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Here’s how New York’s public health system will likely be impacted by HHS funding cuts

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APRIL 2, 2025

Department of Health and Human Services sweeping cuts to public health funding in New York state and New York City have started to come into focus, with wide-ranging consequences for disease surveillance and outbreak response, addiction recovery programs, and mental health services.

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Trump administration slashes public health funding, cutting $100M from New York City and $300M from New York state

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MARCH 26, 2025

billion in CDC grants for local health departments and other recipients. The department has also cancelled about $1 billion in grants from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. This is going to slow things down from a public health perspective, she said. And we really need rapid response.

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MARCH 28, 2025

Public health can no longer upgrade immunization information systems. Public health can no longer upgrade disease surveillance and reporting. Public health can no longer carry out major lab renovations and modernization. 1 billion cut to substance use and mental health services.

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Here’s how New York’s public health system will likely be impacted by HHS funding cuts

Trump administration slashes public health funding, cutting $100M from New York City and $300M from New York state

Threats to public health at every angle

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