CLL NEWSLETTER | ISSUE 31 | DECEMBER 5, 2022

NYS DOH's REGULATIONS COMMITTEE MEETS THIS THURSDAY 12/08 TO RENEW MASKING REGULATIONS

DOH COMMITTEE IS ONCE AGAIN DISREGARDING SUPREME COURT DECISION AND ORDER TO STOP RENEWING

10 NYCRR 2.60 MASK REGULATION

According to the NYS Constitution, the DOH is overstepping its authority as an Agency of the Executive branch of government, because it continues to bypass the State's law-making legislative body. The DOH continues to disregard multiple Supreme Court Orders to cease re-adopting unconstitutional, unlawful and illegal regulations. Instead, it has doubled-down by appealing the Court's decisions.

The DOH's Codes, Regulations, and Legislation Committee will meet this Thursday 12/08 (click images below to view the Agendas) to vote on the Mask regulation under Emergency Adoption. This regulation is not based on law passed in the State's legislature by our elected representatives. Furthermore, the Emergency is over.

The name of the committee (Codes, Regulations, and Legislation) implies that the committee members should understand that regulations must be based on laws passed through the Legislative process by our elected State Assembly. To underscore that point, perhaps the name of the committee should be changed to Legislation Comes First, Regulations and Codes Come Second.

Please attend in person, and to send your comments to:

phhpc@health.ny.gov

12/08 DOH Meeting Documents

DOH Commissioner Mary T. Bassett Resigns

New York state Health Commissioner Mary Bassett will resign on Jan. 1, marking a departure of the highest-profile member of Gov. Kathy Hochul's cabinet before she starts her new four-year term.

In a statement, Bassett said she plans to return to the Harvard Chan School of Public Health.

"This was a very difficult decision. I have tremendous admiration for the work our staff has done during a very difficult year responding to COVID, mpox, polio and the day-to-day challenges of protecting New Yorkers’ health," she said. "I am leaving now so the next commissioner can have the chance to lead this great department for a full 4-year term under the leadership of Gov. Hochul."

Bassett, a former New York City health commissioner, replaced Howard Zucker a year ago, who had served as a holdover from Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration. She was the first major appointment to Hochul's new administration, leading the sprawling public health department.

Bassett was the primary official in charge of the state's response to a resurgence of COVID-19 cases, an ongoing rollout of vaccinations and booster shots as well as efforts to respond to an outbreak of polio and monekypox, now known as mpox.

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