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Health Department to spray Staten Island for disease-born mosquitoes

Posted on July 16, 2025

Woman standing next to community fridge in Manhattan

The vanishing of Lower Manhattan’s community fridges: Where are they now and how has their absence affected the homeless?

Posted on July 13, 2025

Saint Hung, Universal Processing CEO honored for funding 35,000 Asian-American businesses during COVID

Posted on July 9, 2025

Since 2023, The Health Department has recommended all New Yorkers carry overdose-reversing medicine Naloxone

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NYC opioid deaths hit five-year low, latest data shows

Posted on July 9, 2025

U.S. Respresentative Ritchie Torres, Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson State Assembly Member Landon Dais and nonprofit partners and small farms gathered to warn about the potential devastating impacts that the proposed $300 million in cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) could have on families in the Bronx.

Bronx Times

Bronx leaders rally against proposed $300B SNAP cut, warn of devastating local impact

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Bronx Times

The Bronx was the moldiest borough in NYC in 2024: report

hochul signing data protection bill

Brooklyn Paper

Landmark child data protection law by Gounardes and Rozic goes into effect

Thousands came out for Solstice Yoga in Times Square.

Health

Finding calm in the chaos: Thousands gather for solstice yoga in Times Square

Posted on June 25, 2025

Guide to Staying Safe in the Sun This Summer (and When to Stay Inside)

New York Family

Guide to Staying Safe in the Sun This Summer (and When to Stay Inside)

rendering of casino in Times Square

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EXCLUSIVE | Caesars Palace pledges $5M investment in community sexual health center if Times Square casino bid approved

Posted on June 24, 2025

Mayor Eric Adams speaks announces new social services hub in Brooklyn

Health

Mayor Adams will not switch city retirees to Medicare Advantage plan

Posted on June 20, 2025

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Health

New York’s top court rules against city retirees opposed to Medicare Advantage healthcare plans

Posted on June 20, 2025

food distribution

Bronx Times

New GrowNYC food distribution warehouse opens in Hunts Point

overnor Kathy Hochul announces major health care investments for Central Brooklyn at SUNY Downstate Health Science Education Building in Brooklyn.

Health

New York State investing $1B plus in Downstate hospital

Posted on June 18, 2025

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Health

AI revolutionizing healthcare coding

Posted on June 12, 2025

State Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal, and Sen. Jessica Scarcella-Spanton lead a news conference on the Million Dollar Staircase at the New York State Capitol in Albany ahead of Monday's vote.

Health

New York on the cusp of allowing medical aid in helping terminally ill die as state Senate sends controversial bill to Hochul’s desk

Posted on June 10, 2025

SUNY Downstate

Brooklyn Paper

To save cash-strapped SUNY Downstate, advisory board recommends expanding services with massive state investment

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Bronx Times

Mayor Adams announces plan to close Rikers jail barge, create marine terminal in Hunts Point

bed-stuy volunteer ambulance corps volunteers with amblance

Brooklyn Paper

‘We’ve touched a lot of lives’: Bed-Stuy Volunteer Ambulance Corps prepares to celebrate 37 years of service

Doula working with pregnant woman

Health

City Council hears proposed legislation for permanent doula training and services program

Posted on June 3, 2025

The nonprofit Samaritan Daytop Village filled a Bronx park with purple ribbons to memorialize all the people in the borough who died of an opioid overdose in 2023 and raise awareness about harm reduction tools like Narcan to reverse an opioid overdose.

Bronx Times

Bronx leaders and recovery advocates remember 858 Bronxites who died of an overdose

Vapes

Health

Long Island vape retailer agrees to permanently shutdown following city lawsuit

Posted on May 22, 2025

Brooklyn

‘Mouth of America’: How this likeness of the Statue of Liberty filled with pills at Brooklyn park aims to expose a hidden health crisis

Posted on May 20, 2025

NYC Council Majority Leader Amanda Farias introduced a couple of furry friends to a young girl Friday at the unveiling of the new dog park at Castle Hills Houses.

Bronx Times

First NYCHA dog park in the city opens in the Bronx

Former President Joe Biden

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Former President Biden battling ‘aggressive’ form of prostate cancer, spokesperson says

Posted on May 18, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

For the love of care: Brooklyn nonprofit group home grapples with staffing crisis

In New York State, 25 influenza-associated pediatric deaths were reported in the last year - the highest recorded amount ever in New York.

Health

New York sees highest-ever child flu-related deaths, 10 in NYC: state health officials

Posted on May 7, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

‘Spoonful’ of change: One man’s mission to make healthy breakfast more accessible

Candace Castro, who has been a nurse in the Bronx for nearly 40 years, inspired all three of her daughters to follow in her footsteps and enter the medical field.

Bronx Times

Three daughters follow in their mother’s footsteps by becoming nurses

Nurses in New York rally at state capitol ahead of National Nurses Week

Health

‘We fight for better workplaces’: Health care professionals use National Nurses Week to advocate better work conditions

Posted on May 6, 2025

People walking in front of Rite Aid's Junction boulevard location in Queens

Business

Rite Aid closing all remaining New York stores after second bankruptcy filing

Posted on May 6, 2025

NY: Mayoral Mental Health Town Hall

Brooklyn Paper

Mayoral candidates outline mental health reform plans at Brooklyn town hall

firefighter mourns at 9/11 memorial with black and white american flag with red stripe

Health

‘Outrageous betrayal’: NY senators seethe as Trump admin slashes 9/11 health program staffing

Posted on May 4, 2025

diabetes

Bronx Times

Bronx leaders call on city to declare diabetes a public health emergency

2025 Healthcare Heroes

Health

Schneps Healthcare Heroes event honors those who help, heal

Posted on May 1, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

Cancer survivors and patients push for state policy change in Albany, honor Brooklyn pol

Northwell Greenwich Village Hospital celebrated a ribbon-cutting ceremony on April 28.

Greenwich Village

Northwell Greenwich Village Hospital to bring in-patient facility, upgraded cardiac care to the West Village

Posted on April 29, 2025

lawn on a sunny day in front of a Staten Island hospital

Health

Staten Island hospital shuts down main parking lot, frustrating patients and visitors searching for spaces

Posted on April 27, 2025

Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks about mental health and public safety

Health

Is Hochul’s push for greater involuntary confinement power the answer to addressing severe mental illness and saving lives?

Posted on April 16, 2025

Lincoln Hospital in the South Bronx will begin a pilot program that connects patients living with opioid use disorder to medical care and social services for up to a year.

Bronx Times

Lincoln Hospital announces new program to support people with opioid use disorder

Susan Schnall, Vietnam veteran and president of Veterans for Peace, speaks passionately at the rally, calling for the country to take care of those who have served.

Health

‘Saving pennies will cost lives’: Nurses and veterans rally against VA staffing cuts

Posted on April 9, 2025

Mount Sinai Beth Israel hospital in Manhattan showing sign for emergency departmetn

Health

CLOSED: Beth Israel Hospital in East Village is shuttered after long legal battle

Posted on April 9, 2025

Helping Kids Make Sense of Today’s News: Expert Advice from Dr. Irina Gorelik

New York Family

Helping Kids Make Sense of Today’s News: Expert Advice from Dr. Irina Gorelik

people at a podium during a rally for the WTC Health Program

Health

New York senators demand Trump Administration restore ‘revolting’ cuts made to WTC Health Program for 9/11 first responders

Posted on April 6, 2025

NY: Mental Maternal Healthcare Announcement

Brooklyn Paper

New Perinatal Mental Health program aims to combat Brooklyn’s high maternal death rate

autism

Bronx Times

Rep. Torres blasts Gov. Hochul over proposed cuts to Medicaid-funded autism services

Dentist examining a patient

Health

Thousands of New Yorkers face loss of dental providers due to controversial contract

Posted on April 1, 2025

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How would Hochul’s involuntary commitment power play potentially impact the way NYC handles severe mental illness in the subways?

Posted on March 31, 2025

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Kingsbridge Armory redevelopment: Bronxites say ‘let’s get it done’ at Borough President Gibson’s public hearing

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Bar stories across the street, and across the tracks, in Glendale: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

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‘It’s not a realistic thing’: Lengthy Red Hook Pool closure leaves residents frustrated

Congressmember Mike Lawler of New York speaks in Washington on July 17 during a press conference to support the LGBTQ hotline.

‘Unfathomable’: Trump administration ends LGBTQ youth suicide hotline