Since being appointed Commissioner of the NYS Office of Addiction Services and Supports (OASAS) by Governor Kathy Hochul in December 2021, Dr. Chinazo Cunningham, M.D. has firmly established data-driven decision-making, harm reduction, and equity as the agency’s guiding principles across its continuum of services involving prevention, treatment, harm reduction, and recovery. Under her leadership, New York State overdose deaths, which had reached historically high levels, declined following ...
