State Attorney General Letitia James brought her Heal New York tour to Utica and Syracuse Tuesday, delivering nearly $37 million to the region to combat the opioid epidemic. The nearly $1.5 billion being distributed statewide comes from different settlements negotiated by her office following the March 2019 lawsuit against manufacturers and distributors of the painkillers.
Covid-19 vaccine: Let’s trust one another and do the right thing (Commentary)
Updated Feb 02, 2021;
Posted Feb 02, 2021
In this Monday, Dec. 14, 2020 file photo, Sandra Lindsay, left, a nurse at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, is inoculated with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine by Dr. Michelle Chester, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, in the Queens borough of New York. AP
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By Dr. Tolani Ajagbe | Crouse Health
Dr. Tolani Ajagbe is medical director of Addiction Treatment Services and chief of Psychiatry at Crouse Health, in Syracuse.
As a minority person at Crouse Health, I have been inspired by the efforts of hospital leadership to advance issues related to diversity and inclusion. I’ve been particularly encouraged by efforts made to ensure all eligible Crouse employees and members of the medical staff who want the Covid-19 vaccine are able to get the vaccine.