Public Health

This report highlights the strategies counties are employing in their relentless battle against opioid abuse and underscore the need for continued investment in county initiatives.

Analysis of Governor Hochul's 2024 State of the State address.

Read our comprehensive report of legislation with county impact that has passed both houses of the State Legislature 

Counties Commemorate County Role in Fighting the Pandemic, Call for Rebuilding of Local Public Workforce.

Letter from all County Executives, including NYC Mayor Adams, opposing the Governor’s Medicaid cost shift. 

This episode analyzes a proposal in Governor Hochul’s recently released 2024 Executive Budget that would end the longstanding practice of sharing federal Medicaid funding with counties.  

This webinar focuses on opportunities counties have to save money on their overall health insurance coverage with solutions that tackle the increasing costs of prescription drugs, and ways to contain specialty drug costs. 

State Budget provides nearly $26 million in urgently needed state funding for local health departments (LHDs).

Over the past two years, New Yorkers have had the opportunity to see their local health departments (LHDs) in action as they rose to the challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic. Emergency response is an important responsibility of our local health departments and one of the six core public health services they provide.