A Second Look

City Limits By Phyllis Vine Making art has long been part of healing for addiction and mental illness. At a gallery in East Harlem, it’s something more, too: the artists’ vision for the future. It was an art opening unlike most in New York. In East Harlem,...

Letter to the Editor: Time and Punishment

To the Editor: “Freed From Prison, but Still Paying a Penalty” (news article, Dec. 29) exposes the draconian effects of a criminal justice system whose focus on tough punishment leaves little room for rehabilitation. While punishment for criminal behavior...

Leading Non-Profit Organization: Odyssey House

Work Life Matters By Peter Provet, Ph.D.   Family focused treatment rebuilds communities   As one of today’s leading providers of substance abuse and mental health treatment, Odyssey House offers a broad range of services focused on helping individuals...

Surviving and Thriving

New York Newsday By Jeff Pearlman Three young women who have learned, at last, how to be good – make that great –mothers The moment Mabel McCormick hit rock bottom occurred exactly 27 months ago, on a frigid February evening when nothing –absolutely, positively...