Alliance Alert: The NYS Office of Mental Health will be hosting a statewide Town Hall featuring Commissioner Sullivan on December 18th, from 2-4pm. We encourage everyone to submit testimony and join the town hall, either in person or virtually. See below for more information.
On Wednesday, December 18, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. OMH is conducting a Statewide Town Hall with Commissioner Ann Sullivan, M.D., presenting and taking feedback on the future of New York State’s public mental health system. This year, the town hall will be held in person at the Empire State Plaza in Albany, meeting room 7. Additionally, there is an option to join virtually via a livestream.
Please register in advance here: https://totalwebcasting.com/view/?func=RGTR&id=XMKDGWMB6N&oldfunc=VOFF
The registration page will ask if you plan to attend in person or via the livestream. Upon submitting your registration, you will receive a confirmation email from Total Webcasting, the team helping us with this event. All registrants will receive a link and a unique registration ID to join the livestream/webcast in their confirmation email, even if you register to attend in person. That way, if you have a change of plans, you will still have access to the livestream.
Meeting location and parking information: The event will be in meeting room 7 at the Empire State Plaza, 100 S Mall Arterial in Albany. Visitor parking is located beneath the Empire State Plaza and accessed through the I-787 Empire State Plaza exit. Please see the attached maps showing parking options and the location of meeting room 7.
Testimony, comments, and questions:
- For attendees joining in person, the registration page will ask if you plan to provide testimony during the meeting. If so, you will be asked to keep speaking time to a maximum of three minutes to allow time for others to speak.
- For attendees joining virtually, there will not be an ability to speak out loud through the livestream. However, there will be an opportunity to submit written testimony, comments, or questions. We will do our best to read out loud the written testimony, comments, or questions submitted by our virtual attendees, depending on time constraints. All written testimony, comments, and questions will be reviewed by OMH and included in the Town Hall analysis.
- All are welcome to submit written testimony in advance by sending it to Planning@omh.ny.gov.
We look forward talking to you soon, thank you!
Sincerely,
OMH Office of Planning
New York State Office of Mental Health
44 Holland Avenue, Albany, NY 12229
planning@omh.ny.gov
www.omh.ny.gov