Sentences with phrase «public health and»

Local people are usually the best to determine what is best for the public health and safety of local residents,» said Hawkins.

Staten Island Assemblyman Ronald Castorina and Women's March organizer Linda Sarsour collided on social media this week over the latter's upcoming commencement address at the City University of New York's Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy — a speech that the Republican lawmaker argued the public institution should cancel, given Sarsour's political and religious views.

Poughkeepsie, NY... Dutchess County Executive Marcus J. Molinaro has announced Commissioner of Health, Michael C. Caldwell MD, MPH, is stepping down as the Dutchess County Health Commissioner after nearly nineteen years of service in order pursue other opportunities in public health and health care outside of government.

The order requires all New York State agencies, departments, boards and commissions to immediately review all requests for state funded or state sponsored travel to the state of Mississippi, and bar any such publicly funded travel that is not essential to the enforcement of state law or public health and safety.

Plant officials say this is to be expected and stress there is no risk to public health and safety.

Nearby residents are concerned with the state's investment in fossil fuels and the plant's potential effect on public health and safety.

Yesterday it was widely reported that New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has agreed to ban fracking after a state environmental review found that the gas drilling method can not be employed without unacceptable risk to public health and the environment.

Co-sponsored by The University at Buffalo, School of Public Health and Health Professions and the Erie County Caregiver Coalition.

During an April 24 county Board of Legislators meeting, the bill was referred to the public health and safety, legislation and budget committees.

«The recent public health crisis in Hoosick Falls and Petersburgh is a critical reminder of the need to be vigilant about protecting our public health and safety,» the mailer states, «and making smart investments in water quality and environmental protection.»

It might be, if we had that more engaged discussion of the trade - off, that health would turn out to be the area where there is the strongest public sense that local variation should be rather limited, against national guaranteed minimum standards, and probably in areas like the approach taken to public health and preventive services.

The government hopes the introduction of citizen's juries and greater use of petitions and consultations will lead to lowered crime, improved public health and an end to disillusionment with politics.

A review of Dr. Shah's writings and work in a wide - ranging number of public health and medical issues challenging America today, illustrate his preparedness for being the Commissioner of Health for New York State.»

The Public Health and Welfare Committee is a standing committee of the Mississippi State Senate.

«LPG fracturing returns polluting products to the surface that must be properly handled and disposed, in this case, flammable gases that would have to be collected in pressurized tanks or flared — a step generating air emissions and leaks that can harm public health and safety,» they wrote.

It would feed the 650 MW CPV Valley Energy Center that would contaminate the soil, air, and water of New York's world famous Black Dirt Region and cradle to grave would emit 20 Million Tons of CO2e annually, resulting in public health and climate change crises of a cataclysmic magnitude.

They were greeted at the state capitol by Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb (R - Canandaigua), State Sen. Tom O'Mara (R - Big Flats), chair of the Senate's Environmental Conservation Committee, Finger Lakes area State Sen. Pam Helming (R - Canandaigua) and by a tweet from Gov. Andrew Cuomo denouncing the incinerator as inconsistent with his administration's public health and environmental goals.

New York Leads the Nation in Cases of Legionnaires» Disease The Alliance to Prevent Legionnaires» Disease Partners with Iconic Public Health and Environmental Advocate Erin Brockovich and Allergy & Asthma Network to Call for Real Solutions to New York's Growing -LSB-...]

Menin stated, «We look forward to continuing to work with the Council and our sister agencies on this important public health and safety issue in order to ensure that the businesses licensed by us as tobacco retailers are not selling these products and that our communities are kept safe.»

The new regulation, issued by the New York State Department of Health (DOH) and approved by the Public Health and Health Planning Council, will expand the list of prohibited drugs and chemicals -LSB-...]

«It is a public health and safety issue,» Barrett said, citing cases of teens using their parents» handguns to commit suicide.

«That said, [Rep. Tonko] did not back an amendment to a bill a few years ago that would also have blocked DOJ from intervening in states that adopt recreational marijuana laws, expressing concerns tied to the negative effects that a blanket enforcement ban could have on public health and the economy especially if marijuana production was [allowed] to become corporate, vertically integrated, [and] heavily marketed,» Sonneborn continued.

The governor could recommend suspending the program «at any time,» Cuomo said, if it is determined that «there is a risk to public health and public safety.»

Buffalo, NY - Erie County Legislator Peter J. Savage, III (D - Buffalo) has introduced a resolution calling on the Erie County Legislature's Health and Human Services committee to conduct fact - finding sessions to enable stakeholders in the public health and electronic cigarettes industry, as well as county government, to address the issues concerning electronic cigarettes and vapor lounges.

Cuomo included $ 150 million in last year's budget for the initial phases of the process, and he has included an additional $ 600 million in this year's budget request to build the new campus and create public health and biotech partnerships with industry.

I know what needs to be done in this department to build on the good things that are taking place while making the appropriate adjustments that will benefit all aspects of Public Health and the citizens of Oneida County.»

They directly interact and inform the people about public health and must have stability and continuity.

The report released Monday as part of a collaborative study between the Geiger Gibson Program in Community Health Policy, part of the School of Public Health and Health Services at George Washington University, and the RCHN Community Health Foundation, reveals that due to federal budget cuts through sequestration, the nation's 1,200 community health programs will lose $ 120 million in funding.

ENDS Notes to Editors UK Alcohol duty context For a short video summary of the issues around alcohol pricing, please visit: https://vimeo.com/191959217 Following heavy lobbying from the alcohol industry, the last four Budgets have seen real terms cuts in alcohol duty Alcohol is 60 % more affordable than it was in 1980 — the alcohol duty escalator, introduced in 2008, which ensured that duty rose above inflation, helped mitigate this trend, but this progress has reversed since the duty escalator was scrapped in 2013 In real terms, spirits duty has halved, and wine duty fallen by a quarter since 1978 - 9 The Government estimates suggest that the duty cuts since 2013 will cost the Exchequer # 2.9 billion over four years The University of Sheffield estimated that an additional 6,500 people would be hospitalised each year as a result of the alcohol duty cuts in 2015 The report The report was peer reviewed by academic experts the fields of economics, public health and public policy prior to publication.

The big losers today may be police, social care, public health and local government.

To deliver a thriving animal medicines sector, post-Brexit, NOAH has set out a series of priorities that will: Support trade and innovation Safeguard animal health and welfare and public health and food safety; ensuring that UK veterinarians and animal keepers continue to have access to a wide range of appropriate veterinary medicines.

«States like New York have demonstrated that clean, renewable forms of energy not only enhance public health and our environment, but also add jobs, hold the line on electricity rates, and make our energy systems more secure and reliable.»

Globally, the tide has turned, and ever more prominent statesmen and women are calling for an end to the failed war on drugs and its replacement with models of legal regulation based on science, public health and human rights principles.

At 10 a.m., the New York Public Health and Health Planning Council's Establishment and Project Review Committee meets, state Department of Health offices, 90 Church St., fourth floor, Rooms 4A and 4B, Manhattan.

Public health and preventing ill health are to be given greater emphasis, while professionals are to be «set free» through a reduction in their oversight.

The right to exercise this power is so manifest in the interest of the public health and welfare, that it is unnecessary to enter upon a discussion of it beyond saying that it is too firmly established to be successfully called in question.

As state leaders, we have an innate responsibility to investigate public health and safety crises and protect those who are not powerful to stand up to government malfeasance.»

These include: · Restricting trade hours of on - licence venues to limit the availability of alcohol in the early hours of the morning · Enhancing community involvement, better facilitating the engagement of local residents with licensing systems · Adding / prioritising public health and / or harm minimisation objectives in alcohol legislation · Restricting the sales of high risk products in areas of concern; and · Deprioritising government support for industry voluntary schemes in place of policies supported by evidence.

The EPA's new guidance will go a long way in protecting public health and arming local officials with the most up - to - date information to keep our drinking water safe from harmful contaminates.»

Staten Island Assemblywoman and GOP mayoral candidate Nicole Malliotakis told the Observer last night that she returned campaign contributions from Palestinian - American activist Linda Sarsour — and condemned the City University of New York's Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy for inviting the Women's March organizer to speak at its commencement next month.

Scotland has reduced knife crime by treating violence as a public health and social problem, says Joanna Cherry

According to the Public Health and Tobacco Policy Center, about 96 % of smokers began before age 21 — most before they were age 16.

«As children begin another school year, I'm proud to sign this legislation, which marks a major step forward in protecting the public health and ensuring the future growth and success of students across the state.»

All over the world, groups and individuals are using technology in a variety of innovative ways to increase government transparency, fight corruption, open data, hack on civic problems, strengthen economic development, address environmental problems, improve public health and education, and advance the conditions of women and children.

But because the Pine Barrens are near suburban communities, fires have been «suppressed regularly in the interest of protecting public health and safety,» he said.

Group Capt. Azubuike Chukwuka, the Director, Public Health and Humanitarian Services, Air Force Headquarters, stated this while inspecting the ongoing exercise at the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) satellite camp, Damboa in Damboa Local Government Area of the state.

Korean Community Services of Metropolitan New York (KCS) provides culturally competent programs in the areas of Aging, Education, Immigration, Workforce Development, Public Health and Mental Health.

Implementing a paid sick leave law would protect public health and help companies retain workers, supporters say.

In District 2, incumbent Chris Allen, the Democratic and Working Families candidate, has served as a county legislator for two consecutive terms, serves as the Deputy Chair for the Public Health and Social Services Committee, and holds positions on the Economic Tourism and Development Committee and the Ways and Means Committee.

Over the past three decades, I have served Ulster County by focusing my work on public health and the environment.