Stephen Joseph: AIDS and the Needle Exchange

LaGuardia and Wagner Archives at LaGuardia Community College/ CUNY by Marian Clarke

Nov 28, 20169:45Society & Culture

Stephen Joseph was commissioner of health of New York City from 1986-1990. Already considered one of the most challenging public health jobs in the United States, Joseph took the position when New York City was at the ep...

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