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The NYAM Policy team works to improve urban health by advancing sound, effective public policies at every level of government. To achieve our goals we partner with communities and with other organizations. We also aim to inform and engage you, our supporters, to help bring about policy changes that will safeguard all of our health and promote health-friendly cities.
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NYAM’s Ruth Finkelstein Honored by Metropolis Magazine as One of Ten Game Changers in 2012
Ruth Finkelstein, ScD, Senior Vice President for Policy and Planning at NYAM, has been selected as one of ten “Game Changers” by Metropolis Magazine for her leadership on the Age-friendly NYC initiative.
The New York Academy of Medicine with support from the New York State Heath Foundation released a new report, Federal Health Care Reform in New York State: A Population Health Perspective.
This report identifies opportunities that build on both the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act (ACA) and New York’s ongoing efforts toward improving the health of its 19 million residents.
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