NYSPHA Current Federal Policy and Advocacy Actions and Alerts
2025 Federal Policy and Advocacy Actions and Alerts
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2024 Federal Policy and Advocacy Actions and Alerts
- 07/09/2024 - NYSPHA joined over 1400 national, state and local organizations to urge the House and Senate to develop a Farm Bill that ensures that the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) (food stamps) is protected and strengthened and that benefit adequacy, equitable access, and program administration remain core tenets of the program.
- 06/25/24 - NYSPHA cosigned a letter with over 1100 other national organizations to the Senate and House leadership urging them to reject arbitrary and damaging funding levels for the Fiscal Year 2025 federal budget and, at the very least, to fully appropriate the necessary non-defense discretionary (NDD) funds to keep pace with rising costs and demand.
- 06/03/2024 – NYSPHA signed on to a letter to House and Senate Appropriations committees’ leadership urging they provide $35 million for CDC, $25 million for NIH, and $1 million for the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) to conduct public health research into firearm morbidity and mortality prevention.
- 05/14/2024 – NYSPHA signed on to a letter to House and Senate Appropriations committees’ leadership urging that the Social Determinants of Health program at CDC be funded for at least $100 million.
- 4/30/2024 – NYSPHA signed on to a letter to the House and Senate and House Appropriations committees’ leadership urging $340 million annually for Public Health Data Modernization program budget at CDC.
- 04/15/2024 – NYSPHA signed on to a letter sponsored by the CDC Coalition to House Appropriations committee leadership in support for increased funding for the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Environmental Health in the FY 2025 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill.
- 04/15/2024 – NYSPHA signed on to a letter sponsored by the CDC Coalition to House and Senate Appropriations committee leadership in support for increased funding for the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry in the FY 2025 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill.
- 03/26.2024 – NYSPHA signed on to a letter sponsored by the CDC Coalition to the leadership of the House Appropriations subcommittee for Labor and HHS urging inclusion of $11.581 billion for CDC’s programs in the FY 2025 budget.
- 02/26/24 – NYSPHA signed on to a letter sponsored by, co-signed by over 300 other organizations, to the Senate leaders Schumer and McConnell, cc’ing all Senate members, asking them to support the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024 and the Child Tax Credit provision it includes.
- 02/22/2024 – NYSPHA signed on to a letter sponsored by the American Cancer Society and other New York-based organizations to House Democratic leader Jeffries (D-NY) and Senate Majority Leader Schumer (D-NY) urging that they strongly support the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s proposed rules to prohibit the sale of menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars.
- 02/05/2024 – NYSPHA signed on to a letter sponsored by APHA and Trust for America’s Health to the House leadership urging that they not use the Prevention and Public Health Fund (Prevention Fund) as an offset for H.R. 485, the Protecting Health Care for All Patients Act of 2023.
- 02/02/2024 – NYSPHA signed on to a letter to the EPA sponsored by the Action Network in support of proposed regulations to remove lead pipes from drinking water supplies.
- 01/7/2024 – NYSPHA joined over 1000 other organizations signing a letter to the congressional leadership urging that they pass a final Federal budget for 2023-2024 and not make drastic cuts in discretionary funding including public health.
- 01/08/2024 - NYSPHA signed on to a letter sponsored by the Coalition on Human Needs urging the Congressional leadership to assure that Congress passes a final FY2024 budget and not a Continuing Resolution that would result in drastic funding cuts for non-defense discretionary funding.
- 01/03/2024 - NYSPHA signed on to a letter sponsored by Action on Smoking and Health urging United Nations member states to include anti-tobacco provisions in the next UN Pact for the Future.