David Kilmnick, president and CEO of the LGBT Network of Long Island, said it is positive the state is focusing on the health issue, but it needs to go further by addressing conditions that cause that community to feel isolated.
“The emphasis on health care, while it is important, misses the larger issue and problem of changing our soci- ety and changing our communi- ties, and there needs to be just as much of an effort put into that — treating the sickness in society,” he said.