“Number One Crisis in America”: Nation’s Mayors Demand Greater Federal Support to Address Surging Mental Health Crisis

Bipartisan delegation from The U.S. Conference of Mayors met with congressional leaders last week, including Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) Washington, D.C. — During meetings with senior congressional leaders of both parties last week, America’s mayors called mental illness the “number one crisis” facing America’s cities and pushed for