WASHINGTON, DC — May 4, 2020 — Congressman Eliot Engel helped secure $5 billion in funding from the CARES Act for New York hospitals, five times more than any other state, in the most recent round of funding by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The CARES Act created the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund (PHSSEF) …
Rose Calls for Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to Expand Airport Screening to Passengers Returning from Italy, South Korea, and Iran
Despite being designated as Level 3 Travel Health Notice countries like China, travelers returning from these countries are not being screened at airports STATEN ISLAND, NY — March 7, 2020 — Following reports that passengers returning from Italy, South Korea, and Iran are not being screened at United States airports for coronavirus (COVID-19) in the same way travelers are from China, …
Engel Announces $139,895 Federal Grant for St. John’s Riverside Hospital in Yonkers
NEW YORK, NY and YONKERS, NY — August 31, 2019 — Congressman Eliot L. Engel announced on Friday, August 30th that St. John’s Riverside Hospital located in the 16th Congressional District has received a federal grant of $139,895 from the Department of Health and Human Services to provide HIV/AIDS related health care services. St. John’s Riverside Hospital received a grant …
Governor Cuomo Announces New York Opposition to Federal Government’s Proposed Rollback of Healthcare Protections for Transgendered and Gender Nonconforming Individuals
Department of Financial Services, Division of Human Rights and Office of Children and Family Services Submit Comments Opposing U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Proposal That Would Undermine Protections Against Discrimination and Limit the Types of Insurance That Must Comply with Nondiscrimination Protections NYS Department of Health, Office for People with Developmental Disabilities and Office of Mental Health Will Also …