A local anti-violence advocate is taking over the application for $2 million in state mental health crisis funding — named in honor of a Jersey City man killed by police — after the city’s initial, disastrous submission was met with blistering reviews. The state allocated $12 million in grants to establish community crisis response team programs under the Seabrooks-Washington Community-Led Crisis Response Act, named for Andrew Washington of Jersey City and Najee Seabrooks of Paterson, both killed by police while experiencing mental health episodes. While Camden, Newark, Paterson and Trenton we…
