STATEMENT FROM BRONX BOROUGH PRESIDENT DIAZ JR. RE: New York State Pilot Program to Expand Health Care & Testing to NYCHA Residents

UsaNewsOnline.Com Desk, New York : “We must work to ensure New York City’s public housing tenants receive equitable health care services, especially during a pandemic which has had disproportionate consequences for the Bronx.”
“I want to thank Governor Andrew Cuomo, New York State Attorney General Letitia James, U.S. Congressman Gregory Meeks, U.S. Congressman Hakeem Jeffries, and New York State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie for creating this important partnership that will provide vital medical and services information, as well access to COVID-19 diagnostic testing to our most vulnerable communities,” said Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. Press Release.