6/11/2024 - NYSPHA sent a letter to Adrienne Adams, NY City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams, Health committee chair Lynn Schulman and Mental Health committee chair Linda Lee, copying Mayor Adams and City Budget Director Jiha, protesting the $75 million cuts to the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's budget.  Click <here> to read the letter.

5/21/2024 – NYSPHA signed on to a letter to Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie urging the Assembly to pass A.4592B/S.2016B, NY HEAT Act. Click <here> to read the letter.

3/21/2024 – NYSPHA signed on to a letter to Governor Hochul urging in support of a $100/month minimum SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefit in the FY 2025 Enacted State Budget.  Click <here> to read the letter.

March 2024 – NYSPHA PAC asked its members living in the city of Albany to weigh in with their City Council members in support of a proposal to fluoridate the city’s drinking water.  The proposal did pass the City Council and was signed by the mayor. The system will be installed over the next year. 

2/29/2024 – NYSPHA joined 69 other statewide organizations in signing on to a urging DEC and NYSERDA to incorporate buildings sector emissions limits in their cap-and-invest program proposal put forth in compliance with the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA).  Click <here> to read the letter.

2/15/2024 – NYSPHA sent a letter to the Senate and Assembly Health and Environmental Conservation Committee chairs urging them to restore critically needed funding for the NYS Children’s Environmental Health Centers (NYSCHECK) in the FY25-26 one-house budget bills.  Click here to read the letter.

2/15/2024 – NYSPHA joined 32 other New York-based organizations in signing on to a letter to New York legislators urging them to cosponsor a bill to close enforcement loopholes to end the youth e-cigarettes epidemic in New York State (S.8531, Hoylman-Sigal/ A.9110, Rosenthal) and to include it in their one-house budget bills.  Click <here> to read the letter.

2/14/2024 – NYSPHA signed onto a letter sponsored by the End Medical Debt Coalition to the Legislative leaders urging that they adopt and improve upon Governor Hochul’s proposed FY25 budget provisions reforming the State Hospital Financial Assistance Law by incorporating the following additional protections outlined in S.1366B|A.6027A (the Ounce of Prevention Act) and A.8170|S.7778 (the Stop SUNY Suing Act) into the one-house budget proposals. Click <here> to read the letter.

2/9/2024 – NYSPHA signed on to a letter to NYS legislators sponsored by the Physicians’ Committee on Responsible Medicine in support of S996 (Hoylman-Sigal) / A3708 (Rajkumar) to ensure public schools in New York provide plant-based meal options upon request. Click <here> to read the letter.

1/19/2024 – NYSPHA signed onto a memo of support by the Climate and Resilience Education Task Force for Bill S278A/A1559A to establish a curriculum and learning expectations on climate education in all of New York State’s public elementary and secondary schools. Click <here> to read the memo of support.

12/19/2023 – NYSPHA signed on to a letter to the state budget director and health commissioner to take steps to close e-cigarette law enforcement loopholes. Click here to read the letter.

12/15/2023 – NYSPHA signed on to a letter sponsored by the Lets Get Immunized NY campaign urging the Governor to prioritize immunization access and investment in the FY 2024-25 State Executive Budget. Proposes opt out for inclusion of adult immunization records instead of opt in.  Also includes funding for an immunization promotional campaign. Click here to read the letter.

12/13/2023 – NYSPHA signed on to a letter to the Governor urging her to sign into law S.599-A (Salazar) same as A.1707-A (D. Rosenthal) to increase transparency around prescription drug prices. Click here to read the letter.

12/06/2023 – NYSPHA signed on to a letter sponsored by the Feeding New York Campaign urging the Governor to support the Hunger Prevention and Nutrition Assistance Program (HPNAP) and Nourish New York (NNY) programs in the Executive Budget Proposal. Click here to read the letter.

11/30/2023 – NYSPHA signed on to a letter sponsored by New York Renews to the Governor urging her to include $1 billion for climate justice in the Executive Budget for the FY 2024/2025 via the People’s Climate Justice Budget and the accompanying legislative initiative, the Climate, Jobs, and Justice Package (CJJP): the NY HEAT Act, Just Energy Transition Act, and Climate Change Superfund Act. Click here to read the letter.

11/30/2023 – NYSPHA signed on to a letter to the State Attorney General and the State Agriculture Commissioner urging them not to take an overly expansive position in a lawsuit with New York City that would limit the ability of counties and localities to address the climate, labor, health, safety, or animal-welfare consequences of agricultural production. Click here to read the letter.

10/18/2023 - NYSPHA signed on to a letter urging the Governor to include provisions of the Green Transit, Green Jobs bill (A.6414/S.6089) in the SFY2024-25 proposed Executive Budget. Click here to read the letter. 

10/16/2023 – NYSPHA signed on to a letter to the Governor sponsored by the Alliance for a Green Economy requesting she adopt policies and funding in the 2024 Executive Budget proposal the needed to put New York on the path to electrify 90% of buildings by 2050 while prioritizing the most vulnerable communities for healthy, affordable housing and energy, as well as good, green jobs. Click here to read the letter.

9/29/2023 – NYSPHA PAC Intern Namita Kulkarni and PAC members Lucy Zheng, Kavitha Das and Gus Birkhead submitted written testimony to the New York City Council on 4 bills addressing clean indoor air in schools and other public buildings.  Click here to read the letter. 

9/26/2023 - NYSACHO signed on to a letter sponsored by NYSACHO to Chris Alexander, Executive Director New York State Office of Cannabis Management with comments on the  2024 Amendments to Part 114 of Title 9 - Cannabinoid Hemp Emergency Regulations.  Click here to read the letter. 

9/20/2023 – NYSPHA signed on to a letter coordinated by AARP New York urging the Governor to sign S.4548 (Parker)/A.4876 (Solages) to employ data matching to ensure that eligible low-income New Yorkers are enrolled in utility benefits programs that they may not know about.  Click here to read the letter.

9/15/2023 – NYSPHA signed on to a letter coordinated by the Sierra Club urging the Governor to support the state’s community gardens by signing S.629-A/A.4139-A into law.  Click here to read the letter.

 8/8/2023 – NYSPHA signed on to a letter to the governor coordinated by the Renewable Heat Campaign requesting that she include the language of the NY HEAT Act into her next Executive Budget.  Click here to read the letter.