HEALTH, SENIORS & SOCIAL SERVICES COMMITTEE
AIR QUALITY AND ASTHMA FORUM
IN RESPONSE TO E 91ST STREET MARINE TRANSFER STATION
Speakers:
- Assembly Member Rebecca Seawright presents bill A. 7214 that authorizes a study on high incidence of asthma
- Valerie Rifkin, Environment Planning Consultant, discusses health and environmental impacts of the MTS
- Thomas Newman, MD, Pulmonary Specialist at Metropolitan Hospital discusses asthma pathology- what is it, and how to combat the disease.
David Liston, Jacqueline Ludorf and Barbara Rudder,
Health, Seniors & Social Services Committee Co-Chairs