HEALTHCARE

Our city and state have been through an incredibly difficult period in navigating the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic demonstrated that enabling affordable access to healthcare is paramount to supporting New Yorkers and expanding healthcare access to underserved populations. Additionally, with reproductive rights under threat nationwide, we must make key family needs such as reproductive health planning more accessible. Julie has been a strong advocate for our healthcare:

• Passed first City in the nation legislation to create an Office of Healthcare Accountability which could save New York City up to $2 billion dollars annually. This bill will rein in healthcare costs for hardworking New Yorkers by promoting healthcare-pricing transparency and utilize the city’s purchasing power to leverage a health system that works for all New Yorkers. Read Julie’s OpEd in the NY Daily News here - New York must save money by exposing true cost of health care 

• In the wake of Roe v Wade being overturned, Julie passed groundbreaking legislation mandating that the Department of Health provide reproductive health services.