Mental Health & Crime: A Path to Safety for All

MHC Symposium Program and Schedule

Time Session
9:00 – 9:30 a.m.

Welcome and Opening Remarks

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

9:30 – 10:30 a.m.

PANEL: First Response: 9-1-1, What’s Your Emergency?

Panelists: Monica Brooker, Ph.D., Assistant Commissioner of the Behavioral Health Division, Co-Response, NYPD 
Lieutenant Sean Walker, Operations Coordinator, Interagency Operations Bureau, NYPD  
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, Fordham Graduate School of Social Service

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
Dr. Abhishek Jain, Medical Director for the Division of Forensic Services, NYS Office of Mental Health

Moderator: Joseph Landau, Dean, Fordham Law School

12:15 – 1:00 p.m. Lunch Break 
1:00 – 1:30 p.m.

Fireside Chat: Health Care: 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, Senior Advisor on Severe Mental Illness, Office of the NYC Mayor
Chinmoy Gulrajani, 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: Monica Brooker, Ph.D., Assistant Commissioner of the Behavioral Health Division, Co-Response, NYPD 
2:30 – 2:45 p.m.

Closing Summary

Speaker: Benjamin Tucker, Former First Deputy New York City Police Commissioner 

2:45 p.m.

Networking Reception