The mission of the Division of Community Mental Hygiene Services is to enable persons with mental illness, developmental disabilities and substance abuse and their families to access an appropriate array of services and supports to maximize an individual’s potential within the family and community.

Suffolk County Department of Health Services Commissioner James L. Tomarken, MD, MPH, MBA, MSW, announced today that a series on diabetes self-management will be presented for county residents in the Amityville, Wyandanch, Shirley and Riverhead areas by the Department of Health Services in collaboration with Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County. 

Hauppauge, NY – Suffolk County Commissioner of Health Services James L. Tomarken said today that the New York State Department of Health has confirmed a  human case of West Nile virus, the second human case in Suffolk County this year. 

The Department of Health Services, said today that the beach closure issued for Bay Hills Property Owners Association Beach in Huntington Bay has been lifted, as results of recent samples collected show the water quality to be within acceptable levels.

Weather permitting; the Suffolk County Department of Public Works is planning to treat sections of the following communities as part of their ongoing annual efforts to control adult mosquitoes.