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Board of Health

The mission of this Board is to be concerned with the security of life and health of the people of the Dutchess County Health District as encompassed in the Public Health Law, the Sanitary Code of the State of New York, the Sanitary Code of the County of Dutchess, and of the charter and Administrative Code of the Dutchess County Government, Article VII.

Board Members

  • Amy Cocina, MD
  • John Fallon, Member at Large
  • David D. McNary, Member at Large
  • Doug McHoul, Legislative
  • Marc Nelson, City of Poughkeepsie
  • Laura Fil, DO MS, MD
  • Melissa Nelson-Perron, MD
  • Maria Teresa Muller, Member at Large
  • Alexander P. Cohen, MD, City of Beacon

Upcoming Meetings and Notices

All Board of Health meetings are held at 4:00pm. Meetings are usually one hour, unless there is a large agenda.

In person meetings are held at the:

Dutchess County Department of Behavioral & Community Health 
85 Civic Center Plaza – Suite 106, Poughkeepsie, NY  12601 (Google Maps)

and virtually via Microsoft Teams.

Board of Health Meetings for 2023

  • January 19, 2023
  • February 16, 2023
  • March 16, 2023
  • April 20, 2023
  • May 18, 2023
  • June 15, 2023
  • July no meeting
  • August 17, 2023
  • September 21, 2023
  • October 19, 2023
  • November 16, 2023
  • December 21, 2023


 

Meeting Minutes