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Howell Wechsler, a public health leader with more than four decades of experience, is the new CEO of FPHNYC, the dedicated nonprofit partner of the NYC Health Department Howell Wechsler, EdD, MPH, started as the new Chief Executive Officer of the Fund for Public Health NYC on July 13, 2026. Wechsler succeeds Sara Gardner, who…
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This is the first of a two-part series about the dangers of hot weather and how New Yorkers can stay safe. The next installment will look at one strategy: Pop-up cooling stations for community-based summer heat relief. Each summer in New York City, heat kills roughly 500 people. That’s the central finding of the NYC…
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