Dr. Clifford Gevirtz, a Democratic Leader from Harrison, has announced he will seek the Democratic nomination to fill the assembly seat being vacated by Adam Bradley in the New York State 89th Assembly District.
His announcement was made before The New York State Society of Anesthesiologists Governmental and Legislative Affairs Committee. Speaking before a large group anesthesiologists from across New York State, he stated: “The people of the 89th Assembly District are totally fed up with tax increase after tax increase. The fastest rising component of these increases is Medicaid and I have specific solutions to limit this out of control growth. We must change re-imbursement models from pay per service to block grants for specialty providers. We must free our physicians from having to practice wasteful defensive medicine with effective tort reform.”
“I also hope to improve the public health by insisting that the State Department of Health coordinate and carry out mass vaccinations should any future epidemic develop. The response to the swine flu epidemic has been disgracefully inept and unnecessarily expensive. I plan to make sure the people of New York are well taken care of as changes in the health care system are discussed and implemented.”
Dr. Gevirtz is a board certified anesthesiologist and pain medicine specialist who has been practicing in the metropolitan area for the past 25 years. Among his accomplishments, Dr. Gevirtz has been named to the Best Doctors List in New York and Westchester magazines, has lead the development of a new method of detoxification from narcotics (The New York Times, Dec. 4, 2001) and a new approach to the induction of anesthesia (US Patent #5,635,204). He has published over 40 peer reviewed scientific papers and book chapters on pain and addiction. He is a Democratic district leader in Harrison, where he lives with his wife and two sons.
Peter Harckham, a County Legislator from Katonah-Lewisboro has also declared candidacy for the Bradley seat, which Adam Bradley will resign when he assumes the Mayoral office of the City of White Plains January 1.
In addition, Allison Greene of Greenburgh, and Charlotte Watson of Mount Kisco have said they are interested in the seat but have not sent out official news releases or held news conferences announcing their candidacy to this medium's knowledge.
