On Our Island: Long Island business and community news roundup
By LIBN Staff
August 13, 2026
Rep. Gillen hosts discussion on impacts of rising healthcare costs
Rep. Laura Gillen led a roundtable on the effects of increasing healthcare costs on Long Islanders at Harmony Healthcare in Roosevelt. Gillen was joined by Vanessa Baird-Streeter, CEO of the Health and Welfare Council of Long Island; David Nemiroff, CEO of Harmony Healthcare; Stacey Jackson-Harley, COO of Harmony Healthcare; Karen Brandon, a Floral Park resident and two Harmony Health patient board members from Freeport and Roosevelt.
During the roundtable, Gillen and the community contributors highlighted the growing challenge of unaffordable healthcare costs facing Long Islanders and discussed the importance of ensuring residents across New York’s 4th Congressional District have access to high-quality, affordable healthcare.
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