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New York City executive budget allocations for health programs
2:38:07
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Dr. Morse outlines the key allocations in the New York City executive budget for fiscal year 2026, highlighting new funding for critical health programs and the continuation of existing initiatives.
- New funding allocations: $3.8 million for rapid STI testing, $7.2 million for tuberculosis case management, and over $100 million for school nursing costs
- Continuation of existing programs like letter grading for mobile food vendors and the Groceries to Go program
- Acknowledgment of the executive budget's support for core operations
- Recognition of the volatile public health landscape and the need for continued resources
Michelle Morse
2:38:07
In particular, we were pleased to see new dollars allocated for critical programs including 3,800,000.0 for rapid STI testing at our sexual health clinics, 7,200,000.0 for tuberculosis case management, and over a hundred million in baseline funding to support school nursing costs which have grown significantly since the pandemic.
2:38:26
The executive budget also sustains a range of existing operations and programs like letter grading for mobile food vendors and creating opportunities for food insecure New Yorkers to purchase groceries with monthly credits from groceries to go.
2:38:39
We're grateful to see the executive budget dedicate the necessary resources for many of our core operations.
2:38:45
That said, we're living through a particularly volatile time in public health.