The Trump Administration also slashed more than $11 billion in funding awarded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and about $1 billion by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, according to a report by Reuters.

County health departments in Nassau, Suffolk and across the state will be affected by a $300 million funding cut from the federal government, putting mental health, and addiction programs at risk as well as those that help battle infectious disease, Gov. Kathy Hochul said Wednesday night.

Following a proposed $360 million cut in federal funds to New York’s health and human services programs announced Wednesday by the Trump administration, the impact of what that could mean

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- New York Governor Kathy Hochul was told on Tuesday that the federal Department of Health and Human Services will slash more than $300 million in funding for the state Department of Health, Office of Addiction Supports and Services, and Office of Mental Health.

Federal cuts to the state’s health budget could be 20% higher than officials initially anticipated, thrusting public health programs further into jeopardy, the governor said Friday.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a major restructuring of the Health and Human Services Department, which now employs about 82,000 people.

New York’s response to virus outbreaks could look different after the federal government cut funding to the state’s Department of Health, according to Governor

Earlier this month, the New York State Department of Health (DOH) released its first formal guidance under Public Health Law (PHL) Article 45-A,

Along with slashing the workforce at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Trump administration intends to cut more than $300 million in funding for New York State.