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Text version of OMH Family Liaisons

OMH Family Liaison Bureau

Rami Kaminski, M.D.
Commissioner's Liaison to Families

Joan Shanebrook, ACSW,
Deputy Director

NYS Office of Mental Health
44 Holland Avenue
Albany, NY 12229
Phone:(518) 474-4888
Fax: (518) 473-0373

Regional Family Liaisons	Regions
Western New York Tom Wallace, CSW Western New York Field Office 737 Delaware Avenue, Suite 200 Buffalo, NY 14209 Phone:(716) 885-4219 Fax: (716) 885-4096	Western New York is made up of 19 counties: Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Chemung, Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Niagara, Ontario, Orleans, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins, Wayne, Wyoming, and Yates. There are two Psychiatric Centers (PC) in Erie County. They are: Buffalo PC, and Western NY Children's PC. One PC in Monroe county: The Rochester PC and one PC in Chemung county: The Elmira PC.
Central New York Jeannie Straussmann, CSW Central New York Field Office Hutchings Psychiatric Center 545 Cedar Street Syracuse, NY 13210 Phone:(315) 472-2093 Fax: (315) 472-5279	Central New York is made up of 20 counties: Broome, Cayuga, Chenango, Clinton, Cortland, Delaware, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Montgomery, Onondaga, Oneida, Oswego, Otsego, and St. Lawrence. There is one Psychiatric Center (PC) in Onondaga county: The Hutchings PC. One PC in St. Lawrence county: The St. Lawrence PC. One PC in Broome county: The Binghamton PC and two PC's in Herkimer county: The Central New York Forensic PC and The Mohawk Valley PC.
Hudson River James Regan, Ph.D. Hudson River Field Office 4 Jefferson Plaza, 3^rd Floor Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 Phone:(845) 454-8229 Fax: (845) 454-8218	Hudson River is made up of 16 counties: Albany, Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Putnam, Rensselaer, Rockland, Orange, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Sullivan, Ulster, Warren, Washington, and Westchester. There are two Psychiatric Centers(PC) in Orange county: the Middletown PC and the Mid-Hudson Forensic PC. One in Westchester county: The Rockland PC Nathan S. Kline Institute. One in Dutchess county: The Hudson River PC, and one in Albany county: the Capital District PC
Long Island William Schmelter, Ph.D. Long Island Field Office Pilgrim Psychiatric Center 998 Crooked Hill Road West Brentwood, NY 11717 Phone:(631) 761-2508 Fax: (631) 761-2820	Long Island is made up of 2 counties: Nassau, and Suffolk. There are two Psychiatric Centers(PC) in Suffolk: the Sagamore Children's PC, and the Pilgrim PC.
New York City Joseph Lazar New York City Field Office 330 Fifth Avenue, 9^th Floor New York, NY 10001 Phone:(212) 330-1650 Fax: (212) 330-6359 Borough Liaisons Bronx/Queens: Ellice Matza (212) 330-1666 Brooklyn/Staten Island: Jill Massey (212) 330-1665 Manhattan: Edward Robs (212) 330-1667	NYC County is composed of the five boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Statan Island. Manhattan has three Psychiatric Centers (PC): the NYS Psychiatric Institute, the Manhattan PC, and the Kirby Forensic PC. Brooklyn has one: the Kingsbory PC, Brooklyn Children's Center. Queens has two: the Creedmoor PC, and the Queens Children's PC. The Bronx has one: the Bronx Children's PC. Staten Island has one: the South Beach PC.