Health, Seniors and Social Services
The HSSS Committee addresses issues affecting the physical and social well-being of our community’s residents and the institutions that serve them.
Health, Seniors, and Social Services Committee Members
Wilma Johnson and Barbara Rudder, Co-Chairs
Lori Bores
Health, Seniors, and Social Services Committee Public Members
Meryl Brodsky
Ellen Polivy
Staff Liaison:
Jon Kraus
Current Agenda
- June 17, 2025 - Health, Seniors and Social Services Committee
- June 10, 2025 - Women and Families Committee Joint meeting with Health, Seniors and Social Services Committee
- October 16, 2025 - Health, Seniors, and Social Services Committee
Archived Agendas, Minutes and Resolutions
- Click here
Community Resources
- From The Rockefeller University, a public hearing on the closure of The Rockefeller University Hospital and conversion to the Rockefeller University Clinical Research Center. The hearing will be conducted hybrid at the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Dining Room, Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, June 17, 2025, at 4 p.m., you can find the sign-up for the meeting linked here.
- Extreme Heat Webinar
- Senator Kreuger's Later Life Planning Series
- Memorial Sloan Kettering: Free Skin Cancer Screenings May 30, 2019
- Mental Health First Aid for Older Adults May 2019
- 08.20.14 Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat Hospital (MEETH) Hosting Free Health Screenings
- 04.22.14 Lenox Hill Hospital Stroke Awareness and Prevention Fair--May 7, 4-7pm
- 04.14.14 Drug Takeback Day Saturday on 04.26.14 10am to 2pm at Lenox Hill Hospital
- 10.24.13 Lung Cancer Awareness Symposium on 11.15.13 at MSK Rockefeller Outpatient Pavilion
- 04.16.13 Center for Hearing and Communication (CHC)
- 10.25.12 Health, Seniors & Social Services Committee Public Forum
- 10.05.12 Oct. 25 Senior Health Fair
- 09.27.12 SENIOR HEALTH FAIR THURSDAY OCTOBER 25TH, 2012
- 02.24.12 HRA February 2012 Update
- 02.24.12 Health Department Announces Suicide Rate in NYC is Lower than Other Major U.S. Cities
- 02.14.12 NYC Dept. of Health and Mental Hygiene Lead Prevention Program
- MSKCC Community Matters Newsletter!
- Aetna Community Relations & Urban Marketing newsletter, Aetna Community Voice
- DOHMH Alcopops Presentation
- HEALTH FAIR ON SEXUALITY, INTIMACY, AGING, AND CANCER
- Health Department to Spray Pesticide to Reduce Adult Mosquito Populations
- Getting from place to place without driving has significant positive effects on the health of New Yorkers
- NYC Council Health Report
- West Nile Virus Detected in New York City Mosquitoes
- NYC DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN RESOURCES ADMINISTRATION LAUNCH 2011 HEALTH BUCKS SEASON AT CITY'S FARMERS MARKETS
- Health Department to Apply Non-Chemical Aerial Treatment to Halt the Development of Mosquito Larvae; Reduction in Mosquito Populations Is Important for Prevention of Potential Exposure to West Nile Virus
- "Your Choice, Your Voice!" Forum
- Flyers For Summer Rodent Academies - Manhattan
- Raccoon Rabies Epizootic and TVR (trap, vaccinate, release) in Manhattan