The Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research (NKI) announced this week that it secured $20 million in federal grant funding to support Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) research. Five multi-year grants were recently awarded to three research scientists at the Institute’s Center for Dementia Research (CDR). These awards include a prestigious Program Project Grant awarded to […]
Deaths due to opioid overdose are in decline in the United States according to recent medical surveys with the overdose antidote naloxone (Narcan) credited as a main cause of this positive trend. State Senator David Carlucci is one of the New York lawmakers leading the Narcan awareness effort. Carlucci has supported legislation that made the […]
PRESS RELEASE FROM OFFICE OF SENATOR CARLUCCI Senator David Carlucci this week called on Governor Cuomo to sign S.1170-A into law. The bill, sponsored by Carlucci and Assemblywoman Amy Paulin, allows qualifying women in public assistance employment programs to seek participation in financial literacy and personal finance courses. Participating in such classes will build awareness of […]
Senator David Carlucci will host his 6th Annual Senior Fair at Rockland Community College. Carlucci’s senior fair will help hundreds of seniors access 105 different vendors ranging from local elected officials, healthcare and insurance providers to recreation and physical fitness organizations. Welcoming remarks and availabilities from local officials will be at 12:30 p.m.
More than 400,000 New Yorkers with disabilities will now have the opportunity to save money for their health-care needs PRESS RELEASE More than 400,000 New Yorkers with disabilities will now have the opportunity to create a tax-exempt savings account for their health-care needs as a result of the “ABLE Act” taking effect. Modeled after the federal […]
The restoration of the Piermont Railroad Station Museum was celebrated this week at the Piermont Historical Society’s Family Fun Day. A ribbon-cutting was held to mark the end of a 13-year effort that started with the acquisition of the 144-year-old station. In 2013, it was discovered that the station’s foundation was sitting on a rotting wood […]