By NYC Health Commissioner Dr. Alister Martin and City Council Health Committee Chair Lynn Schulman

New York City is hosting the biggest, most crowded party in its history over the next few months, including the NBA Finals, the FIFA World Cup, America’s 250th birthday, Sail 250, Pride Month, the Puerto Rican Day Parade, and other iconic events. As New York City’s health commissioner and chair of the City Council’s Committee on Health, we want New Yorkers stay in the game all summer long by protecting their health.

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By Eyewitness News

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) — The New York City Council has passed a package of bills aimed at combatting vaccine misinformation, and expanding access to shots across the city.

The measures require the health department to work with schools to distribute clear information to parents about how vaccines work, their safety, and where to get them.

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By Sadie Brown

City Council leaders said Thursday that it would lead the charge on promoting vaccines and public health in New York in an era when the federal government has effectively withdrawn from that effort.

Speaker Julie Menin, Committee on Health Chair Lynn Schulman, Committee on Education Chair Eric Dinowitz and Committee on Oversight &

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By Trenton Daniels

The New York City Council on Thursday passed a package of bills seeking to do more to educate parents about the safety and effectiveness of vaccines as immunization rates show signs of starting to dip.

The five bills aim to make it easier for schools to disseminate accurate information about vaccines to parents, as well as to require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to develop a plan by year’s end that will educate New Yorkers about the importance of childhood and adolescent vaccinations.

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By Elizabeth Kim

The New York City Council is flexing its oversight powers over a mental health response program that Mayor Zohran Mamdani has made a key part of his new approach to changing how the city handles 911 calls involving people in mental distress.

The Council on Thursday passed legislation requiring the Mamdani administration to submit regular performance reports on the Behavioral Health Emergency Assistance Response Division, also known as B-HEARD.

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By Maya Kaufman

The City Council unanimously passed legislation Thursday to require more comprehensive and frequent data reporting on the B-HEARD initiative, which sends specially trained emergency medics and social workers to respond to select 911 calls about a mental health crisis.

The bill would require relevant city agencies to share aggregate data every six months on mental health-related 911 calls and B-HEARD dispatches, in addition to the program’s average response time and demographic information of the individuals in crisis.

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