Lawmakers want parity for mental and physical health in New York

State lawmakers want mental health placed on equal footing with physical health in New York — and are seeking a constitutional amendment to do so. 

“For far too long in the state of New York, there have been two different systems, two different schools of thought, a structure of 'separate but equal' treatment that has created a stigma around mental health and has had very real impacts on the way that mental healthcare is administered in New York state," Reichlin-Melnick said.