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Senate Names Opioid Settlement Board appointees

By February 22, 2022May 22nd, 2025No Comments

Thank you to Shannon Young from POLITICO News for covering this important update. MATTERS looks forward to seeing the impact that Opioid Settlement Funds will have on the country’s response to the opioid epidemic.

The New York State Senate has named their appointees to the Opioid Settlement Board.

This board was developed by legislation in 2021 to serve as an advisory group and will work with the community to allocate funds from the Opioid Settlement Fund.

External News: Senate names Opioid Settlement Board appointees

By: Shannon Young, POLITICO

February 8, 2022

The Senate on Tuesday announced its picks to serve on a new board charged with overseeing the disbursements from the state’s Opioid Settlement Fund.

Key context: Senate leaders selected Joyce Rivera, Lawrence Brown, Joshua Lynch and Stephanie Marquesano as the chamber’s appointees for the 21-member advisory board, which was created under legislation signed last summer.

Appointments to the Opioid Settlement Board had largely been on hold since the law was enacted as the Legislature had yet to take up agreed-upon amendments that former Gov. Andrew Cuomo had negotiated before endorsing the original bill.

Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins sent letters to Gov. Kathy Hochul Monday naming the chamber’s appointees, which will be “effective immediately upon the enactment” of the chapter amendment making its way through the Legislature.

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