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A 2019 city law requires Rikers to close by 2027, but advocates renewed calls for its immediate shutdown after another man died in custody there on Wednesday

Another Rikers Island death: Man succumbs after reported seizure; third in-custody death at facility in two weeks

Posted on September 4, 2025

Vice Chairs Hollis Forbes, Jean Shafiroff, Melanie Wambold, and Cindy Willis, Chair Sarah Wetenhall, Vice Chairs Margo Nederlander, Sheila Fuchs, and Laura Lofaro Freeman

Health

Southampton Hospital gala raises $1.6 million for emergency care in a night of Moroccan glamour

Posted on August 13, 2025

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

SUNY Downstate

Brooklyn Paper

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

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Brooklyn Paper

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

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

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Brooklyn Paper

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

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Opinion

Op-Ed | When loneliness becomes a health risk for older New Yorkers

Posted on May 4, 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

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Health

Study shows that sugar-free slushies could be harmful for children

Posted on March 22, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

‘I feel free’: Bay Ridge man who lost his sight finds freedom in running marathons

Measles morbilli virus infection outbreak, contagious rash, global child MMR vaccination. Airborne pathogen imaging, public health at risk. Immunization, morbillivirus disease prevention, medical 3D

Health

Five years after COVID, city preps for possible measles outbreak

Posted on March 21, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

Musical composition honoring pandemic loss to be played every hour at Brooklyn Botanic Garden

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Brooklyn Paper

Nurses at NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn receive immediate raise after reaching contract agreement, avoiding strike

LGBTQIA+ Caucus Co-Chairs Erik Bottcher and Tiffany Cabán.

Gay City News

City lawmakers introduce package of bills to safeguard TGNCNBI New Yorkers

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Brooklyn Paper

Nurses at NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn prepare to strike as contract negotiations continue

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Op-Ed

Op-Ed | Investing in public health benefits us all

Posted on February 19, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

After years of delays, EPA moves toward partial ‘early action’ cleanup of Newtown Creek

Sen. Salazar presented The New York Foundling CEO Melanie Hartzog and residents of 8 Schenck Court with a $500,000 cheque Friday

Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn group home receives $500K for upgrades from local pol

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New York Family

Bye-Bye Red Dye! FDA Finally Bans Red No. 3 Food Coloring in U.S.

NY: Maimonides Pediatric Hematology & Oncology department hosts holiday event

Brooklyn Paper

Maimonides’ holiday party brings comfort and cheer to pediatric patients

People walk by a Walgreens, owned by the Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc., in Manhattan,

Business

Walgreens looks to shut 1,200 stores in next 3 years; no NYC closures announced yet

Posted on October 15, 2024

a patient at Crown Heights Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation, a nursing home facility, receives the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine from Walgreens pharmacist Annette Marshall, in Brooklyn

COVID-19 in NYC: New variant appears as infection rates decline; vaccines still recommended

Posted on October 8, 2024

NY: 2024 Pink Runway

Brooklyn Paper

Maimonides kicks off Breast Cancer Awareness Month with Pink Runway Fashion Show

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Brooklyn Paper

System to contain toxic chemicals beneath Gowanus school to be installed early next year, officials say

Kelly Rowland and Baby2Baby deliver maternal health and newborn supply kits to NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County

Brooklyn Paper

‘When Love Takes Over’: Singer Kelly Rowland partners with maternal aid non-profit to to support new mothers

columbia street concrete recycling facility

Brooklyn Paper

Pols call on DOT to crack down on dust, noise at Columbia Street concrete facility

NY: 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers show support for Haitian Community

Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn healthcare workers stand with Haitian immigrants, denounce Trump’s ‘pet eating’ claims

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Brooklyn Paper

This Brooklyn pharmacy is offering free online doctor visits next week

Astoria Post

Lawmakers representing ‘Asthma Alley’ push for free inhalers under law

bone marrow donor meeting

Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn teen meets ‘hero’ donor who saved his life with bone marrow transplant

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Brooklyn Paper

Give blood at these Brooklyn and Manhattan locations to prevent Labor Day shortage

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Brooklyn Paper

Taking back control of the mind: Hypnotherapist Glenn Rottmann

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Brooklyn Paper

BP Reynoso launches $50,000 fund to support community baby showers for new parents

Doctor consulting patient with digital tablet, giving diagnosis and medical checkup in a hospital. Healthcare worker and trusted physician in appointment with medicine advice, wellness and feedback

Opinion

Op-Ed | Primary care needs significant investment to break the cycle of underfunding

Posted on August 5, 2024

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Brooklyn Paper

Greenpoint residents say DKN Ready Mix concrete facility has brought dust, noise, and health concerns

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Bronx Times

Op-Ed | Building a healthier borough: meeting Bronxites where they are

Health

How does heat kill? It confuses your brain. It shuts down your organs. It overworks your heart.

Posted on June 21, 2024

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Health

Brooklyn’s Dr. Sandra Scott on bringing trust back to healthcare within the LGBTQIA+ community

Posted on June 20, 2024

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Opinion

Op-Ed | Protecting Medicare Advantage: Sen. Schumer’s vital support

Posted on June 19, 2024

Health

NYC High Schools win blood drive championship program in light of statewide blood emergency

Posted on June 11, 2024

Health

States with abortion bans saw greater drops in medical school graduates applying for residencies

Posted on May 10, 2024

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Brooklyn Paper

New York set to offer the nation’s first paid prenatal leave program

nyc health + hospitals/south brooklyn health nurses week

Brooklyn Paper

South Brooklyn Health honors the ‘profound impact’ of its nurses during National Nurses Month

covid memorial at Green-Wood Cemetery

Brooklyn Paper

COVID-19 memorial to create ‘tangible wall of memory’ at Green-Wood Cemetery

SUNY Downstate

Brooklyn Paper

SUNY Downstate Hospital to stay open — for now — per state budget agreement

Met Council Food Ramadan

Brooklyn Paper

Met Council on Jewish Poverty to distribute $1M worth of halal food during Ramadan

More from around NYC

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Lehman Center for the Performing Arts kicks off 2025 fall season anchored by Sheila E. show

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Queens County Farm Museum to host 42nd Annual Agricultural Fair

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84th Precinct: Teens arrested for allegedly stealing straphanger’s bag

Erik Bottcher at his 2021 election night party at The Chelsea Bell at 316 Eighth Avenue.

Erik Bottcher is the voice we need in Congress