Events
January 27-29
Desmond Hotel
Albany County
54th Annual County Finance School
April 29-May 1
Sheraton Syracuse University Hotel
Syracuse, Onondaga County
Sept 30 - Oct 2
Crowne Plaza
Lake Placid, Essex County
Public Health & Mental Health
Public Health departments promote and protect the health of all who live, work, and play in counties throughout New York. Counties provide direct services and community partnerships in the following areas: development and maintenance of individual and community preparedness for public health hazards and events; investigation, prevention, and control of communicable diseases; prevention of environmental health hazards through assessment, regulation, and remediation; promotion of healthy lifestyles through outreach and education; and provision for evaluation and services to individuals, children, and families that have developmental delays and concerns.
NYSAC White Papers and Reports
Counties Promoting Public Health, A Special NYSAC Report2019
- Lead Poisoning Prevention: The Role of Local Health Departments and Changes in the 2019-20 State Budget - May 2019
- Making Cannabis Legal in New York State- Considerations for Counties (Updated September 2019)
- Marijuana Legalization- Fact Sheet (January 2019)
- County Coroners and Medical Examiners: Emerging Funding Challenges
Drinking Water Quality & Infrastructure
- NYSAC Report: Counties and Drinking Water Quality (2016)
- Letters from NYSAC and NYSACCHO to US EPA and NYS DOH - Re: Setting Maximum Containment Level for Perfluorooctanoic Acid “PFOA” and Perfluorooctanesulfonic Acid “PFOS (August 2018)
- Clean Water Infrastructure in NYS (White Paper, December 2017)
- The County Perspective On Water Quality and Implementing the State’s Clean Water Infrastructure Act - (December 2017)
Battling the Heroin & Opioid Epidemic
- County Case Studies in Battling New York's Heroin and Opioid Epidemic
- A Primer on NY's Heroin Epidemic
- Video: An update on the battle against the opioid crisis - 1/30/18
- NACo-NLC Opioid Epidemic Task Force Report and Recommendations: Overview and Discussion (Webinar recording and report)
- County Leaders Unite To Fight The Heroin And Opioid Abuse Epidemic - 1/12/17