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2006-01-01 |
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| Name | Julia Harrison |
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Flushing, New York , United States |
| Email | None |
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June 10, 1920
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| Died | August 03, 2017
(97 years)
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| Contributor | nystate63 |
| Last Modifed | RBH
Aug 28, 2017 04:28pm |
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| Info | A pioneer in the women's movement in Queens County, Harrison was elected to represent the 26th Assembly District as its first woman member to the New York State Assembly in May 1983. She again set precedent by becoming the first New York City Councilwoman from the Borough of Queens when she assumed that office in January of 1986. Her District 20 encompasses most of multi-ethnic, multi-cultural Flushing. Harrison is a proven vote getter, consistently winning primary and general re-election campaigns by impressively high votes. Harrison conducted ground-breaking hearings in the City Council as Chair of the Health Sub-Committee on Medical Alternatives, when she explored the use of Acupuncture as the treatment of choice in treating crack addiction, AIDS, and other health-threatening ailments. As a result of those hearings and her active advocacy of this treatment, Queens General Hospital opened the first acupuncture drug detoxification clinic in the Borough of Queens. This clinic subsequently cooperated with the first Drug court in New York, which used the clinic as an alternative to incarceration. Other legislation Harrison has introduced include bills to install condom dispensing machines in all public sleeping facilities, and license prostitution, each bill with a focus on preventing the spread of AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases.
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