Public Testimony and Comments
2025
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)