ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
We are in debt to Congressman Joseph Crowley of the Seventh New York District and his staff for securing the funds needed to carry out this project. We want to thank Dr. Gail O. Mellow, President of LaGuardia Community College, City University of New York, for her visionary leadership and support.
We want to thank the US Environmental Protection Agency for assisting us in this effort.
We want to thank the Health and Hospital Corporation (HHC) of New York City for their support in this endeavor. In particular, we would like to thank the HHC Asthma Task Force and the Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center, Elmhurst Hospital Center, and Jacobi Medical Center and their staffs for their for their invaluable assistance.
We also want to thank the members of the New York City Department of Education who are working with us to serve asthmatic children from Elmhurst, Queens and Parkchester in the Bronx. We need to thank also the New York City Department of Health for their support. |