Evening Observer: Assembly approves bill to aid blood drives
“This bill would create a program of grants to help community groups and schools run blood drives,” Assemblyman Richard Gottfried, D-New York City and legislation sponsor wrote in his legislative...
View ArticleJanuary-February Health Committee Update
The Assembly Health Committee favorably reported 31 bills at its January and February meetings. The Committee reported bills to extend Medicaid coverage for new mothers; reform the distribution of...
View ArticleDaily News: Lawmakers and legal experts call Cuomo coronavirus bill a power grab
Assemblyman Richard Gottfried (D-Manhattan), the chairman of his chamber’s Health Committee, argued during a late-night floor debate on Monday that no past governor has ever asked for the powers Cuomo...
View ArticleCity & State: The fight to regulate pharmacy benefit managers
Democratic lawmakers in both houses of the state Legislature passed legislation last year that would regulate pharmacy benefit managers in New York for the first time. Independent pharmaciescheered....
View ArticlePolitico: Door-to-door campaigning gets much more daunting amid coronavirus
“This is not the best time to be sending people door-to-door,” he said. “It’s the exact opposite of what we’re trying to do. I don’t know the specific solution, but I know it’s something we have to...
View ArticleLegislative Gazette – Health Committee chairs: Now is the time to keep people...
“Everyone is pointing out that jails and prisons are a hotbed of spreading contagion,” said Assemblyman Richard Gottfried, chair of the Health Committee. “Our bail reform has [kept] more people out of...
View ArticleNY Post: Cuomo panel recommends $400M in hospital cuts as coronavirus...
It’s unclear whether the Legislature or even the governor, who must approve the changes as part of the state budget, have the stomach to cut spending to medical facilities grappling with an expected...
View ArticlePress release: Assembly Manhattan Delegation Releases Report Urging NYCHA...
Today, the Manhattan Assembly delegation issued a report, NYCHA Crisis: Finding Tenant Solutions, that details the living conditions of several NYCHA developments across Manhattan, and urges New York...
View ArticleSpectrum News – Health Chairs to Lawmakers: Don’t Alter Bail Law
The top lawmakers on the Assembly and state Senate health committees, in a letter Tuesday, urged against making changes to the state's bail law, which ended cash bail requirements for misdemeanor and...
View ArticleNY Daily News Op-Ed: A Hit to Safety-Net Health-Care Providers We Must Prevent
New York Daily News, December 14, 2020 By Richard N. Gottfried, Brad Hoylman, Gustavo Rivera and Linda B. Rosenthal Many of New York’s health-care providers are in crisis. COVID-19 has increased the...
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