Type: Advocacy

NYSACHO AWARDED $200,000 TO SUPPORT RURAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS’ RESPONSE TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC September 15, 2020

PUBLIC HEALTH FIRST RESPONDERS FACING THREATS AND HARASSMENT WHILE COMBATTING COVID-19 PANDEMIC – Statement by NYSACHO Executive Director Sarah Ravenhall August 3, 2020

$30 MILLION ANNOUNCED FOR COVID-19 RESPONSE CRITICAL FOR NEW YORK’S 58 LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS Statement by NYSACHO President Kevin D. Watkins July 31, 2020

Protect funding for local health departments!

COVID-19 is the biggest public health crisis this century! Protect state funding that supports your local public health staff who are working around the clock to fight this disease. It’s been over 10 years since the last pandemic and there...

Call to Action: A10441/S8338 (Rosenthal/Benjamin)

Clear up the Clean Indoor Air Act to protect workers and customers from second-hand smoke and vapor! Secondhand smoke and tobacco vapor is never safe. Separating nonsmokers and smokers, cleaning the air, and ventilating buildings cannot stop second-hand smoke. Is...

CONTRACT TRACING IS A CORE FUNCTION OF LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS Statement by NYSACHO Executive Director Sarah Ravenhall Last Revised: June 5, 2020
Published: June 16, 2020

THE NEED FOR A SUSTAINED COMMITMENT TO ADDRESSING RACIAL DISPARITIES Statement by NYSACHO Executive Director Sarah Ravenhall June 16, 2020

NYSACHO MEMBERS ELECT 2020-2021 BOARD OF DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND INCOMING PRESIDENT June 1, 2020

AS PARTS OF THE STATE REOPEN AND NEW YORKERS LOOK FORWARD TO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND, LOCAL HEALTH OFFICIALS URGE “CAUTION, REASON AND PATIENCE” – May 21, 2020