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...
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Help local health departments promote public health and prevent common health issues by adding your voice to ours!
You can advocate for policies that help create healthy, safe communities in New York State. Fill out the form for the Public Health Call to Action you want to sign on to and we’ll share your support of our position with our elected leaders.
When you sign on to our call to action, we will let policy-makers know you care about protecting and improving public health for all New Yorkers. Please click on the heading for each individual call to action to learn more and sign on in support.
Protect funding for local health departments!
Call to Action: S.8292-A/A.10466-A (Rivera/Nolan)
Protect workers on quarantine or isolation! Paid sick leave protects workers’ jobs so they can take care of themselves and their family if they are under quarantine due to COVID-19. This means workers don’t need to worry about food, rent...
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...
