Sentences with phrase «state health commissioner»

Martens made his announcement after a detailed presentation by state health commissioner Howard Zucker, who concluded that he would not allow his family to drink tap water in an area where fracking occurred.

«I have to sit down with (acting state health commissioner Dr. Howard) Zucker and go through it,» Cuomo said.

The acting State Health commissioner Dr. Zucker will be traveling the state taking that message to New Yorkers.

The Senate has also approved Dr. Howard Zucker as state health commissioner.

A Cuomo spokesman said state health commissioner Howard Zucker phoned city health commissioner Mary Bassett to tell her about the test results, but had to leave her a message because she was already taking part in the city's press conference.

State health commissioners announced on Tuesday that letters highlighting the importance of breastfeeding were being sent to hospitals, reminding them of regulations limiting unnecessary formula feedings for breastfed newborns.

ALBANY — Wednesday's hearing on Hoosick Falls and water pollution issues turned into a five - hour grilling of state health commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker and other officials who organized the state's response to the crisis.

Dr. Nirav Shah was unanimously approved — first by committee, then by the full senate, to be the new state health commissioner

Cuomo, Helgerson and state health commissioner Nirav Shah have said that the problem with Brooklyn hospitals is that there are too many beds.

I was recently shocked and saddened when I read of the death of Dr. Richard Daines, the former state health commissioner.

He was fluent in Spanish, a former Mormon missionary in Latin America and a successful health care administrator at Roosevelt Hospital in New York until Eliot Spitzer appointed him to his position as state health commissioner.

«We recognize that you have requested specific funding for HASA, but please note that your request is subject to those negotiations, which are pending,» state health commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker wrote in a letter to King on Tuesday.

Other diseases can be added to the list of covered conditions after being approved by the state's Department of Health, said acting state health commissioner Howard Zucker.

Acting state health commissioner Howard Zucker said he had been reviewing fracking health studies since taking over the state's project last spring.

Cuomo directed the state health commissioner to authorize emergency funding to New York's 62 counties in response to the overwhelming number of flu diagnoses, which are continuing to rise exponentially.

The authorization by Dr. Howard Zucker, the state health commissioner, will expand access to vaccinations, especially to those most vulnerable.

Cuomo plans to have four regional algal bloom summits across the state led by the Water Quality Response Team, DEC and state health commissioner.

«We are moving forward with an enhanced plan that makes it easier for participants to take part in the program, while providing the same level of analysis and education about PFOS exposure,» state health commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker said in a statement.

At the first of three legislative hearings on Hoosick Falls and water quality issues on Tuesday, state health commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker pointed to the EPA dozens of times as the reason residents were allowed to drink poisoned water without public warning.

Cuomo says he's waiting for his state health commissioner, Dr. Nirav Shah, to report on his own health review.

The bill also puts the state health commissioner in control of the program and gives the governor authority to end the program at any time on the recommendation of the health commissioner or state police superintendent.

The chamber's proposal would also require the state health commissioner to double — from five to 10 — the number of registered organizations by Jan. 1, 2017.

«Our goal is to ensure that New Yorkers have access to the treatment they need through a controlled, regulated process,» said Dr. Howard Zucker, acting state health commissioner, said in December.

The city and state health commissioners put out a joint statement later Monday saying that three additional sites tested positive over the weekend for the bacteria, bringing the total to 18.

A Cuomo spokeswoman said later that Dr. Howard Zucker, the state health commissioner, had called his city equivalent, Dr. Mary Bassett, to brief her on the discovery and left a message, since Bassett was already at de Blasio's news conference.

However, the changes removes three conditions from med - mar coverage — post-concussion, lupus and diabetes — and also does away with the advisory panel oversight structure, giving more discretion to the state Health commissioner.

Smoking of marijuana would be prohibited in public and more power would be vested in the state health commissioner.

Days before Cuomo announced that New York would ban fracking, state health commissioner Howard Zucker was visiting members of the state Senate to gauge their thoughts about lifting the fracking moratorium.

The state health commissioner last year declared New York's medical marijuana program a success.

The review purportedly involves ongoing work by the state health commissioner as well as the D.E.C., studying environmental and health risks.

Mischa Sogut, a spokesman for Gottfried, said the guidelines for how seriously ill a patient must be and what hoops the doctor must go through to prescribe the non-smokable marijuana will be developed through a regulatory process led by the state health commissioner.

Robert Aquino, the former chief executive officer of the now - defunct Parkway Hospital, sent a letter last week to the state health commissioner in an effort to pressure the state to...

Be a public benefit corporation with nine voting directors including the state health commissioner and superintendent of insurance.

It's been nearly a year since the Administration of Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that the state health commissioner would conduct a review to determine whether hydrofracking could be done safely in New York.

State health commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker said the state health department did not test for PFOA in Petersburgh, even out of an abundance of caution, because the pollutant was not on a list of federally regulated chemicals.

«The state health commissioner is doing Governor Cuomo's political bidding in delaying a decision through his election,» said Astorino, in a video release.

But the state health commissioner could ignore that argument and take as much of the excess reserves as desired.

On Wednesday, state health commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker, after spending hours blasting the Obama administration for not responding quickly enough to Hoosick Falls, said he was waiting for guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to determine what to do about biomonitoring in Newburgh.

Cuomo appoints five members of its 11 - member board, and two other members, the state health commissioner and budget director, report directly to him.

It's been nearly a year since the administration of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that the state health commissioner would conduct a review to determine whether hydrofracking could be done safely in New York.

Introne, who began working at the state health department on June 5 this year, will serve as special adviser to the state health commissioner, a department spokesperson confirmed.

The legislation, which passed unanimously and now heads to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's desk, would narrow the definition of a safety - net hospital and instruct the state health commissioner to raise reimbursement rates for hospitals that meet the new criteria.

In the letter, the groups cite New York's fracking ban, and state health commissioner Howard Zucker's contention that he wouldn't let his children, if he had any, live near a fracking well.

«Frankly, that's enough for me,» Cuomo said, «because if the state health commissioner doesn't want his kids living there, I don't want my kids living there and I don't want any New Yorkers» kids living there.»

It has been nearly a year since the administration of Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that the state health commissioner would conduct a review to determine whether hydrofracking could be done safely in New York.

«The state health commissioner is doing Gov. Cuomo's political bidding in delaying a decision through his election,» said Astorino, in a video release.

It's been nearly a year since the administration of Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that the state health commissioner would conduct a review to determine whether hydrofracking could be done safely in New York.

«Something's got to give, and we think this is something that all sides can give a little bit, and we come up with healthier people, lower health - care costs and still some revenue to close those budget gaps,» said Dr. Richard Daines, the state health commissioner.

In addition, Cuomo wants the governor to have the power to suspend any medical marijuana program if it is advised by the state Health commissioner or superintendent of state police.