Public Testimony
2023
February
- Intro 687,675, and Pre-considered 2913 (PDF, February 1)
Previous Years
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)
2020
December
- COVID-19 Vaccines (PDF, December 4)
September
- Increased Drug Overdose, Depression and Anxiety During COVID-19 (PDF, September 22)
March
January
- Body Image and Inclusivity (PDF, January 28)
2019
October
- Addressing the Mental Health Needs of Immigrants in New York City (PDF, October 8)
August
- New York's Response to Drug Use and the Overdose Crisis (PDF, August 9)
May
- HIV Prevention Drug (PDF, May 16)
- FY 2020 Executive Budget (PDF, May 16)
April
- Mobile Food Vending Reform (PDF, April 11)
- Accessing the State’s Medical Marijuana Program and its Intersection with a Recreational Marijuana Program (PDF, April 10)
March
- FY 2020 Preliminary Budget (PDF, March 26)
- FY 2020 Preliminary Budget (PDF, March 18)
February
- Intro 5, Intro 1064-A, Intro 1326 and Intro 1361 (PDF, February 25)
January
- Intro 1345 and Intro 1362 (PDF, January 30)
2018
December
- Support of the New York Health Act (PDF, December 6)
- Addressing the Bronx Opioid Crisis: From Enforcement, to Safe Spaces, to Treatment (PDF, December 3)
November
- Access to Transgender and Gender Nonconforming-friendly Health Services (PDF, November 26)
October
- Drinking Water Tanks (PDF, October 30)
- Cooling Tower Systems (PDF, October 23)
September
- Elevated Blood Lead Levels in Children (PDF, September 27)
June
- Intro 970 (PDF, June 14)
May
- FY 2019 Executive Budget (PDF, May 18)
April
- Oversight: How Does NYC Support Immigrant Parents of Children Ages 0-5 years? (PDF, April 24)
- Oversight: Animal Shelters, Introduction 401 (PDF, April 24)
- Social Adult Day Cares, Introduction 401 (PDF, April 23)
March
- Health Committee FY 2019 Preliminary Budget (PDF, March 20)
- Mental Health Committee FY 2019 Preliminary Budget (PDF, March 20)
- Rat Reduction Efforts (PDF, March 6)
February
- City Council Health Committee Oversight Hearing: Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s Center for Health Equity (PDF, February 27)
- City Council General Welfare Committee jointly with the City Council Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction Oversight Hearing: Opioid Overdoses Among NYC’s Homeless Population (PDF, February 27)
2017
October
- Intro 657A (PDF, October 24)
September
- Activities under Local Law 37 of 2005, and Intro 800 (PDF, September 26)
May
- FY 2018 Executive Budget (PDF, May 9)
April
- Tobacco-Related Bills: Intros 1544, 1547, 1131-A, 1532, 1585, 1471, 484, 139-A, 977 and 1140 (PDF, April 27)
March
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FY 2018 Preliminary Budget (PDF, March 29)
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FY 2018 Preliminary Budget (PDF, March 20)
January
- Int. 1225 (PDF, January 10)