Sample Letters and Contact Info

1. Sample Letters to Send NYSDOH Officials and Politicians

   1. Sample Letter - JGPBA - January 23, 2008 - click here to view - in html format.

   2. Sample Letter - JGPBA - January 23, 2008 - in Microsoft Word format - right-click, use SaveAs to save to your PC, then modify as you see fit.

   3. My (PJL) letter to Commissioner Daines - in html format.

   4. My (PJL) cover letter to NYSDOH officials (III.B-D) and politicians (III.E-M) in html format.

   5. Envelopes for letters - in MS Word format - right-click, save to your PC, then modify.

   6. My (PJL) letter to Mr. Jeffrey A. Kraut, Chair, State Hospital Review and Planning Council proposing “Questions and Answers about St. Mary’s” webpage.

    

2. Contact Information

   1. Richard F. Daines, MD, Commissioner, NYS Department of Health, Corning Tower, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12237, 518-474-2011

   2. Christopher Delker, Director of Grants and Procurement, 433 River Street, 6th Floor, Troy, NY 12180-2299, 518-402-0966, does not disclose email

   3. Jeffrey Rothman, Director of the Bureau of Project Management, 433 River Street, 6th Floor, Troy, NY 12180-2299, 518-402-0911, Fax: 518-402-0931, jrr03@health.state.ny.us

   4. Julia Richards, Bureau of Project Management, 433 River Street, 6th Floor, Troy, NY 12180-2299, 518-402-0964, Fax 518-402-0971, jgr01@health.state.ny.us
             Executive secretary for the State Hospital Review and Planning Council.  Jeffrey Kraut is head of council.

   5. James Klein, Deputy Commissioner, Head of Division of Health Facility Planning, Contact: Lisa Thomson Phone: 518-402-0967 Fax: 518-402-0971

   6. Governor David A. Paterson, Governor of New York, State Capitol, Albany, NY 12224, 518-474-8390, email form

   7. Senator Frank Padavan, 89-39 Gettysburg Street, Bellrose, NY 11426, padavan@senate.state.ny.us

   8. Senator Kemp Hannon, 224 7th Street, Garden City, NY 11530, 516 739 1700, hannon@senate.state.ny.us

   9. Assemblywoman Ann Margaret Carrozza, 213-33 39th Avenue, Bayside, NY 11361, 718-357-3588, carroza@assembly.state.ny.us

   10. Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, City Hall, New York, NY 10007, email form

   11. Councilman Tony Avella, 38-50 Bell Blvd., Suite C, Bayside, New York 11361, 718-747-2137, avella@council.nyc.ny.us

   12. Senator Charles E. Schumer, 757 Third Avenue, Suite 17-02, New York, NY 10017, 212-486-4430, email form

   13. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, 780 Third Ave, Suite 2601, New York, NY 10017, (212) 688-6262, email form

   14. Congressman Gary Ackerman, 218-14 Northern Boulevard, Bayside, NY 11361, (718) 423-2154, email form

   15. Blanche H. Felton, Ph.D., 216-32 31 Road, Bayside, NY 11360 - JGPBA President

   16. Frank Skala, 39-23 219 Street, Bayside, NY 11361, 718-229-3083 - EBHA President

   17. New York State Department of Health - Office of Health Systems Management

       1. OHSM, Office of the Director 518-474-7028, Fax 518-486-2564

       2. Division of Health Facility Planning (part of OHSM), James Klein, Deputy Commissioner, Head of Division of Health Facility Planning, Contact: Lisa Thomson Phone: 518-402-0967 Fax: 518-402-0971

       3. Bureau of Project Management - coordinates and monitors the processing of all certificate of need (CON) applications (part of Division of Health Facility Planning)
          433 River St. 6th Floor, Troy, NY 12180
          Director: Jeffrey Rothman; Contact: Catherine Jolicoeur, Phone: 518-402-0911, Fax: 518-402-0931

       4. Phone directory for OHSM located at http://www.health.state.ny.us/contact/docs/ohsm_directory.pdf (source for above).  2008Apr22 - Note PJL: it appears that the phone directory has been removed.

(This page was last edited on April 22, 2008 .)