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[email protected] Greenwich Village ❖ Little Italy ❖ SoHo ❖ NoHo ❖ Hudson Square ❖ Chinatown ❖ Gansevoort Market June 21, 2021 Hon. Bill de Blasio Dave A Chokshi Mayor Commissioner of Health Mental Hygiene City Hall 42-09 28th Street New York, NY 10007 Long Island City, NY 11101 Farah N. Louis Meisha Ross Porter Chair of the Committee on Mental Health, Chancellor, NYC Department of Education Disabilities, and Addictions 52 Chambers Street 42-09 28th Street New York, NY 10007 Long Island City, NY 11101 Josh Wallack Sarah Kleinhandler Deputy Chancellor of Early Childhood Chief Enrollment Officer and Enrollment 85 St. Josephs Ave. 52 Chambers Street Staten Island, NY 10302 New York, NY 10007 Dear Mayor de Blasio, Commissioner Chokshi, Committee Chair Louis, Chancellor Porter, Deputy Chancellor Wallack, and Chief Enrollment Officer Kleinhandler: At its Full Board meeting June 17, 2021, Community Board #2, adopted the following resolution: Resolution in Support of Mental Health Services in Schools 1 Whereas: 1. Students in the New York City Public School system have undergone significant recent hardships, the result of a global pandemic, a forced transition to remote schooling, a racial justice movement stemming from the killings of Black Americans, rising Anti-Asian sentiment, and economic and political instability; 2. While many families have suffered from job losses, food insecurity, racial trauma, and the death of a loved one, they have also had to weigh the difficult decision whether to send their children back to school or have them learn remotely at home.