petition to save st. lawrence psych center

7/30/2019 Petition to save St. Lawrence Psych Center

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WE SUPPORTST. LAWRENCE PSYCH

Submitted by: Senator Patty Ritchie


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First Name Last Name City Additional comments

Joshua Gleeson Ogdensburg

richard brunet ogdensburg

Kristen Reed Watertown

Rene' Lahue Ogdensburg

sally sanders ogdensburg

Mary J Chambers

New Port Richey,

FL

Families need to be able to see family members whom are

in the hospital and being placed farther away increases

difficulty for family members. As a staff member for 34

years at St. Law. Pshych.

Amy Garno Ogdensburg

Stacey Kench Ogdensburg


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dave plowman gouverneur

upstate ny is real tire of losing jobs and the mentally ill need

to be contained and treated !!!!!!

Jason Kench Ogdensburg

Christina Green Ogdensburg

Closing down the St. Lawrence psychiatric center will cause

a hardship to patients and families alike. Also, as a rural

area in need of jobs this closure would be devastating to the

local economy. Many people depend on this facility for care

(multiple counties) and jobs. I think a more metropolitan

area closure would have a lesser impact both on the

economy and patient/family care.

MELANIE BOUCHEY OGD

Eric Warner Ogdensburg

Jennifer Graveline Ogdensburg

Closing the psych center would be a dire mistake! Not all

people are made for out patient care, some really need tobe locked up. Closing the psych center would create a bad

situation of people with severe mental illness roaming the

streets. That is a dangerous situation for every single

person who lives in this town!

Connie Barkley Norfolk


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Peggy Simmons

RENSSELAER

FALLS

VALERIE DELARGE ogdensburg

Chris Fee olean

Chris Fee olean

Jennifer Pratt Ogdensburg

Joanne Foster heuvelton

Victoria Roca-Mace Canton

Jonathon Lovely Ogdensburg

Brenda Broadbent Massena


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Rebecca Martin Lisbon

I find it very sad that the Governor and other politicians think

this will solve any financial problems. If you close this

facility, then unemployment increases in a county that is

already hurting. Add this to the threats that are also beingplaced on Sunmount Facilities and what does upstate ny

have left? Very pathetic to also think what is going to

happen to these people when the smaller run agencies

cannot handle the excess. If the state plans on sending

money that way then what is the difference? ( where is the

savings) It comes down to lack of caring for the mentally ill

and lack of caring for the communities that will be affected

by mentally ill people not receiving the care they need.

AMY FAYETTE MASSENA

joshua blair Ogdensburg

You close the St Lawrence you might as well close

Ogdensburg because the housing market will crash and will

create an even higher unemployment rate for St Lawrence

County...

Chris Greer Ogdensburg


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Viviane Roach Ogdensburg

I have worked with several other mental health facilities

through my employment at SLPC and I know that SLPC

provides outstanding service to the mentally ill and their

families. The employees value their position and arededicated to serving the mentally ill. To close this facility

would be a tremendous error on behalf of NYS.

Jill Ford South Colton

Andrew Kennedy Rensselaer Falls

Barbara Patterson Ogdensburg

The hospital employs well over 500 people. For that manypeople in this already depressed area to lose their jobs

would only serve to depress the area even further. The

services offered by this facility are needed and from my

understanding is the only facility in a 7 county area that

serves clientele of this type.

Peter Lynch

new Smyrna

Beach, FL

robert rusaw brasher falls


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Denise Carpenter Martinez, GA

This would SO adversely affect the people who continue to

live and believe in Ogdesnburg. Both my parents retired

from the St. Lawrence Psychiatric Center which has served

many people both local and long distance. The economicimpact would continually raise the unemployment rates that

have continued to cripple your economy there.

John Pinkerton Ogdensburg

walter lacks Hailesboro keep this center open !

Nicholas Doe Ogdensburg

Christine LeBel Ogdensburg

There is so much need here in the North Country and so

few treatment options. Please don't dessert the needs of

the patients. The new administration of St. Lawrence

should be pushing to increase inpatient beds. I am a

Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner and I know first hand of the

need and the scarcity of current treatment options. Let St.Lawrence be one of the new Centers. The patients need it.

Richard Dillenbeck Ogdensburg


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Dawn Merz Ogdensburg

We have the staff and the facility and the heart to do

amazing things as we have been doing for decades. There

is no reason the region should lose the jobs or these

consumers who want and need the care, concern and

support already here!!

Brad Paradis Ogdensburg

Donald Swan Ogdensburg

William Ott Ogdensburg

My wife works at the psyc center and we will be forced to

move if it closes

Vicki Fishbeck Heuvelton

Maureen Mallette Ogdensburg

In light of the spotlight on mental health lately after mass

shootings, how can this or any mental health facility be on

the chopping block? Besides that, we are already in an

econimcally depressed area. Give us a break already!

Tracie Kroeger Ogdensburg

Please do not even consider closing our Psychiatric

Hospital. There is a HUGE need for it as our economy ispoor and people are depressed.

Gina Dafoe Chespeake, VA

Barbara Bromley Ogdensburg

There is a shortage of mental health clinics and services in

this part of NYS. Why even consider closing this center.


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Kelly Sharpe Ogdensburg

Robin Logan Ogdensburg

The Psych Center is too important to the livelyhood of our

community. The loss of all those jobs would be a devistating

blow to our economy.

Brennan McMahon ogdensburg

Amanda Vanorman Ogdensburg

This helps alot of Family's and helps are commuity don't

take this way.

Sylvia Denner Ogdensburg

In-patient care is sometimes a neccesity for some people

not out-patient care. They also need family support close bynot hundreds of miles away.

Lindsey Hayes Ogdensburg


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Mary O'Marah Ogdensburg

We need the Psychiatric Center. A few years ago alot of

patients were released and put out on the streets and were

homeless and weren"t able to function on their own, they

need to be responsible to take care of themselves, to knowhow to shop for food, take their medicines on time, therer

are many factors to be looked at, before closing the

psychiatric center , and people need to think before they act

on such a major transition for the people living at the

psychiatric Center andalso the people who are living in the

community. The Psychiatric Center serves many people

who need it's services. The Psychiatric Center serves 6

counties, and is centralized for the needs of the real northcountry, the one beyond Albany, which is very often

forgotten. Please consider all avenues before making such

a critical mistake.

Blaine Webber Massena

Debbie Burke Ogdensburg

We need to save our family's jobs and have a place for the

people in need of these facilities!

Jessica Witherhead Canton

Sean O'Neill Lisbon


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Amy Schirmer Heuvelton

The burden on North Country Families who have family

members requiring periodic care at this facility would be

awful. Not to mention the jobs that would be lost. Please

let the North Country of New York have a voice in this

decision!

Robin forbes lisbon

colleen robinson ogdensburg

Brian Campbell Fulton none

Amanda Freeman Ogdensburg

nancy hazelton Ogdensburg

Beverly Kelso Ogdensburg

Garry Douglas Plattsburgh

Ogdensburg and the North Country provide exactly the kindof overall caring community environment and surroundings

that are ideal for this type of facility.

Don Kelso Ogdensburg


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Susan Maxfield Brasher Falls

Kim Maxfield Massena

Timothy Rourke Watertown Write a letter to the Governor, I did

Carolyn McPherson Ogdensburg

Virginia Demers Ogdensburg

Just transferred to SLPC from O'Burg Correctional. Never

thought I would go through the anxiety of closure again!

Kara Adner Ogdensburg

Helen Parody Ogdensburg

william hanes

independence,

MO

This is nothing new my mother served as director of SLPC

for over 20 years and was always fighting the departments

goals of putting more and more patients into the community.Some patients are just to sick to be placed in the

community. Keep up the fight people.

Greg Hooper Ogdensburg


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Phillip Burnett Rensselaer Falls

We live in an economically depressed area and cannot

afford to see all the jobs lost if the mental health center is

closed. Where will all the people go who are receiving

treatment there now. Please consider the leveal of care thatwe receive here and keep the facility open.

Greg Locke Canton Quit it!

Greg Locke Canton Quit it!

Sandra Corey Star Lake

Sharri Miller Ogdensburg

Deborah Huttula Ogdensburg

Gerald Huttula Ogdensburg

Sandra Santamoor Canton

CHARLES STEARNS OGDENSBURG

We need the County Facility. My grandson would not be

home with out it.


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Bridget Dolan Ogdensburg

Keitha Durant North Lawrence

Laurena Will Colton

There is a great need for Mental Health Care in the North

Country of NewYork State. It is certainly counter intuitive to

take away the only facility left.

Maureen Silver Ogdensburg

Steven Silver Ogdensburg

James Lewis Ogdensburg

Mental Health is a growing issue.It makes more sense to

improve the system more than making it more complicated

to find help..........

Nancy Mills Ogdensburg Northern New York needs this facility.

John Flanagan Canton

I work in a County Correctional Facility and the number of"Inmates" we are now getting who deserve to be and who

should be entered into to a Mental Health facility is

bordering on ridiculous. Jail is not the place for these

individuals. They need help!

Kevin Whitney Ogdensburg


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Elizabeth Lemke Ogdensburg

Mary Grady Ogdensburg

Monica LaRose Ogdensburg

Matthew LeBire Massena

John Woodard Ogdensburg

Jennifer Towne Ogdensburg

Shelley Cook Waterville

I lived 43 years in Ogdensburg, NY and have never known

the SLPC to be closed. Why start NOW?? Leave it open as

its about the only thing people have up there anymore for

jobs!!

Lori Campbell

Virginia Beach,

VA

Erin McCormick ogdensburg

Barbara Ward Ogdensburg

Dalton Campbell

Virginia Beach,

VA


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Shelley Matthews Rome

Wanda Young Reannelaer Falls

I am really against SLPC closing, our population here really

need this here. If we were to shut down where would theresidents go, a lot of people rely on the facility. What would

it do to the economy? Over 500 people would be out of a

job. What would that do to Ogdensburg and the surrounding

communities. I for one need my job here. The quality of care

here is excellent, friendly, caring atmosphere. It would be

devistating to the clients, residents, patients, staff and

surrounding communities. Please help us keep SLPC up

and running now and for years to come.

Joshua Campbell

Virginia Beach,

VA

Jeffrey La Faver Liverpool

This is at least the second time that we, the Citizens and

Former Citizens of the North Country, as well as present

and past employees of the St. Lawrence Psychiatric Center

Petitioned to save jobs, unfortunatley the one back in the

early 90's didn't work either,, that is how I ended up inSyracuse to avoid layoff

Debbie Thompson Ogdensburg


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Tracy Charleson Canton

We live in one of the poorest counties in the US and now

you want to make patients and their loved ones travel long

distances for help. Get real, how many of the people

receiving these services have the means to travel forservices? I fear that St. Lawrence County will be in real

danger and trouble if you close our Psych Center!

thomas black gouverneur

Nancy Sullivan Ogdensburg

The city and people of Ogdensburg need this very important

facility. It's closing would not only devestate Ogdensburg

but also the patients that need it.

Robert Cilley Ogdensburg

I find it amusing that regionalization always means move

services downstate. A region stretching from Syracuse, let

alone the PA border to the Canadian border is rediculous.

These same politicians and bureaucrats who refuse to

travel to Ogdensburg between November and May for fear

of bad weather, see nothing wrong with the citizens of the

North Country having to travel for hours for services.


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Rebecca Fiacco Norfolk

Mental health has been in the forefront of many national

tragedies. To further reduce services in a rural area will

mean that it is not accessible as individuals needing it will

not travel to keep appointments or to get their medsreviewed or evaluated for effectiveness. Not to mention the

devastating affect on a rural economy. Sometimes you

have to represent the minority and do what is right for rural

Northern New York State.

kelly miller ogdensburg

Chelsea Snyder Waddington

This facility is a historical landmark that provides vast

employment for St. Lawrence County. Treatment isessential in the stability of psychiatric residents and closing

the facilities will effect not only the community and the

employees of St. Lawrence Psychiatric Center but the

mentally ill who require our services. These people rely on

us and the services we provide.

Pamela Durant Winthrop

Claude Caswell Madrid

St Lawrence County is one of the poorest countys in NYS.

Our people need these jobs!

Lacey Staires Norwood


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Kathleen whiteford Canton

This center has helped so many people , my husband was

in the center in different buildings for many years , for

manic depression and Paranoid Schizophrenia, hasd so

many strong medications, but it was needed to get him

back to to a level of normalcy . My Thanks to

Mary Kilian Ogdensburg

This is not the time to close psychiatric centers - too many

mentally ill people are on the streets and in jails.

William Lovely ogdensburg

Commissioner, the policts of this is jepordizing many

familes and the ways they are going to support them.

Please back away from SLPC and go back to Albany and

leave us alone.

Mary Jo Doe Ogdensburg

sheila ogborne rochester

Thomas Doe Ogdensburg

Kathleen whiteford Canton

ny deceased husband Michael was patient at the St.Lawrence Phychiatric Center many times as he was

Manic depressant an Paranoid Schizophrenia Tendency

's , Thank You, they woudl get him back in a some what

normal balance. Sincerely Kathleen Wh iteford

Kristen Cheney Canton


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mary lewis stem, NC

Although now in NC, I am from Ogdensburg NY. All States

need to keep their Psych Centers open. Closing them poses

so many social issues for the mentally ill. You cannot ignore

them, they cannot live in assisted or skilled facilities. It has

been proven to be impossible. A catch-22. Keep the Psych

Center open! It works, don't fix something not broken!~

cynthia graham watertown

Closing of this facility would create hardship and a huge

burden upon the families and patients who need its

services. It's appalling that the OMH would even consider

such a move especially since this facilty has such a devotedand dedicated staff with exception care for the patients.

Seriously mentally ill patients need a safe and reputable

facility to treat them. Neither the Syracuse facilities nor the

Binghamton facilites have the same level of consistent care

as does St. Lawrence. I realize that may be a difficult pill

for the OMH to accept but for many who have multitude of

experiences it is the truth of the matter. The state needs to

consider keeping these facilities open and use St. Lawrenceas a model. I have no faith in the State's plan for Regional

Centers. Mentally ill patients need substantial daily care

and not political rhetoric in place of good solid medical

treatment. Thank you.

Nancy French Madrid


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Roberta Thornley Ogdensburg

Phyllis Wall Ogdensburg

Not only is the SLPC important to our community and to the

staff, the service it provides is important to the survival of

the clients it provides services to. How can they be ignored

and neglected?!

Alison Spears Ogdensburg

Alaina Davis ogdensburg

jesse Clark-Stone rennselaer falls

Darlene Friot Canton

People need this center,they need and derserve this help .

Please don't let that be taken away.

Cheri Richards Liverpool

Deborah Bouchey Ogdensburg

carol Nelson ogdensburg

Sarah Gordinier Ogdensburg

Anthony Moselle Massena Save these jobs !


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Emily Davis Heuvelton

Diane Spears Ogdensburg

Tim Harper Ogdensburg

Richard Demo Ogdensburg

St. Lawrence is rated at thet top in almost all categories. It

would be anexcellent facilty to build on and share thaty

excellence

Randy Mayne Ogdensburg

Kate Turner Bonners Ferry, ID

MARILYN HYDE NORWOOD Please save the center!

Roseann Missert Watertown

WAYNE WILBER NORWOOD

morgan fletchall ogdensburg


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Karrie Dodd Ogdensburg

Ann Jones Hammond

Nancy McCullough Lisbon

I am a retiree of SLPC and was a single mother for most of

my children's growing up years. I don't know what I would

have done without such a great job with benefits to provide

for my family!!

Barre Hall Ogdensburg

Lori Davis Heuvelton

Sadie Davis Heuvelton

John McElroy Gouverneur

There are MANY MANY other Departments that could be

cut, investigate and prosecute, look at all agency waste and

fraud.

Darcy Larock Ogdensburg

Carrye Lanning Massena

My husband's job at the Psych. Center is what supports our

family, take away the job amd we have almost no future

financial security!

David Pierce Ogdensburg


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julie hynes ogdensburg

julie hynes ogdensburg

Stefany Carville Ogdensburg

William OBrien Ogdensburg

We have enough mentally distrubed people on the streets

of our community. They can't afford to go 2 hours for

treatment. Families can't afford to go visit them either.

Tammy Carr Ogdensburg

My husband has mental health issues after his heart attack

6 years ago! We need these services!!

June Layng Guilderland

Erin Bush Jordan

I'm an Ogdensburg native with a family history to SLPC.

This would be a huge disservice to the mental health

community as well as the general community of northern

NY.

Bridget Gordinier Hammond

Tina Norman Lisbon

NATALIE SWEATLAND MASSENA

Keli Rugenstein Troy

Please consider the size of the catchment area this center

covers and the thousands of families it is available to.


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RANDY LABELLE MASSENA Please, do not take more jobs from the North country!

Ray Mead Massena

Jenifer Backus Massena

wendy mcnally ogdensburg

Lindsey Larock Heuvelton

Lorraine Barde Albany Services need to be spread out geographically.

Rick Pirie Ogdensburg none finer

Karen Katzman DeKalb Junction

SueEllen McAdam Heuvelton

Cortney Brunet Potsdam


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Kathleen McSorley Ogdensburg

I have worked for the Psychiatric Center for 40 years and it

has provided me with a good life, health care and the

chance to feel that I am a part helping our mentally ill

population; please continue the great services the

Psychiatric Center has provided to the North Country and

please help my coworkers keep their jobs. I am retiring in

May. Thank you

Susan Barkley ogdensburg

Stripped of all,other major industries/employers. Don't finish

the job.

Joyce Mallette Ogdensburg

Carol Backus Waddington

Aimee Chauvot Anchorage, AK

Philip Backus Waddington

Judith Ryan Ogdensburg

SLPC serves the North Country in many ways, It must

continue its mission.

Annette Besaw Heuvelton

Mike Burke Ogdensburg


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Chris LaFlair Ogdensburg

Janet Lawton Ogdensburg

Chris LaFlair Ogdensburg

Nancy p Brown Potsdam

In a civilized society, those with mental health needs,

should have a safe a secure place to go.

Donna Smith Ogdensburg

Lee Cole Ogdensburg

Jennifer Shaver Ogdensburg

Lee Cole Ogdensburg

Charles Mallette Ogdensburg

Raymond Cutway Ogdensburg

Becky Salego Russell


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Kari Kalicin Mount Joy, PA

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raised near Ogdensburg, NY. My family has and continues

to benefit from the St. Lawrence Psychiatric Center both in

jobs and in seeking treatment. To close this facility is not

just irresponsible, it is also immoral. Where pray tell would

you the so -called "experts" suggest the residents andpatients who receive care from this facility go to continue

their treatment? Where would you suggest the employees

go to feed their families and pay their mortgages? Are you

all willing to open your homes and wallets to help feed,

shelter, clothe, and treat the employees and patients? I

think not. Maybe you are hoping that this closure will

inadvertently provide overwhelming support for your anti-

gun campaign when one of the patients goes without theirtreatment and storms into a local Northern NY school and

proceeds to blast away at its occupants in a psychotic

rage? Where do you plan to relocate all of the sex

offenders which reside their? Maybe in your house with

your children and spouse sleeping in the next room? I think

not! When will you people open your eyes and listen to the

truth! There are thousands if not millions of residents in NY

State alone who receive assistance from the state

Robert Salego Russell

crystal schack massena

The northcountry is filled with amazing people with hearts of

gold. There care about how people are treated and treat

strangers like family.the community nd the people who stay

here are treated with respect and cooperation .


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christine younh tupper lake

Amber Riordan Heuvelton

David Johnson Watertown

Stacie Cole South Colton

Stephanie Cilley Ogdensburg

Cynthia Sherman DeKalb Junction

Cathy Pritty Gouverneur

Ashley Sanyet Ogdensburg

Stasun Hebert Ogdensburh

Andrew Todd Ogdensburg


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Amanda Rowley Russell

Nick Kocher Canton

Kevin Kroeger Ogdensburg

Lori Ashley Heuvelton

This hospital is much needed in this area. Jobs aside, how

could you displace all these people who depend on these

services. Closing this hospital and ones like them will only

further the downfall of an already shaky society,and a major

hit to the job s will cripple this county! Please consider any

decision with the full effect and consequences it will bring to

our families who work there and the clients who desperately

need these services!

susan pirie ogdensburg

Jessica Bray Ogdensburg

Tia Beaulieu Ogdensburg

Cathy Bentley Ogdensburg

Linda Griffin Ogdensburg


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Victoria lovely ogdensburg

Victoria lovely ogdensburg

Vickie French Winthrop

Lisa Fortin Ogdensburg

We NEED to keep St Lawrence Psych Center open!!! We

are slowly losing EVERYTHING here in Oburg!!! Please

dont take this away from us!!!

Amber Greer Ogdensburg

Cynthia Toomey Massena

Clifford and

Kathy Gill Richville

Where do you think these individuals will go if booted out?

For some this is the only home they have known.

Tammy Boucher Tupper Lake

I think Albany needs to remember that the North Country is

part of New York State. And the North country residents

need these NYS facilities to survive. Residents and

communities alike.

Mary Lou Robinson Lisbon

Jennifer Woods lisbon

Susan Roach Ogdensburg


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Jamie Race Ogdensburg

Diane Fraser Ogdensburg

Please rethink closing this center of hope for adults and

children alike. This is one of the few places that can really

help children discover their inner strengths and help them

overcome some crippling mental issues.

Risa Oliver Conklin

Susan Martin Ogdensburg

Ray Nowakowski Rochester

Elizabeth Irvine Madrid

Brianne Wilson Alden

Renee Hall Rochester

Shelly Potter Tupper Lake

we need these places open!!! not buying land in the

adirondacks!!!! what a waste of money!!

Liza LaRock Ogdensburg


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Renee Cole Heuvelton

Juston lajoie felts mills

David Crowell Canton

Tom & Betty Chapman Hammond Save these jobs

Susan McLear Ogdensburg

It would be devastating to lose these services in the North

Country. Mentally ill people would not be able to get the

services they need without traveling great distances.

Lois Hall Russell

I'm writing to support and save St. Lawrence Psychiatric

Center

Peter Chereshnoski Rodman

Kristen Zender Hannawa Falls

As a school counselor in SLC, I see firsthand the need for

this facility in our region. Unfortunately, the people of the

North Country do not have many options for mental health

care-we x

Megan Sharpe Malone


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Melani Liddick Elmira

Valerie Rice Lisbon

Please stop taking from the north country. We have so

much less than the rest of the state already!

James Amo Ogdensburg

Susan Ferguson Ogdensburg

John Ferguson Ogdensburg

Lois Hall Russell Save

Jill Murphy Massena

Jillian Pharoah Ogdensburg

Joan Metz Summerfield, FL

Those jobs are needed and so important to the citizens of

the North Country.

Mary Farrell Ogdensburg


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Jacquelyn Powers Watertown

I support to keep St. Lawrence Psychiatric Center open.

Ogdensburg needs the jobs. And people need a place to go

for help. Where would the people go if it closes"? I have

family and friends that work in the facility and they would be

out of work. Think of all the people and their families out of

work. And all the empty building on the grounds. It would be

a big mistake to close this facility.

Sharon Dafoe Richville

Please do not close the in-patient operation at the center.

My grandson has bopolar disorder and has been apatient

there three times. We NEED this facility to be there.

Megan Ferguson Watertown

Penny Allen Hermon

Mary Rupp Ogdensburg

Joyce Sheridan Canton

Donna Given Russell

Joseph Lalonde Ogdensburg

With St. Lawrence County hell-bent on raising taxes, the

last thing this area needs is to lose 500 jobs. Please keep

SLPC open!!


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Emily Ryan Massena

This center is vital for jobs in the community as well as

treating local patients.

Margaret Garrison Ogdensburg

Kathy King Ogdensburg

Jennifer Isenhower Fort Myers, FL

Alson Caswell Heuvelton

MARY DAWLEY LISBON

Do not want to see the pysch center close, It is such a

needed part of the northcountry.

shannon demers ogdensburg

Jessica Martin Churchville

Jessica Martin Churchville

Robin Taylor Massena

Raven Wilson Malone


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Melanie Cobb Ogdensburg

I would hope that someone from SLPC would point out the

large number of outpatients served in the seven counties

and the revenue generated from the Prepaid Mental Health

Program (PMHP). Closing St. Lawrence would devastate

Northern New York, especially the loss of jobs and patients

and their families.

Tess Eells Hermon

Francine Naccarato Ogdensburg

As my family has a history of mental illness , I find it

unbelievable that closing or limiting services in

Owen Luckie Ogdensburg

Jade Maak Rockaway Park

This job is really important to the local area, so please keep

it open for both the patients and workers!

Michele Whalen Ogdensburg

Deborah McNally Ogdensburg

Bill Merna Ogdensburg

Melinda McNamara Ogdensburg

Krista Larock Ogdensburg


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Martin Gleeson Heuvelton

Francine Naccarato Ogdensburg

As if those with mental healthy issues don't have enough to

worry about.....why not make services less accessible and

move them far away to a "mental health hub". Don't they

and their families deserve better treatment than that? And

what about all those who are now employed serving that

population? The North Country can not sustain that level of

potential unemployment. In fact, I would recommend

expanding the use of the psychiatric center to include a

Veterans Administration Hospital as well. That would be

"centrally " located for all the disabled vets!

Rhonda Rish potsdam

Ogdensburg needs to be considered for an opportunity as

a center for excellance we've already shown that this is a

very supportive community when it comes to dealing with

and helping the mentally ill and families. thanks Patty for

putting up a fight!!!!


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Deana Legault Ogdensburg

I am sure that there are other things that could be taken

away than to have this facility taken away from Ogdensburg.

There are many people who need their services and where

would they have to go to get them away from here. We are

a slow prospering area and don't have many job

opportunities for people in this area so your willing to take

away from this community some more work? If there was a

closure of this facility there were be many people out of

work and there are people who can't find jobs now closing

this and your going to have more people needing care, and

services through public assistance. Here's an idea for you

why don't you open and expand services down there at the

psychiatric center and offer more job opportunities and

more help for people.

Susan Legault ogdensburg

Jennifer

Simmons-

Noel Ogdensburg

Roxanne Bigelow DeKalb Junction

This center is always busy, where would people go for this

treatment? How far away would they have to drive?

James Kroeger Ogdensburg

Lorraine Gallo Canajoharie


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Susan Willard Hermon

Brandy French Ogdensburg

George Smithers Provincetown, MA

arleena mcdougal ogdensburg

arleena mcdougal ogdensburg please keep it open

Patricia Trudell Ogdensburg

Steven Wright Ogdensburg

lori ashley heuvelton

Ed Snow Canton

PETE BALTRADIS OGDENSBURG


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Jessica Thornton Ogdensburg

Amy Guasconi Ogdensburg

Jacqueline Martin Ogdensburg

Traci Harris Heuvelton

If the psych center closes, a lot of people around here will

lose good jobs!!

Sandra Jetke Ogdensburg Save us

Victoria Roca-Mace Canton

Patrick McCarney Ogdensburg

cynthia young canton

cynthia young canton

Timothy Villnave Brasher Falls

Sheri Seguin Ogdensburg


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Douglas Adams Ohdensburg

I think out patient is great for some people. But some

people are in great need of inpatient help! With the rise in

shootings around the country do you think we need to

mainstream people who are not ready for the world! Putting

some people in outpatient services would be very

dangerous! Our facility has in and outpatient services! Let

us continue to serve our community and the north country!

Thank-you

Mark Staves Tupper Lake

Christine Hart ogdensburg

Lisa Ortolani Tupper Lake

Jennifer Reil Newton Falls

Robin Hayes Orlando, FL

cindy adams lisbon

Tina Goodrow Lisbon

Mary Rose Ogdensburg


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David Fortin Ogdensburg

Ogdensburg has very little left anymore!!! We have ALOT of

people that need these services up here!!!!!! Please leave

our psych center alone!!!!!

Michael Osoway Camillus

Stephen Sherry Ogdensburg

If anything is done, the quality of service could be

modernized for new non pharmaceutical discoveries found

in psychology. The people sometimes need help, and no

one provides the help that the psychiatric center could

provide.

Theresa Staves Tupper Lake

Stephanie Gammon Lisbon

Please help us save this historical site of northern NY. If

you close us this leaves 500+ families without a job. This

could also kill the north country community. We will stand as

one to make sure our residents get the psychiatric care they

deserve and need!

Karie Turner Massena

Karie Turner Massena

Joshua Sutton Ogdensburg


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christine ward ogdensburg

Joseph Burke Adams Center

william andrus watertown ny

we need good mental health agencys opened not closed

theese days

linda

anagnostopou

los massena

I have known the Psych Center even before it's name was

changed. I remember when it was at full functioning

capacity even with it's farm. It has been a tremendous asset

to families with mental health needs. Obviously the

"experts" including our glorious govenor have never had a

loved one in need of mental health care. Albany, get your

act together and stop thinking of YOUR needs.

Sheila Runions Lisbon

Bruce Barnes Massena

You should never let bean counters make decissions about

something they know very little about.

russell jones ogdensburg

Robert Merrifield Heuvelton


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Cindy Grant Potsdam

wm Hill Edwards

Helen Tracy North Bangor

MICHAEL

VINCELETTE

RN OGDENSBURG

Parker Piercey Ogdensburg

Andrew Willard Hermon

EllenAnne Emerich Charlton

Crystal Smithers Heuvelton

Chrysann Castro-Barker Morristown

Todd McGee Massena


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Kenny Cutway Rensselaer falls

I thought the great governor was Ono board with fixing

mental healthcare. It beats the alternative of putting these

people in our prison system and feeding into the agenda of

gun control. Or is that what this is really about. Want to

impress me? Lay off some of the bureaucratic machine that

we feed with our tax dollars. Listen to the people Not- so-Handy Andy.

Shayne Leonard Pyrites

I have a child that was in need of the services of the

children and youth unit. We spent 14 years and also had a

19 day in house stay. I just cannot imagine what we would

have done without these services so close to home. I would

like to add that he is now 22 years old and living on his

own,I'm not so sure this would be the case without the

services of OMI.

Suzanne Houmiel Ogdensburg

Dian Connor Tupper Lake the North Country needs this facility desperately.

Jeffrey Houmiel Ogdensburg

Laura and

Joseph Amedeo Watertown

To close this center would be absolutely wrong...not only

does it serve many, many communities, but it also employs

many people...keep it open for heavens sake

Sharon Gushlaw Norfolk

Martha Smith Ogdensburg


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Doug Smith Ogdensburg

Mark Hall Star Lake

Diane Patrick Potsdam

Michael Wright Waddington

Ann Knowlton Ogdensburg We can not afford to lose these jobs.

Ben Ellison Norwood

Liz Anderson Winthrop

Arthur Wilson Oswegatchie

With all the problems facing the world today, this facility

needs to stay open.

Lauren Sommerfield Massena

My husband is a substance abuse counselor. Mental health

is such a HUGE piece of the addiction puzzle. It would be

such a tragedy to lose this necessary resource in the North

Country.

James Shaw Heuvelton

We need to keep the center open not only for the jobs it

creats. How are the patients outside of the in house patients

get help they need if they have to travel a long way down

state. This center is one of the top centers in the state.


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Bryan Wood Norfolk

We need to keep these people employed, not put them into

a job less environment.

Carol Ferguson Ogdensburg our community cannot spare any more job loss.

Stephen Ferguson Ogdensburg

Stephanie Bowman Ogdensburg unemployment rates are low enough

Mary Ann Haigh Croghan

Sharon Livingston Ogdensburg

Heathe Gilson Canton

Toni Salerno Massena

Philip Jessmer Waddington

Stephanie Sochia Canton

susan cole Heuvelton


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Kenneth Bleau Ogdensburg Save The Psych Center its the heart of our County

Cathy Weidner Ogdensburg

Nancy Forsyth Ogdensburg

Mary Cash Ogdensburg

These services are extremely important and much needed

in this county.

Angie Frost Massena

Cherilyn Bush Brasher falls

Tracy Buchardt Lisbon

Melissa Ward Akwesasne

Sharon MacDonald Richville

Pat Flagg Ogdensburg

Linda Dishaw Massena


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Jenny LaShomb Massena

Melissa Cummings Potsdam

Douglas Cummings Potsdam

alison mann ogdensburg

Karen Fraser Ogdensburg

Please don't close this [;ace pf employment we need jobs

here in the north country.

Jeanette Perry Gouverneur

Linda Erdman Gouverneur

There are many people that need this facility. Especially

children that would have to go many hours from their

families if not able to be at this facility.

Kathryn Cowell Massena

I can't believe they would even think about closing this

place. STLC serves 6 or 7 counties and people alreadyhave to drive pretty far to access it's services. Why don't

you close one of the nine hospitals in NYC.

Susan Griffith Canton


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shelley mandigo cromwell, CT

in this day when mental health concerns face increased

scrutiny, i find the thought of closing this facility where i

grew up disturbing

Rhonda Rodriguez Massena

The real truth is, without the necessary treatment, these

patients are more likely to end up in prison or in an early

grave. We cannot let the pocketbook take precedence overpeople's health!

Kaylee Kennerly Cohoes


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John McElhearn Ogdensburg

Please be realistic when considering this closure. We are

the poorest county in the state and the largest county. We

are a strong community and can fare most anything but this

closure would devistate and already dismal economy here

in the Ogdensburg area. Can you imagine 500-600

additional people looking for work here in this impoverished

area? I am unemployed since 12/2012 and have applied for

50 jobs already and only one interview. I have a BA in

MAthematies from SUNY Potsdam and I am a home owner

and tax payer in Ogdensburg and it may come to the point

where I may have to sell my home to survive. The home

where my wife grew up and I can't imagine 500 more people

having to do the same. Imagine all the people moving out

of this area and it becoming more of a ghost town than it

already is. We might as well become part of Canada again

because Albany is sending the message that little St

Lawrence County doesn't make a difference well it does to

all of us that live here and we are taking a stand.

Michele Skidds Ogdensburg

Since SLPC was down sized in the past.The needs of

mentally ill have been woefully mismanaged.They have left

to on ther own woithout any support or guidance in the

community.Some have been told they are to ill to receive

services.Shame on you for not providing these people with

adequate services


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Kasey Smith Ogdensburg

The SLPC is a vital part of our community. The

repercussions of the down size are still being seen on the

streets of Ogdensburg. Please don't make the situation

worse.

Vicki Stiles Dekalb junctionClosing the psychiatric center would be a huge detriment tothe north country economy . This would

todd brenno ogdensburg

Sandee Sanford Potsdam

susan putman Lisbong

we need the center for jobs and the are alot of people whom

have mental health issues in the area. too many mental

change people on are the loose, because of the state cut

backs, we do not need a Sandy Hook or another crimes

committed by mentally changelled people. they need to be

better monitored. the goverment is letting us down by not

looking at the mental challenged people. save our hospital

david black winthrop

Sheila Premo Ogdensburg

With all the mental illness in St Lawrence County and the

entire USA the last thing that needs to go is help for these

people

Sharon Tupper Canton


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tina cousino ogdensburg dont close it

Jean Bracy Ogdensburg

We have a home on Ford Street in Ogdensburg. Every day

we see the result of wholesale abandonment of the folkswho need more help, but have been placed in the

community to shift for themselves. It is a sad and

sometimes frightening situation to have these disturbed

souls roaming aimlessly around the city at all hours of the

night and day.

Ken LaBarge Massena

Deborah Kerr Massena

We have a lack of psych resources as it is. PLEASE dont

close this center

Walter (Skip) Bracy Ogdensburg

I retired after more than 30 years working at St. Lawrence

Psych Center. I saw first hand how the clients were helped

every day to cope with their problems and learn the skills

necessary for eventual life outside the hospital. Please

don't take this care away from those folks so in need.

Dana Mclear ogdensburg

Mary Shrewsberry Gouverneur


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Judy Dafoe Hermon

Jamie Friot Dekalb Junction

The St. Lawrence Psychiatric Center services 100's of

people a year. It is imparative that our children are servedhere. It is a fact that family, friends and neighbors be

involved in treatment for our children. Recovery includes all

of there people. If you move them down state then how are

our families going to get there to particpate in this process.

Please consider our families and their children before

maiking a mistake that will hinder their recovery.

Patricia Tervo Groton, MA

karen pemberton waddington

Charles Morgan Norwood

This facility is needed not so much for the jobs that it

provides but for the people that it serves in this area.

joe spriggs ogdensburg

don't just listen.. do something this community has been a

partner with Omh for years or mentally ill and thus

community deserve quality mental health care in northern,

ny

Ruth Ayen Heuvelton


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linda mosher ogdensburg

We need this business here!!!! Some employees are so

close to retirement,this would be devatstating for all

concerned if this is closed down..Families would have to

transfer thier Family members far away and this just is not

fair..Please reconsider this plan not to shut us down:(

Alexandria Thomas Oswego

Marlene Smith Ogdensburg



partner with Omh for years or mentally ill and thus

community deserve quality mental health care in northern,ny

Paul J. Smith Ogdensburg

Tammy Planty tupper lake



partner with Omh for years or mentally ill and thuscommunity deserve quality mental health care in northern,

ny

Michael Smithers Heuvelton


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Mose Herne Rockville, MD

Sara Kuhn Brockport

If were not for the the St. Lawrence Psychiatric Center, I am

not sure my younger sister would still be alive today. With

all of the shootings in the news lately, one thing brought to

the spotlight is how lacking our mental health system is.Closing a center that services such a large area is not the

answer!

Jefferson Thornton Ogdensburg The center is the only thing we have left.

mark lemieux ogdensburg

Catherine Axtell Ogdensburg

jamie king ogdensburg

this is the only large employer we have this goes our city is

gone

skye sharp Ogdensburg

Aaron Charlton Ogdensburg


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Julie Hooper Ogdensburg

I have many, many relatives, friends, neighbors, and

business associates who work at the center. If they were to

lose their jobs, there are not many other jobs in our area

that offer the pay and benefits to replace such job losses.

They would be forced to move to other communities, states,

or countries. I am a business owner in Ogdensburg, which

puts my business and so many others at risk also if the

center closes, because many of those workers send their

families to my business daily, weekly, and yearly. Therefore,

this will create an ongoing downfall that is irreversible in a

way that I do not want to see happen. Our community in

Ogdensburg, New York is so beautiful and rests on thegorgeous St Lawrence River, and I am asking that you not

close the Psychiatric Center for my family's sake, our

community's sake, and our general livelihood here that we

love so much.

Susan Simser De Kalb Junction,

Richard Hooper Ogdensburg

Jaime Odendahl Madrid

We cannot afford to loose these jobs and the community is

not where these residents belong!!


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Lisa Barber OGdensburg

NYS has just redid Trinity and now is going to close this

place>this community can't take that kind of hit and with all

the shooting and crazies in the world the last thing we need

to do is close a mental health facility!!

Damon Lynch Massena

Nicole Measheaw Ogdensburg

sherie crosby ogdensburg

Patti Dabiew Massena

If its closed all the people int there should move in with the

Commissioner.

Joseph Measheaw Jr Ogdensburg

Damien Graham Watertown

There should be at least one OMH hospital north of the

Thruway Nd

Deanna McDonald Ogdensburg

Gordon Ward Canton

nancy sanford canton

Mariel Joly-Huot Ogdensburg


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Autumn McCarthy Ogdensburg

Kenneth Graves Canton

Barbara Knauf Heuvelton

Jeff Guasconi Ogdensburg

Ronnie Freeman Jr. DeKalb Junction This is my jobandseveral

Sarah Smith Colton

It is very sad that the state is considering closing thisfacility. How will this impact the patients there and their

families? What about the access to quality care that so

many desparately need. If this facility closes its doors, many

will be hesitant to seek help and thus endangering

themselves and possibly the community.

Janice Johnson Heuvelton

Mary Heading Massena

People placed at Psyic Centers are there for Big reasons.Please inquire with the Dr.s who treat them. Even the

individuals at Sunmount DDSO Tupper Lake,NY are not

for the communtiy.They are individuals who require stricter

guidance . Many hve done harm and placed my law with

special quidance, aswell as the Ogdensburg Psychiatric

Center .


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Amy Hart Beaverton, MI

New York State is currently being promoted as a place of

dedication to improved employment and quality of life.

Closing this facility flies in the face of that promise. With

some of the best professional talent in the country

employed there, the value of these services cannot be

overstated.

Carissa Massia Waddington

Ronald Fleury Massena

Individuals at the Psychiatric Center have special issue that

can be handled only at a Very Special place like the Center.

Robert Doser Ogdensburg

Mindy Taillon Ogdensburg

Drusilla Howland Ogdensburg

General Curtis, brother of Gates Curtis my great, great

uncle, was preceptor of the State Hospital when he was an

Albany assemblyman. This facility has provided jobs forthis job depressed region for decades and decades. Why

would Albany want to destroy this.

Lynn Turner Colton


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Bonnie Burgess Ogdensburg

Why is it whenever our state officials want to consolidate or

cut services, they look to the north of the thruway.?

Elizabeth McCurry Ogdensburg

Bruce Aldrich Ogdensburg

Edgar Graves Madrid

There are many reasons to continue the long-standing

service that SLPC provides to Northern NY. One of the

most important is jobs to support the local economy, not

only the jobs at SLPC, but also the spinoff that results fromthose jobs being available. We cannot sustain ourselves if

we keep losing jobs here in the North Country. The

economic impact for this area if SLPC should be closed

would be disastrous, and certainly not in the best interests

of the State of New York.

Victoria Elia Potsdam

Martha J. Aldrich Ogdensburg

Jacqueline Brooks Waddington


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James Oshier Waddington

As I see it a lot of our crime issues today are blamed on

"lack of security,police etc.' lack of gun control, etc. but in

fact a lot of these issues and crimes would be avoided if

more mental health help and awareness and care were

available. I for one do not wish to see us loose any of our

mental care in the north country!!!!!

Aaron Clary Chase Mills

Deborah Morgan Norwood

Jessica Griffith Gouverneur

Pat McMurray Canton

Tesa Gilbo Norwood

Umer Shahid Potsdam

Cynthia Raven Ogdensburg

The services for the Mental Health receipients is veryimportant for this area. The jobs are important for the low

economic area.

Michael Carroll Ogdensburg


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Debbra Kormanyos Massena

This cannnot be closed. I know several people that have

needed this to help them in life. And I know people who

work there. It would be bad for our area to not have this

help.

tim losey harrisville

as many patients this facility has and as many jobs are

there i cant believe you are thinking of closing it

Roxanne Adams Ogdensburg

Charlene Deleel Saranac Lake

I have had family who needed these services and it would

be a horrific loss to our communities

Michael Weaver Heuvelton

There's so many other ways to save money instead of

wrecking an entire community, why don't you explore those

avenues???? If you don't know where, open your eyes!

Blair Madore Potsdam

As a local college professor I consider the center an

invaluable resource for the many students, faculty and staff

and their families who succumb to the many pressures of

modern life. I feel a lot better knowing professional help is

available just 45 minutes away. I have had students attempt

suicide and end up using these services. The proposal to

centralize services elsewhere would make it reallyimpossible to provide the kind of care needed for such a

person to reasonable reintegrate into the college community

after a situation like attempted suicide. The proximity to the

college makes it much easier for parents, college staff and

psych center staff to provide our students with much

needed support.


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scott moore ogdensburg

Marybeth Wylie Ogdensburg

Julie Rexford Canton

The psych center must be preserved primarily for the

excellent service it provides for the patients, but also to

preserve the jobs it provides in the north country. You can

no expect people of northern New York to go without

adequete mental health. Please reconsider this and enable

the Psych Center to continue to provide quality care.

Angela Brossoit Heuvelton

closing the psych center will be a huge loss to this

community and will hurt the econony of Ogdensburg.Employees will be forced to move out of state or the area

with their families to look for work.

Mary Lalonde Heuvelton

Jamie Burgess Ogdensburg

Erik Brossoit Heuvelton


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Dorothy Harris Hammond

We have a waiting list for the outpatient clinics as it is. Why

even consider closing SLPC. We are the only Psychiatric

Center north of the Truway. People here are having a hard

enough time coping and trying to get into the Wellness

Centers.

Teresa Dishaw Ogdensburg

Heather Levac Heuvelton

Walter Rexford Canton

This facility has been providing quality services to the

patients for decades~please do not consider closing this

facility. Not only do the patients need and deserve it, but

the jobs it provides to the caring employees should bepreserved.

Sarah Duvall Lisbon

Kasey McDonald Lisbon

Nichole Tiernan Jersey City, NJ


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Frank Giltner Ogdensburg

My daughter was a seeing doctors at the St. Lawrence

Psychiatic Center for 10 years. She spent a few months as

an Inpatient. I was able to visit her each day. That also

helped in her care, so many people could not visit thier

children like I could. Having the Ogdensburg units helped

heal our whole family.

Julianne Cota Ogdensburg

Jason Matthie ogdensburg

george pratt morristown

Mary Bissonette Norfolk

when a family member is in immediate need of assistance

to prevent them from endangering themselves or

others....it's our only local option. Too many is our

depressed economy, especially in the northern-most NY

counties...need this facility. It shouldn't even be a question

as to whether we need it or not. Stop raping NNY.........wepay taxes and usually take the brunt of whatever 'those in

charge' decide to do.... God help us!

Sarah McGregor Massena


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Curtis Dishaw Ogdensburg

Laurajean Clouse Lisbon

Claudia Aldrich Potsdam

Closing the Center is not in the best interests of the

patients, the employees, or the residents of St. LawrenceCounty.

Lori McElhearn Ogdensburg

Barbara Bond Cato

corky hewitt ogdensburg

Gary Saucier Brasher Falls

Seriously ill patients need "in" hospital care for different time

periods if not permanently. We are lacking in that area as it

is.

Jan Gallo Tupper Lake

williampoole

, escalating

poole buffalo

I am an RN,BSN who is appalled at the continuing,

escalation of throwing mental health patients under the bus.This, along with the corrution in our state government, will

almost guarantee my move out of New York state. Lt. Col.

Bill Poole

Jean Gang Norfolk


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Cora Lee Robinson Lisbon

We have to take care of those most vulunerable. Long term

inpatient care is necessary in many cases. The hospital is

needed more than ever with the stress and problems in our

nation today , do't desert them

Greg Sanyet Ogdensburg

Stacey Tarbox Potsdam

To close this institution would be a travesty to our

community. Not only would this action cause 500 local jobs,

it would also cause additional undue stress to the patients.

If we didn't have a facility close to home, patients and their

families will be forced to use facilities that are too far for

families to visit frequently. Without the consistent support of

family and friends, patients can take much longer torecover. The cost of the individual seeking treatment will

also increase as there will need to be transportation.

Ambulance transport is not cheap and will be added to (in

most cases) the state bill. Please consider the domino

effect closing this facility would cause. There must be

something that can be worked out. Lay out the issues to

the public and ask us for ideas and feedback. You would

be surprised what brainstorming among the people thisaction will affect can result in.

Karen Clary Rensselaer Falls


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Megan Foster Hannawa Falls

This Center is crucial to monitoring and supervising

individuals with mental health issues in our area. If closed it

will cut a vital vein to the North Country mental health well

being for many individuals. Please reconsider closing this

facility.

Lori Arsenault Ogdensburg

Loss of 500 jobs will virtually shut down an already weak

North Country economy

Randy Arsenault Ogdensburg


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Janice Brothers Oswegatchie

,

vital resource for those of us that have family members that

have so many problems. Without the Ogdensburg Facility

those of us like myself would have to travel to Lord knows

where to get the right help that our loved ones need and are

being given currently right here close to home. I must say

that the people in Albany have probably never had to dealwith a suicidial person or someone that is suffering from a

mental break down because if they had then I think they

would be looking at this in a whole new light. This center is

a necessity to the entire North Country Region I do hope

that our State Representatives are listening and people are

speaking out in support of this because if they do take it

away it will be gone forever and that just makes for a longer

distance to travel to get help for your loved one or yourself...I assure you that parents find it hard enough to leave their

children in Ogdensburg to get the help they need how would

you feel if that distance was increased by say... another 3

hours or more. Please Albany listen to us we really need

this facility for the jobs as well as the peopleit helps on a

daily basis. Thank You so very

much for your Time.

Jordan Woodside Ogdensburg


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Trina Bedford Ogdensburg

As a case manager working with individuals with PMI, I

know first hand how much the Psychiatric Center is needed

in this area. There are waiting lists to receive services from

the clinics, as well as the hospital. Individuals with PMI do

not need to travel further than they already do to receiveservices. Individuals need the support of their families and

communities to be able to remain independent in the

community. The individuals in our community need services

available to them NOW, without having to wait, and they

certainly do not need fewer available services.

nicholas downer jordan

Brittany Smith Ogdensburg

Michael Curtis Canton

Maintaining the St. Lawrence Psychiatric Center will keep

opportunities in the area for healthcare employment.

ROSWELL SMITH CANTON

as a st. lawrence county resident who drives to Tupper Lake

to sunmount for work, I fully support keeping good jobs innny, even if the GOUVENOR doesn't.

Myra Pitcher Ogdensburg

Mandy Bowman Madrid


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Curtis Pitcher Ogdensburg

Mandy Dowling Lisbon

Daniel Labarge Massena

Donna Bullock Potsdam

Rich Demo Ogdensburg

As SLPC is already a very highly ranked NYS hospital with

regards to all factors that. Are truly important like frequencyof restraints and incidents i.e. DIRECTLY affecting human

beings, it only makes sense to build upon that. Because,

without that, everything else is meaningless.

Lindsay Newvine Gouverneur

Heidi Ames Canton

Mental health must be recognized as a key element in

addressing today's concerns about gun violence. By the

very nature of their illness, those with mental health needsmust have immediate access to help when they need it.

Keep the Ogdensburg Facility open, fund it fully and save

lives.

Shaylan Johnson Honeoye


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Kristin Hurlbut Ogdensburg

Billie Jo Busch Ogdensburg

All of these patients needs some kind of treatment facility.

This facility holds many jobs and patients that actually need

to be there.

Ryan Meashaw Potsdam

Lorette Murray Canton

Jesse Dettmer Madison, WI

Melissa Evans Lisbon

Colleen Anderson Ogdensburg

william warren morristown you need this to help prevent gun problems

Larry Deets Richville Stop cutting NNY jobs.

Bridget Sharpes Heuvelton keep it open


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April Brown Lafargeville

There is a serious shortage of mental health care in our

area. There are virtually no in-patient services. When we do

a referall for a ptient there is such a long wait list. This will

be a devestating to those whodesperately need these

services! Please do not close!!!

Margaret Cardinal Ogdensburg

Kara Strang Raleigh, NC

I understand budgets need to be reworked but please

reconsider cutting this facility, it is already surviving on bare

bones as it is. This is the ONLY public, full-service mental

health center north of the Thruway - please re-consider.

James LaFave Ogdensburg

We have no jobs up hear in Ogdensburg but state jobs. If

you take those jobs away, Ogdensburg will flod up. The

Hospital, schools, and tax rates will be greatly affected.

Ann LaFave Ogdensburg Save or center, PLEASE!

Ronald LaRue Massena

Mental Health is an Illness. Help should be available to all,

rich or poor The St. Lawrence Psych Center needsexpansion not reduction.

Josie Hardy Massena


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Barbara O'Keefe Ogdensburg

St Lawrence County can not afford to lose any more jobs or

the services the St. Lawrence County Psychiatric Center

provides to it residents

Jessica Thornton Ogdenaburg

Tracie Delosh Massena

Deborah Vaisey Massena

The North Country has too few mental health resources.

With waiting list for months to get any type of help. This

facility serves so many needy people from all walks of life.

This center is the only life line for mental healh for so many.Please consider hard the people this will effect.

John O'Keefe Ogdensburg

Lesli Ott-Kirby Ogdensburg

Tina Bullock Massena

Rhonda Wilson Houston, TX

Judy Wright Morristown

Nancy Fetterly Massena


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Jill Vaquez Massena

Ronald Wright Morristown

Jean Hantz PotsdamWe have a crisis of mental illness in the North Country.Please keep the St. Lawrence Psych Center open!

Danee Bolster Massena

Kristi Laclair Brasher falls

Anne Donnelly Ogdensburg

This facility is desparately needed in this area and

shouldnot be down-sized or closed.

kareen bedford ogdensburg

kathleen larock ogdensburg

PLEASE, PLEASE KEEP THE CENTER OPEN. Our family

and lives depend on it.

Jodi Sears Massena

Angie Bateman Ogdensburg

Constance Ott Fort Myers, FL

Mental health care should not be a matter of dollars and

cents...it should be a matter of care and compassion for

those who cannot speak for themselves. Please do the right

thing for those who cannot care for themselves and their

families who love them...the ones who elected you. Thank

you.


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Joseph Pemberton waddington

This would be devastating to not only to the north country

but to my family as my wife works there.This cant happen!!

Lindsey LoParco CANTON

As a high school guidance counselor, I feel that that SLPC

is an extremely valuable resource. St. Lawrence Countykids deserve the support and services they provide.

Miranda Groebler Brasher Falls

As someone who has worked in mental health in this area

for over five years, I can say we simply need this inpatient

facility to stay open. As it is, people sit in the ER of our 9.39

hospital for days sometimes while we look for appropriate

inpatient availability. Not having SLPC would mean a lack of

necessary treatment and resources in a community that is

already struggling to provide necessary mental healthservices.

Crystal Shutts Norwood

Cory Shutts Norwood

Kady Fields Lisbon

Jayme Smith Ogdensburg

Kyle MacDonald Plattsburgh


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Andrea LaRock Lisbon

stacey Lytle Heuvelton

Jordan Dillon Ft drum

Kevvn Stump Poughquag

Cheryl Seymour Ogdensburg the city cant afford to lose such an asset

Juli Courtney Brockton, MA

Due to all of the nations recent tragedies, mental health isan important factor in our society today. We can not lose

facilities like this. The public should be more educated on

the need for mental health facilities.

John Demers Ogdensburg

For 100+ years the St Lawrence Psychiatic Center has

been the public facility to provide mental health care for

families struggling to remain safe and mentally well. It will

be a sad day if our Gov. Cuomo shuts down the hospital

and puts 500 people out of work.


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Christine LeBel Ogdensburg

There is so much need here in the North Country and so

few treatment options. Please don't dessert the needs of

the patients. The new administration of St. Lawrence

should be pushing to increase inpatient beds. I am a

Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner and I know first hand of theneed and the scarcity of current treatment options. Let St.

Lawrence be one of the new Centers. The patients need it.

Mihaela

Vasiliu MD,DABPN Child

and

Adolescent

Psychiatrist Ogdensburg

I have been a child and adolescent psychiatrist for 7 years

at St. Lawrence Psychiatric Center, Children/Youth Services

Outpatient Clinic. Our clinic has a longstanding history for

providing excellent services to an underserved population.

During the years, myself and the OPC team have beenstriving to provide the best mental health services to the

children and adolescents suffering from complex mental

health illnesses. It is critical that we continue to do so for

this disadvantaged population.

katie montpetit ogdensburg

Thomas Rausch Lisbon

Nancy Kall Watertown

There is a need for some longer hospitalizations not

provided in community.

Jessie

Shaver-

streeter Kirkville


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Gayle MacDonald Massena

clifton bice ogdensburg

Ryan Seguin Victoria, MN

Angela Shantie Massena

We can not afford to lose centers in the northern region of

NY, we are very limited as it is and it is bad enough they

have a 6 month waiting period. We need more not less. I

am the wife of a man who just was diagnosed with a mental

illness. He is not the man I married and I had to fight for

him to receive help because we are so limited. He finallydid receive help and was diagnosed with a mental illness. I

am starting to get my husband back. Thanks for a place

like this one or I dont know where we would be today.

Cynthia Lawrence Ogdensburg

This is an excellent facility filled with dedicated employees

committed to providing the best possible care to individuals

in need of mental health services. To close SLPC would be

an injustice to all the people we serve and to everyone inthe north country. Keep SLPC open!!!

Chelsea Martin Ogdensburg

Jason Brown Madrid


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kurt halliday potsdam

Lisa Knowlton Ogdensburg

Sunny

LaRock-

Lovely Ogdensburg

Melissa

Carroll-

Durhaum Ogdensburg

Jamen Lovely Ogdensburg

Amber Willard Norwood

Jo-Ellen Murray Ogdensburg

Maureen Manke Ogdensburg

Amber Willard Norwood

Judy Wilson Canton Please save our jobs

Donald Wilson Canton Please save our jobs


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Barbara Walker Ogdensburg

Lisa Morgan Canton

Susan Akins Ogdensburg

Melissa Friot Waddington

Melissa Klock Edwards

Tracie Lucas St. Regis Falls

Bethanie Jacques Steep Falls, ME

With all the challenges in this community and our world that

we and our fellow citizens are facing, this is NO TIME to

decrease access to metal health services. Please stay

open.


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Theresa O'Reilly Canton

The Psych Center in Ogdensburg has been and is home to

a couple of my immediate family members. It serves as a

safe residence for those who are unable to care for

themselves in the community. In fact, I believe that there

should be more residents there -- rather than putting themout on the street to fend for themselves, when it is very

obvious that they cannot. The Psych Center also provides

employment for many people within St. Lawrence County,

and there aren't many employment opportunities in this area

- and taking those jobs away would create hardship for

many famlies. This would not only affect them, but the

surrounding communities that depend on their business

within the area. Again, rather than doing away with theCenter, I think you should be considering expanding it to

accomodate more residents who need a secure place to

live.

Sarah schulz hickory, PA

Carrie Schryver Tupper Lake

Nancey Brackett Hermon

Mental health care is in crisis, and the North Country is in

desperate need of maintaining what services we do have.

Regina Davis Waddington


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Leslie Mills Ogdensburg

Scott Wilhelm Lisbon

linda westcott gouverneur

Kathleen Waite Ogdensburg

As a parent of a mentally ill son who has required services

at this center I VEHEMENTLY oppose this closure. I was

also laid off in 1991 due to a down sizing in 1991. It should

never have happened then and should not happen now!

Nicholas Maneely Canton

Sharon Ross Lisbon

Mary Jones Ogdensburg We need the psych center

Sarah Maneely Canton

James Green Ogdensburg

As a recently retired RN/Treatment Team Leader I know

first hand the top notch care this facility provides. Suryeyors

for accrediating agencies have told us we are one of the

best psychiatric hospitals in the nation! Ogdensburg has a

rich history of caring for the mentallly disabled.


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Anne Giromini Baldwinsville

As a former resident of Ogdensburg, I know the importance

of this center to its patients and to the community. It is

important that the psych center stay in Ogdensburg. The

center provides vital services to their patients and to send

them such a distance away for treatment and counseling isan unnecessary burden to someone seeking help. Please

listen to the patients and the community and save the Psych

Center.

Lori Bouchard Ogdensburg

Sharrah Pemberton Waddington

Tori Lampett Lisbon

Julianne White Massena

When we turn on the news and hear about horrible

tragedies related to mental health we wonder what could

have been done to prevent it. Well what we can do is keep

open those facilities that care for and treat those with

mental health issues.

Megan Barnes Madrid

Glennis Woodrow Canton

As a graduate student in a mental health counseling


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Brittany Rourke Plattsburgh

As a graduate student in a mental health counseling

program, I cannot encourage enough the importance of

mental health facilities to be open and readily available for

residents. Taking away these services will only have an

extremely detrimental effect on both citizens who seek

these services and the citizens that they interact with aswell.

Mike Ashley massena Please do not take any more away from northern new york!

Coralee Barrett Ogdensburg

Hope Strader potsdam

Morgan Dumas Malone

Maranda Murphy Massena

What they do for kids in need in our area is invaluable.

Don't let the kids suffer because we want to save a few

bucks. Also the impact on the families of the hundreds of

people employed would be devastating to an area alreadysuffering.

Mary Hamilton Hammond

I find it absolutely amazing you would contemplate closing a

facility in an area that is so desperately underserved to

begin with. Now you want to take away the only mental

health lifeline this region has. Please tell me where the logic

is in that move.


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Michael Alzo Canton

Del Hamilton Hammond

tanesha mayette Waddington this place is my livelihood.

Rose Anne Dominie Dunedin, FL

Jane Bogart Waddington

tanesha mayette Waddington this place is my livelihood.

Jane Bogart Waddington

Stacie Jessmer Waddington

Louise Wright Morristown

Randy Wright Morristown

Colleen Van Duyne Hannawa Falls


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richard blewett canton

Only a high school dropout would seriously conside closing

the St. Lawrence Psychiatric Center.

Kendra Martin Canton

Justin Barkley Canton

Jacob Morley Ogdensburg

I'm astonished to find out that state lawmakers think its a

great idea to close an institution that provides mental health

services to the state's residents. These are the types of

services we SHOULD be paying for, as they serve the

public good and help to improve the lives of its most

vulnerable citizens. Since most of the law enforcement inthis state has failed miserably at preventing crime and have

essentially been relegated to issuing traffic tickets to state

taxpayers, maybe the Commissioner could find some room

to cut them out of the budget instead of essential state

services.

David Bentley Potsdam Do not be ignorant and close this place.

Elizabeth Dixon Gouverneur

Patrick Kiely Potsdam

Dina Kimmel Budd Lake, NJ Please save the center so 500 people won't lose their jobss


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Stacy Guillory Ogdensburg

Wayne Charlton Ogdensburg

Stacy Parent Lisbon

Michael Lumley Ogdensburg

Sharri Miller Ogdensburg

Jorja Christy Canton

The St. Lawrence County Psychiatric Center is a vital and

necessary service that needs to remain available to

residents in the North Country.

Wayne Charlton Ogdensburg

JoAnn Gibson Ogdensburg

Diane Brooks Ogdensburg

Stephanie Wilhelm Lisbon


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Amber Crowley Ogdensburg

Richard Oshier Ogdensburg

It's hard enough in today's economy to find employment

without our state taking them away.

Shirley Turbide Canton

Nicole Zeledon Waddington

The closure of SLPC would be a great loss with long term

devasting economic effects in St. Lawrence County.

Brandon Shrewsberrt ogdensburg

Whitney Crosby Ogdensburg

Anthony Zeledon Waddington

SLPC is the only one of its kind north of Syracuse that has

served thousands of families for over 120 years.

Scott Lomoglio Ogdensburg

Dee Pharoah Ogdensburg

Steven Lemieux Ogdensburg

Nicole Gilson Waddington


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April Spearance Canton

Amy Adams Ogdensburg

Ellen deshaw nicholville

William Meenan Canton

Desperately needed here in the north country, we are

people too.

Juliette Ross Ogdensburg

Kevin Ross Ogdensburg

Ruth Meenan Canton

BRANDY KENTNER LISBON

Leroy Taylor Depeyster

I feel St.Lawrence county needs the jobs and I feel that the

employees there do a very good job in helping alot of

people in need. I feel closing this facility would not benifit

those in the north country. seeing that we serve all the

counties in northern New york.


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Lisa Refici Ogdensburg

Lora Martin Heuvelton

Jenessa Fenton OGDENSBURG

Samuel Refici Ogdensburg

Jennifer Hynes Heuvelton

Stephanie Claxton Ogdensburg

Julianne Seguin Colchester, VT

Laurie Paro Canton

Willliam Seymour ogdensburg

The hospital used to be four times the size it is now. The

facts show it is efficiently run better than most in the state

and now you want to take it away from us and give it tosomeplace that is more expensive

Karen Brouillette Ogdensburg

Colleen Lunch Ogdensburg


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Cory Shutts Norwood

Lenore Rumble Pueblo, CO

Sarah Paddock Ogdensburg

Nicole Newton Ogdensburg

Michael Newton Ogdensburg

Bernadine Moriarty Massena

Robert Halpin Ogdensburg

Tim Burns Watertown

Sandra Halpin Ogdensburg

My name is Dennis R. Mehaffy. I am about to take over as


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Dennis Mehaffy Ogdensburg

y y

CSEA Local "423" Treasuser in July and I'm looking

forwarding to do what needs to be done to keep SLPC's

Services and Jobs in "Our Community" , as I believe we

deliver nothing but the highest quality of Mental Health

Care, Bar none in New York State!

Paula Jacques Ogdensburg

ronald boismenu ogdensburg

Kari Puleo Lisbon

Paul Jacques Hattiesburg, MS

Brooks Brenno Ogdensburg

Janet Claxton Ogdensburg

Bill Small Ogdensburg

Christine Puleo Lisbon

St. Lawrence provides vital services to the North Country.

The distance, lack of publict transportation, weather

conditions between Syracuse and the North Country are

barriers to treating the Mental Health population of this

area. Rather than cloising the facility the opportunities to

share administrativeser.

Or, maybe we can put all those folks on the street and they


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Bill Scott De Kalb Junction can get jobs with the federal government.

Bethany Matulewski Ogdensburg

Melissa Dawley Lisbon

we need this center, not only for the jobs it creates for our

small community but the services are irreplaceable in ourarea.

lynette clary russell

my brother spent his whole adult life in the st lawrence

pysh ward..it was the safest place for him and he loved it

there

Christine Geuther MANHATTAN, KS

Maureen McNally Ogdensburg

Don Cutway DeKalb Jct.

Sherin Cunningham Ogdensburg

We need more facilities for the mentally ill not less...please

help put these poor people in a safe and monitored

enviroment.

Sherin Cunningham Ogdensburg

please build more safe homes for the mentally ill..do not

throw them out in the street to wander aimlessly .

Linda LeBrasseur Massena

This would be a major blow to the economy in Upstate New


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Bradley Carr Lisbon

York. The people that work there are very professional and

take pride what they do.

johanna newcombe rensselaer falls

Meagan MCMahon Massena

Marsha Hough Ogdensburg

We are destitute up here do not take more jobs away. Do

not put more mentally ill people on the street. Help our

mentally and emotionally ill children by keeping this place

open!

Joshua McLear Massena

Just what we need, more job losses in the county. If we lose

these 500 jobs more than 1500 people will be directlyeffected. Not to mention the services that will be missed by

those who need the help.

Bobbie-Lynn Willard Ogdensburg

SUNDAY KERWIN GOUVERNEUR

please do not close this very much needed place of work.

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