Public Health News

We're excited to release our green policy priorities - our 2021 New York State Policy Agenda.

We're excited to release our policy priorities for the Capital Region - our Capital Region 2021-2022 Policy Agenda. We will

We're excited to release our policy priorities for Long Island - our 2021-2022 Long Island Policy Agenda. We will focus

Along with our partners, we are working to strengthen New York City’s lead poisoning prevention laws. We urged the NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) to significantly shorten its compliance period for building owners to complete a lead paint inspection.

New Yorkers are relying on parks and open spaces more than ever as an outlet to maintain their mental and physical health. But severe cuts to the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation's budget may lead to the deterioration of certain public parks in the future.

The number of children with lead poisoning in NYC has decreased, but stronger lead mitigation laws should be implemented to eliminate the risk of childhood lead poisoning in the city.

Earlier this year, the State Legislature passed a bill to create an Adirondack Road Salt Task Force. If Governor Cuomo signs the bill, the Task Force would be charged with reviewing road salt use and road salt contamination in the Adirondacks and issuing recommendations for reducing contamination.