With asthma rates at all-time highs, the AFSZ program began in 2002, aiming to improve the health of New York City urban communities by reducing the prevalence of environmental factors linked to asthma.
EIN: 57-1147217
NYS Organization number: 240355
NYC VENDOR: 0002292294-1
NYC SIPP: REA01100001
Executive Director
Stuart B. Leigh
131 Avenue B, 1st fl.
NYC, NY 10009
212-460-5361
Board of Directors
Elliot Matz, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer< Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn, NY
Benay Rubenstein, Executive Director and Founder of The College Initiative, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, NYC, NY
Cynthia J. Weber, Executive Director of Weber Works, retired development consultant with Girl Scouts of the USA, NYC, NY
Mimi Fahs, Professor, Urban Public Health, and Research Director of Hunter College's Brookdale Center on Aging, NYC, NY
Our Supporters
AFSZ is supported through individual donations, public (federal, state and local) funding, remediation funding, foundation grants, in-kind corporate gifts of goods and services. Hunter College, Urban Health Program, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, has been a supportive and generous partner since 2006 in all our air monitoring studies.
US Environmental Protection Agency