Public Testimony and Comments
2025
June
- Testimony of Deputy Commissioner Corinne Schiff on Int. 1172-2025, Int. 895-2024, Int. 1041-2024, Int. 1042-2024, Int. 1043-2024, and Int. 804-2024 (PDF, June 30)
- Testimony of Deputy Commissioner Zahirah McNatt on Int. 628-2025, Int. 629-2025, Int. 804-2024, Int. 1001-2024, In.1043-2024, Int. 1056-2024, Int. 1146-024, and Int. 1284-205 (PDF, June 30)
May
- Street Vending Enforcement and the Issuance of Licenses (PDF, May 6)
- Fiscal Year 2026 Executive Budget Testimony before the New York City Council Committee on Health and the New York City Council Committee on Finance (PDF, May 23)
- Fiscal Year 2026 Executive Budget Testimony before the New York City Council Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities, and Addictions and the New York City Council Committee on Finance (PDF, May 23)
April
- Cooling Centers (PDF, April 8)
March
- Fiscal Year 2026 Preliminary Budget (PDF, March 24)
February
- Detecting, Preventing, and Responding to Public Health Emergencies (PDF, February 19)
January
- Examining New York City Opioid Settlement Fund Investments (PDF, January 28)
Previous Years
2024
December
- Introduction 652 of 2024 (PDF, December 12)
- Testimony of Acting Commissioner Michelle Morse on the Inaugural Year of HealthyNYC (PDF, December 2)
November
- Testimony of Office of School Health on Int. 986-2024, Int. 989-2024, Int. 996-2024, Int. 1103-2024 (PDF, November 25)
- Testimony of Assistant Commissioner Jamie Neckles on Int. 986-2024, Int. 989-2024, Int. 996-2024, Int. 1103-2024 (PDF, November 25)
October
- Examining the Effects of Hospital Closures on Community Needs (PDF, October 29)
September
- Behavioral Health Emergency Assistance Response Division (B-HEARD) and Responses to Mental Health Crises (PDF, September 23)
June
- Introduction 435-A-2024 (PDF, June 18)
May
- Street Cleanliness (PDF, May 1)
April
March
- Fiscal Year 2025 Preliminary Budget (PDF, March 21)
February
- Addressing the Decline in Childhood Vaccination Rates (PDF, February 29)
- Disparities in Women's Health (PDF, February 14)
2023
December
- Street Vending in NYC (PDF, December 13)
November
- Supportive Housing in New York City (PDF, December 7)
- Testimony of Health Commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan on Older Adults Living with HIV (PDF, November 17)
- Testimony of Deputy Commissioner of Disease Control Dr. Celia Quinn on Older Adults Living with HIV (PDF, November 17)
October
September
- Introduction 0995-2023 (PDF, September 6)
May
- Fiscal Year 2024 Executive Budget (PDF, May 15)
- Mental Health Roadmap Legislative Package (PDF, May 4)
March
- Improving Access to In-Community and At-Home Health Care (PDF, March 30)
- Fiscal Year 2024 Preliminary Budget (PDF, March 21)
- Comment Regarding New York Essential Plan Expansion (Section 1332 State Innovation Waiver) (PDF, March 11)
- The Role of Doula Support in Reducing Maternal and Infant Morbidity and Mortality in New York State (PDF, March 7)
February
- NYC's Response to the Post-Holiday Surge in COVID-19 (PDF, February 14)
- Intro 687,675, and Pre-considered 2913 (PDF, February 1)
2022
December
- Examining the City's Response and Delivery of Services to Migrants (PDF, December 19)
November
- COVID-19 in New York City: Evaluating the Present Challenges (PDF, November 7)
August
- Monkeypox Virus (MPV) in New York City (PDF, August 24)
July
- Reproductive Rights (PDF, July 1)
June
- Tracking the Opioid Settlement Fund and its Related Programs (PDF, June 30)
- Maternal Health, Mortality, and Morbidity in New York City (PDF, June 29)
- Access to Mental Health Care for People with Serious Mental Illness (PDF, June 22)
May
- Fiscal Year 2023 Executive Budget (PDF, May 18)
April
- Establishing a Nightlife Opioid Antagonist Program (PDF, April 21)
- The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Health of Immigrant New Yorkers (PDF, April 18)
March
- Fiscal Year 2023 Preliminary Budget (PDF, March 9)
February
- The State of NYC’s Mental Health and Plans to Address the Mental Health Crisis (PDF, February 25)
- COVID-19: Looking Ahead (PDF, February 23)
2021
October
- The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Overdose Crisis (PDF, October 20)
September
- Vaccine Hesitancy and Equity in NYC (PDF, September 30 )
March
- FY 2022 Preliminary Budget (PDF, March 15)