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Opinion: Reimagining Public Health for NYC Starts With …

WEBTo gain a deeper understanding of how we can recover and rebuild, the Health Department recently launched a new series entitled “Reimagining Public Health

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Opinion: It’s Time to Finally Address the Health Risks of NYC Public

WEBWith the added stresses of the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change, now is a critical time to address NYCHA’s notorious health, environmental, and safety …

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Lack of Affordable Housing Fuels Health Disparities in Central …

WEBAn affordable housing shortage continues to fuel health disparities and financial problems in Central Brooklyn’s predominantly Black and Latino neighborhoods, …

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What You Need to Know: How Undocumented Seniors Can Apply …

WEBLea la versión en español aquí. For years, advocates have pushed the state to expand its low-cost health insurance to cover undocumented immigrants, who …

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Opinion: Why Physicians and Public Health Leaders Should …

WEBA couple of medical students from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine were in the crowd, too. We were inspired to join efforts to #CaptheCrossBronx by Nilka …

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What Drives NYC's Health Disparities

WEBBy Janaki Chadha and Ruth Ford. Brownsville, Brooklyn, 1972. The neighborhood's current health problems can partly be traced to economic trends and …

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New Law Will Require NY Hospitals to Assess Community Impact …

WEBThe Health Equity Assessment Act (S.1451A / A.191A) will require any hospital or clinic applying for a CON—through which the state grants approval for major …

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Years After NY Medicaid Overhaul, Kids’ Access to Mental Health …

WEBPublished November 30, 2021. The state’s Medicaid redesign under former Gov. Andrew Cuomo included a plan to reform the program’s patchwork, under-resourced mental …

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City Watch: Bottcher Urges City and State to Fund Treatment Beds …

WEBOn the campaign trail, Manhattan Councilmember Erik Bottcher drew on his personal experiences to bring attention to what he termed the “shadow pandemic” of …

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An Overlooked Risk of Extreme Heat in NYC and Nationwide: …

WEBPublished August 23, 2023. Extreme heat from climate change has the potential to exacerbate racial disparities in the five boroughs’ maternal health outcomes. Still, …

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Understanding New York's Public Hospitals Crisis

WEBPublished October 18, 2017. Adi Talwar. Lincoln Medical Center at 149th Street and Morris Avenue in the Bronx, one of the H+H facilities facing a multifaceted crisis. Call it the …

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Bronx Families Face Greatest Barriers to 'Well-Being' Across New …

WEBThe information is also intended to guide policy decisions and set legislative priorities for New York’s COVID-19 recovery plans, CCC says, especially as Gov. …

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NYC is Expanding Resources for Students’ Mental Health. But Is It …

WEBThe expanded resources come at a time when youth are experiencing a range of hardships compounded by the pandemic. Thousands of children across New …

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What’s Driving the Shortage of Home Healthcare Workers in NY

WEBMercer, a consulting firm, has projected the state will face a shortage of 83,000 home health workers in just three years, the worst such shortage in the country. …

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Initial Data on Forced Removals of People Deemed Mentally Ill …

WEBMayor Eric Adams provides an update on the city’s “severe mental illness plan” at City Hall Wednesday. A controversial initiative to involuntarily remove people …

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How Will New York State’s Budget Address the Youth Mental …

WEBIn her proposed $216.3 billion state budget for the upcoming fiscal year––which is over $4 billion larger than last year’s record breaking budget ––Gov. …

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Opinion: The UnitedHealthcare-Mount Sinai Contract Dispute …

WEBTo suddenly find that their preferred physicians are no longer covered by insurance is a scary prospect for patients. It may change or halt their established …

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Opinion: How Underserved NYC Neighborhoods Can Close Their …

WEBSecond, there has been a serious lack of access to non-emergency mental health services. Brownsville residents, for example, have the second highest rate of …

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Amid Inflation and Increased Demand, Human Services Workers …

WEBHuman service workers make between 20 and 35 percent less in median wages than comparable positions in the public or private sector, with an average annual …

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Welfare Agency Job Boom: Quantity, Not Quality

WEBDefying a severe recession and slow recovery, New York's welfare department continues to find work for clients. But the jobs offer low wages and few benefits.

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Building in Brooklyn Council District 35

WEBHer new framework for the district as a whole makes a similar case. “Current land use decisions are made piecemeal,” it reads. “Many of these decisions don’t …

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Opinion: The Hidden Consequences of the Faith-Based Affordable …

WEB“Many faith-based institutions are stewards of historically significant sites that contribute to New York’s collective cultural heritage. The push towards developing these …

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One Day in the Life of Stop-and-Frisk

WEBOn May 13, 2011, police made 56 stops in one sector of the 75th precinct. A minute-by-minute account of who was stopped, why and what happened.

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NYCHA to Cut Unarmed Security Program at Senior Buildings

WEBEach day, unarmed security guards post at NYCHA senior buildings for eight hour shifts. But this service is poised to evaporate by June 30, a move the authority says …

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Lo que necesita saber sobre: la licencia de conducción para …

WEBLa ley que permitió este cambio fue firmada por el gobernador Phil Murphy en diciembre de 2019 pero la implementación sufrió un retraso. Al igual que las licencias …

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Opinion: NYC Can Give the Perfect Gift This Mother’s …

WEBCityViews are readers’ opinions, not those of City Limits. Add your voice today! As a researcher and a sociologist focused on class and child care in New York …

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