Mayor Bill de Blasio was joined by Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Dr. Herminia Palacio today to sign an executive order requiring City agencies to provide New Yorkers with information on health insurance options and encourage them to enroll in a plan.
Mayor Bill de Blasio today kicked off NYCHA’s new lead-based paint testing program. For the first time ever, 135,000 apartments will be tested with a portable X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analyzers.
Mayor DeBlasio, Commissioner Dave Chokshi, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, and President and CEO Mitchell Katz, NYC Health + Hospitals, discuss Omicron scenarios, vaccinations, boosters, and public health issues.
Mayor De Blasio holds media press conference to speak about the Omicron variant and speaking about the next steps the city will take to fight against the new variant.