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From YouTube: Long Island Media Availability - 8/23/23
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Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and Dr. Bisola Ojikutu, Commissioner of Public Health and Executive Director of the Boston Public Health Commission, host a media availability to highlight the City’s vision for a restored public health and recovery campus on Long Island.
A
A
But
that
camp,
which
has
now
been
in
operation
for
17
years,
really
shows
the
potential
for
what
that
space
and
what
this
resource
could
be
for
other
needs
that
the
city
has
as
well.
We
are
a
leading
Healthcare
ecosystem
in
the
city
of
Boston,
and
that
is
everything
from
our
largest
institutions
to
community
health
centers.
A
A
Having
secured
the
dep
permit,
the
Department
of
Environmental
Protection
permit
two
weeks
ago
and
are
finishing
the
last
few
steps
in
in
that
process
to
make
sure
we
have
all
of
the
approvals
that
are
necessary.
So
it's
a
moment
of
great
momentum
and
excitement
and
gratitude
as
we're,
together
with
all
of
the
provider
Community
here
who
have
been
working
very
closely
with
the
city
and
each
other
for
a
long
time
and
now
we're
looking
very
concretely
at
a
resource
that
will
be
available,
hopefully
in
a
four-year
time
span.
A
B
And
thanks
everyone
for
being
here
and
good
afternoon.
So
as
mayor
Wu
stated,
we
are
accelerating
the
process
towards
redeveloping
the
campus
and
I
think
this
visit
was
an
important
step
in
that
process.
So
here
today
we
have
a
number
of
the
key
provider
organizations
that
offer
you
know
incredible:
amount
of
dedicated
services
for
people
living
with
substance
use
disorder
on
the
campus
before
it
was
closed,
and
it
was
important
for
them
to
see
this
and
to
begin
to
reimagine
what
the
campus
would
look
like
going
forward.
B
You
know
I
think
it's
important
also
to
remind
ourselves
just
how
critical
of
a
resource
this
was
and
how
much
of
an
asset
this
was
for
the
city
of
Boston,
as
well
as
for
the
state
and
for
the
region
and
to
think
to
ourselves.
You
know
we're
seeing
the
brunt
of
not
having
it
available
at
this
at
this
point
in
time,
so
we
want
to
accelerate
this
process.
B
We
want
to
get
Services
up
and
running
and
I
think
that
you
know
we
had
services
that
were
there
that
were
really
wonderful
and
that
were
operated
by
many
of
the
organizations
that
are
here
today,
but
a
lot
of
them
were
fragmented.
They
were
siled.
So
what
we're
looking
to
do
is
is
truly
reimagine
and
think
about
what
we
can
do
differently
going
forward
to
make
sure
we
actually
have
a
coordinated
system
of
care
for
people
living
with
substance,
disorder
and
mental
mental
illness.
B
So
what
we're
looking
for
is
to
create
something,
that's
truly
synergistic
with
what
is
available
on
the
mainland.
You
know
we
want
to
build
a
Continuum
of
Care
for
people.
We
want
to
think
about
social
determinants
of
health,
so
we
want
to
think
about
Workforce
Development.
What
does
it
mean
for
somebody
to
be
able
to
return
to
life?
You
know
what
what
are
the
skills
that
they
need
and
really
think
about
how
we
could
use
this
land
to
build
something
that
would
help
would
help
folks
get
back
on
the
road
on
the
road
to
recovery.
B
I
think
the
other
pieces
that
we
want
to
be
Equity
focused
I
mean
we
know
that
there
are
many
different
folks
who
are
living
with
substance
use
disorder.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
they
have
access
to
the
services
here
and,
of
course,
we
want
to
be
evidence-based.
So
we've
learned
a
lot
in
these
years.
Since
you
know
the
campus
was
open
and
we
want
to
actually
you
know
Implement
and
scale
up
a
lot
of
what
we.
What
we
know
is
better
and
different
now,
so
that
people
have
the
best
access
to
Services
going
forward.
B
C
C
That
pays
attention
to
individuals
who
are
struggling.
That
pays
attention
to
the
needs
of
people
and
is
willing
to
invest
to
bring
Long
Island
back
on
board
for
the
good
it
can
be
so
I
for
one
am
thrilled
to
be
part
of
this
process.
I
think
I
speak
for
many
of
us
when
I
say
the
more
the
better.
Let's
go,
let's
bring
Long
Island
back.
So
thank
you
very
much.
D
D
D
I
felt,
like
I,
was
going
to
Disney
World
anyways
I
just
really
want
to
say
that
I
I've
shared
with
both
basila
and
the
mayor
that
there's
huge
potential
there
and
our
view
at
VOA,
mass
and
all
of
our
partners
that
we
want
to
create
something
that
provides
an
integrated
Care
community
and
an
integrated
Community
integrated
Care
Community
is
something
that
we
provide
whole
person
care.
It
will
be
trauma,
informed,
we'll
use
evidence-based
practices
and
we'll
help.
D
Anyone
who
needs
that
and
by
doing
that,
as
a
collaborative
in
a
unique
environment,
a
healthy
environment
like
Long
Island
will
be
the
Envy
of
other
cities
in
the
country
and
I'm
convinced.
If
we
do
it
right
we're
using
data
to
figure
out
what
works
and
what
doesn't
with
mayor
Wu's
leadership,
we
can
create
an
infrastructure,
that's
connected
to
the
mainland
and
provide
supported
housing,
recovery-based
housing,
Workforce,
Development,
food
insecurity,
really
digital
literacy,
to
get
that
whole
person
care
in
a
position
where
they
become
self-sufficient
and
chase
your
dreams
like
anyone.
D
Anyone
else
here
today,
so
volunteers,
America
we're
going
to
roll
up
our
sleeves.
The
providers
around
here
are
some
of
the
smartest
people
in
the
industry
in
the
country.
We
have
a
problem,
but
it
is
solvable.
It's
not
Los
Angeles,
60,
60,
000,
homeless
people,
it's
not
San
Francisco.
We
have
a
group
of
people
that
need
our
help
and
we
can
recreate
The
Continuous
Care
and
we're
going
to
be
a
stronger
Community
because
of
it,
and
it's
going
to
include
everyone.
So
thank
you.
E
E
Hi
everyone
I'm
Dr,
Miriam,
Kamara,
May
I'm,
the
medical
director
of
the
graken
center
for
addiction
at
Boston,
Medical,
Center,
I'm,
an
addiction,
specialist
and
I
just
wanted
to
voice
how
appreciative
we
are
that
the
city
is
putting
forth
this.
This
vision
for
really
developing
resources
that
are
so
needed
by
people
experiencing
homelessness
people
with
substance
use
disorder
in
our
community.
There's
lots
of
immediate
problems.
We
need
to
address
and
are
working
together
to
address,
but
it's
really.
E
It
creates
a
lot
of
Hope
and
inspiration
to
look
forward
and
think
about
creating
the
Continuum
of
Care
that
can
help
people
to
move
out
of
a
desperate
situation
and
move
through
the
Continuum
of
recovery,
develop
educational
skills,
job
skills
and
and
recapture
the
life
that
they
want
to
live.
So
it's
really
an
honor
to
be
part
of
this
opportunity.
Thank
you.
F
Hi
I'm
Louis
Josephson,
the
CEO
of
bay,
Cove,
Human,
Services
and
I-
won't
repeat
what
other
people
have
said,
but
I
will
note
that
we
have
a
lot
of
communities
that
are
suffering
from
compassion
fatigue
with
the
population
of
people
with
addictions
and
mental
health
struggles.
But
we
are
fortunate
to
have
an
Administration
that
is
not
fatigued
whatsoever,
is
leaning
in
with
great
energy
to
provide
access
to
care,
which
is
what
we
need.
F
G
G
There
I
appreciate
the
administration
inviting
us
along
on
this
trip
and
to
be
part
of
the
services
that
are
out
there
and
if
there's
one
message
that
I
would
like
to
get
out
today
is
that
the
people
that
are
struggling
with
substance,
abuse
and
mental
health
issues
that
that
we're
trying
to
help
we
need
to
provide
them
hope
to
the
Future
they
can.
They
can
get
recovery
and
maintain
recovery.
G
H
Hey
good
afternoon,
Karen
Le,
Frazier
I'm,
the
president
of
Saint
Francis
house,
and
we
provide
service
in
downtown,
Boston
and
I
think
that
what
is
so
exciting
about
this
project
is
that
while
it
will
create
a
recovery
campus
and
it
will
be
a
place
in
the
island,
it
won't
be
an
island
unto
itself
and
it's
about
creating
effective
Bridges
to
other
ecosystems
and
I.
Think
that's
the
big
vision
and
I
know
that
that's
that's
a
vision
that
we
can
execute
on
and
in
echoing
John's
remarks.
It's
it's
funny.
H
He
has
a
child
and
he's
doing
so
well,
so
I
think
the
whole
idea
there
is
recovery
is
is
absolutely
possible
for
any
person
wherever
they
are
along
the
Continuum,
and
this
is
the
missing
piece
and
this
these
will
add
so
much
more
value
to
and
Leverage
The
expertise
of
places
like
Saint
Francis,
House,
Pine,
Street
volunteers
from
Africa.
All
of
the
providers
that
that
are
behind
us.
So
thank
you,
mayor
Wu,
for
your
leadership
and
vision
and
we're
very
excited
to
be
part
of
the
process.
I
J
Hi
good
afternoon,
everyone
I'm
I'm
Dr
Denise
de
las
Nueces
and
I'm,
with
a
Boston
healthcare
for
the
homeless
program,
where
I
serve
as
chief
medical
officer.
I
just
want
to
thank
again
the
administration
and
mayor
Wu
and
all
of
the
stakeholders
who
came
to
the
island.
Today,
back
in
2014,
we
were
among
the
programs.
We
had
to
evacuate
really
quickly
in
in
October
2014
and
we
can
attest.
Our
program
can
attest
having
been
at
on
the
island
for
decades
providing
Primary
Care.
J
Another
service
is
embedded
in
a
clinic
within
a
shelter
how
profound
an
impact
the
loss
of
those
Services
have
had
on
our
patients.
So
I
just
want
to
again
reiterate
the
message
of
Hope
and
also
to
thank
the
the
the
administration
mayor,
Wu
and
Dr
ojekutu
for
really
re-envisioning
this
campus
as
an
opportunity
to
look
at
it
from
a
public
health
lens
and
an
equity
lens.
That
is
exactly
what
we
need
in
order
to
make
sure
that
all
communities
that
are
affected
with
substance
use
disorders
and
experiencing
homelessness
get
the
care
that
they
need.
A
J
F
I'm,
a
social
worker,
not
an
architect,
so
just
know
that
they're
they're
in
some
they
need
work
for
sure,
but
I'm
sure
we've
got
a
great
team
talking
with
some
of
the
staff
here,
they're
going
to
get
on
it.
You
know
four
years
is
too
long
right.
We
love
it
in
a
year,
but
the
reality
is
it's
a
big
campus,
it's
an
old
campus
and
we're
going
to
work
hard
as
heck
to
get
it
done
as
fast
as
possible.
F
A
So
I
had
only
been
on
the
the
island
one
time
before
it
was
about
three
weeks
before
the
bridge
came
down
and
I
was
brand
new
on
the
city
council
trying
to
get
a
sense
of
what
our
emergency
shelter
system
was
like
in
all
places
across
the
city
and
spending
some
time
with
various
providers.
That
way
and
I
remember.
A
A
There
are
many
folks
who
are
on
the
island
providing
services,
but
a
large
chunk
of
it
was
for
overnight
shelter
only
at
night,
and
so
there
were
runs
of
buses
going
back
and
forth
between
Boston
and
then
driving
and
dropping
off
and
and
taking
folks
back
in
the
morning.
Our
intention-
and
there
were
also
additional
recovery
programs
that
were
in
some
of
the
it
sounds
like
some
of
the
spaces
and
hallways
that
you
all
had
gotten
to
walk
down.
A
So
the
other
point
that
Dr
ojukutu
I
hope
will
elaborate
more
on
a
little
bit
as
well.
Is
that
when
there
were
different
programs,
each
program
kind
of
did
their
own
thing
and
ran
there
had
their
own
base
of
individuals
and
patients
that
they
were
working
with,
and
sometimes
people
would
go
through
multiple
programs.
But
it
was
really
kind
of
you
come
on
the
the
mainland
and
then,
if
you
had
a
spot
in
a
program,
you'd
go
to
that
program.
B
So
I
think
that
the
the
mayor
covered
it
well,
I
think
one
of
the
things
that
I
would
add,
though,
is
that
there
was
less
Synergy
between
the
island
and
the
mainland
in
the
past
and
I.
Think
that's
one
of
the
areas
that
we
would
like
to
fix.
We
would
like
there
to
be
a
Continuum
so
that
people
may
be
accessing
some
services
on
the
island.
You
know
whatever
fits
best
for
the
island,
and
then
we
have
resources.
You
know
on
the
mainland.
There
would
be
coordination
between
them,
so
there
would
be
data
sharing.
B
So
we're
really
thinking
about
how
to
make
this
a
system
of
care
which
we
don't
really
have
right
now
for
this
population.
So
it
is
about
correcting
the
fragmentation,
the
silos
and
really
developing
an
integrated
care
system
for
people
living
with
substance,
use
disorder
and
co-occurring
mental
illness.
H
B
Think
that
that's
an
incredibly
important
question
right
now,
we
are
trying
to
sort
out
what
the
model
or
models
of
care
will
be
to
come
to.
The
island.
I
think
that
what
we're
trying
to
do
is
to
have
that
big
front
door,
meaning
that
there
will
be
people
who
are
actively
engaged
in
substance
use
so
low
threshold
Services
we're
trying
to
figure
out
how
that
could
occur
on
the
island
and
I
think
that
there
are
a
lot
of
options
that
are
available,
which
certainly
we
would
love
to
have
resources
available.
B
Right
so
number
two:
we
refer
people
for
detox.
We
refer
people
for
other
services.
We
refer
them
for
low
threshold
housing,
so
we
refer
people
to
lots
of
different
providers,
but
I
think
that
one
of
the
problems
is
that
we
don't
have
enough
resources
available
for
people
and
that's
one
of
the
things
that
we're
hoping
that
building
Long
Island
will
alleviate.
A
Chris
or
Kerry,
we
don't
have
a,
we
don't
have
a
cost
estimate.
At
this
moment
we
have
set
aside
some
funding
to
begin
building
stabilization,
as
I
mentioned,
and
with
the
bridge.
The
design
is
already
complete
and
almost
fully
permitted.
So
we
know
kind
of
once.
We
do
the
get
the
bids
out
and
and
get
some
estimates
back
then
we'll
have
a
better
idea
of
costs,
much
sooner
I
think
and
then
on
the
building
side.
A
Much
of
it
will
will
start
with
defining
what
we
need
and
what
the
phasing
will
be
so
that
we
know
what
can
come
online
right
away
when
the
bridge
is
first
open
and
then
what
can
continue
to
be
added
from
there
on
out.
But
what
do
does
anyone
want
to
carry?
Do
you
want
to
add
anything
on
previous
estimates
or.
L
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
Carrie
Griffin,
director
of
public
facilities.
So
right
now
we
have
estimated
for
the
stabilization,
which
is
roughly
about
27
million
in
construction
costs
to
stabilize
the
buildings,
with
a
total
cap
of
40
million
that
we
have
in
the
shares
budget,
the
long-term
campus.
First,
we
need
the
vision.
We
have
a
great
plan
that
we
had
started
in
the
previous
in
the
Walsh
Administration
that
we
looked
into,
but
you
know,
there's
different.
There's
changes
in
that.
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There's
also
there's
other
opportunities
too
now
so
we're
going
to
look
at
that
provide
the
vision.
Then
we
provide
what
we
need
for
a
building
count
and
for
for
bed
count
and
for
how
the
campus
would
be
set
up,
and
so,
as
part
of
that
process,
we
would
go
through
many
estimating
exercises,
but
it
all
starts
with
the
vision
and
what
this
you
know,
island
of
Hope,
is
going
to
be.
M
L
Buildings,
11
buildings
are
going
to
be
stable
eyes
and
when
we
say
stabilize,
we
mean
envelope
roof
masonry
we're
going
to
be
doing
looking
at
the
life
safety
system,
sprinkler
fire
alarm,
we're
also
going
to
be
putting
out
a
building
control
system
for
the
boilers
out.
There
also
cameras
and
security.
M
A
The
more
that
people
don't
have
to
kind
of
put
in
so
much
effort
to
arrive
at
a
place
where
they
are
connected
with
what
they
need
and
then,
in
the
very,
very
short
term.
You
know.
What's,
on
my
mind,
now
is
always
six
months
ahead,
because
it
can
take
some
time
for
the
coordination
and
planning
and
six
months
from
now,
we
will
be
in
Winter
where
the
temperatures
are
life
or
death.