Mental Health & Crime: A Path to Safety for All

MHC Symposium Program and Schedule

Time Session
9:00 – 9:15 a.m.

Welcome and Introduction

Richard Aborn, President, Citizens Crime Commission of NYC [MC]
Tania Tetlow, President, Fordham University

9:15 – 9:45 a.m

Opening Remarks | Keynote Speaker

Speaker: TBA

9:45 – 10:30 a.m.

PANEL:  First Response: Mental Health and Criminal Actions: Assessing or Arresting?

Panelists: Theresa C. Tobin, Chief of Interagency Operations (verify title), NYPD
Lieutenant Sean Walker, Operations Coordinator, NYPD Interagency Operations Bureau  
Michael Greenspan, M.D.,
Forensics Psychiatrist, Program Director of the Psychiatry Residency Training Program at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell and Zucker Hillside Hospital

Moderator: Debra M. McPhee, Ph.D, Dean of the Graduate School of Social Service, Fordham University

10:30 – 10:45 a.m. Break
10:45 – 11:15 a.m

Fireside Chat with Q&A: Pathways to Public Safety

Alvin Bragg, Manhattan District Attorney

Moderator: Deborah Denno, Arthur A. McGivney Professor of Law and Founding Director of the Neuroscience and Law Center at Fordham Law School

11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

PANEL: Court’s Role in Mental Health and Prosecution
Panelists:  Hon. Richard Berman, Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
Hon. Matt D’Emic, Judge, Presiding Justice, Kings County Mental Health Court
Additional panelist waiting clearance.

Moderator: Joseph Landau, Dean, Fordham Law School

12:15 – 1 p.m. Lunch Break 
1 – 1:30 p.m.

Fireside Chat: Healthcare: Advancing Solutions

Speaker: Michael Dowling, President and CEO, Northwell Health

Moderator: Tara Narula Cangello, M.D., NBC News Medical Contributor

1:30 – 2:30 p.m.  PANEL:  Path Forward: Where Do We Go From Here?

Panelists:  Falguni Sen, Director, Global Healthcare Innovation Management Center, Gabelli School of Business, Fordham University
Brian Stettin, Office of the Mayor, Senior Advisor for Severe Mental Illness
Chinmoy Gulrajani, M.B.B.S., M.D., D.F.A.P.A., Forensics Psychiatrist, University of Minnesota
John Q. Young, M.D., M.P.P., Ph.D. Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the Zucker School of Medicine and Chair and Senior Vice President for Behavioral Health at Northwell

Moderator: TBA
2:30 – 2:45 p.m.

Closing Summary

Speaker: Ben Tucker, former First Deputy New York City Police Commissioner

2:45 p.m.

Networking Reception