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The Lieutenant's Death That Will Not Die

Len Levitt | Posted 10.12.2009 | New York

Read More: Paul Browne, Nypd, Michael Pigott, Ray Kelly, NYPD Emergency Service, Mayor Bloomberg, Bill Bratton, Phil Pulaski, Norman Siegel, Taser, Susan Pigott, Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association, New York Civil Liberties Union, Michael Bloomberg, Iman Morales, New York News
Len Levitt

The widow of an Emergency Service lieutenant who killed himself a year ago is blaming the tragedy on Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, his spokesman and other unnamed top brass.

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Death by Neglect

Jay Neugeboren | Posted 07.15.2008 | Living

Read More: Psychiatry, Overmedication, Mental Health, Kings County Hospital Center, New York Civil Liberties Union, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Flophouses, Health, Esmin Green, Psychiatric Drugs, Hospitals, New York City and State Mental Health Systems, Parkinsonism, Living News
Jay Neugeboren

My brother Robert has been a patient in the NYC mental health systems for the past 46 years, and though outraged by Esmin Green's death, I'm not surprised -- people with mental illness remain the stepchildren of the medical system.

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