually begins,\u201d said Omar Fattal, MD, MPH, NYC Health + Hospitals Chief Behavioral Health Officer.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor people with serious mental illness who are experiencing homelessness, that requires a safe and stable place to live. Bridge to Home is a connection between getting well in the hospital and building a life in the community. It provides the stability and support patients need as they work toward recovery and permanent housing. We have seen the impact of this model in Manhattan, and we are excited to bring it to Brooklyn.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAt Woodhull Hospital, we understand that a safe place to recover can be just as important as the care provided inside the hospital,\u201d said Sandra Sneed, MBA, FACHE, Chief Executive Officer of NYC Health + Hospitals\/Woodhull.<\/p>\n

\u201cBridge to Home strengthens the continuum of care by giving patients living with mental health challenges the clinical support, stability, and housing resources they need to move forward. We are proud to help bring this innovative model to Brooklyn and closer to the communities we serve.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery week, our inpatient teams at Woodhull care for patients who are ready to leave the hospital but have nowhere safe to go, and too often we see them come back to us in crisis because they didn\u2019t have a safe place to live or stay adherent to their medications,\u201d said Rajvee Vora, MD, MS, Chief of Psychiatry at NYC Health + Hospitals\/Woodhull.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany of them cite homelessness as the number one reason for their relapse and decompensation. With Bridge to Home: Brooklyn, our psychiatrists, social workers, nurses, and peer specialists can continue caring for these patients right here in the community, in a place where they can rest, stay connected to treatment, and begin building the lives they want. This is continuity of care in its truest sense, and it is a proud day for Woodhull and for Brooklyn. This program is Woodhull’s commitment to walking alongside our patients through that transition, connecting them to housing, treatment, and community so that leaving the hospital means moving forward, not starting over.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery New Yorker deserves a safe place to heal, recover, and rebuild their lives. Brooklyn has always been a borough that looks out for its neighbors, and Bridge to Home: Brooklyn reflects that commitment by bringing stable housing, quality behavioral health care, and compassionate holistic services together under one space,\u201d said Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe opening of the Crown Heights facility strengthens our community\u2019s behavioral health infrastructure and gives more Brooklynites living with severe mental illness a stable pathway from hospitalization to permanent housing. As a proud member of this community, I am especially pleased to see the expansion of this innovative model based on the fundamental connection between housing, health, and dignity. I commend NYC Health + Hospitals and all of our city partners for making this critical investment to ensure that Brooklynites receive the care they deserve.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBridge to Home is a critical step forward in supporting New Yorkers struggling with mental illness,\u201d said New York State Senator Zellnor Myrie.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis program recognizes that stable housing and comprehensive care are essential for recovery and dignity. I’m proud to see NYC Health + Hospitals expanding this lifesaving model in Crown Heights, and I look forward to working with our partners to ensure every patient who needs this support can access it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHousing is health care,\u201d said Council Member Crystal Hudson, Chair of the Committee on General Welfare.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen someone is well enough to leave the hospital but has no home to return to, we’re setting them up to fail. Bridge to Home offers a real answer: a private room, treatment on site, and a team helping guests get into permanent housing. Opening a second site in Crown Heights means that at any given time, up to 100 New Yorkers can now get the support they need. I thank NYC Health + Hospitals for its commitment to New Yorkers who too often fall through the cracks.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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