The campaign aims to increase Renewal Farm’s acreage by 50 percent, giving men in recovery more therapeutic work experience and increasing the amount of fresh, organic produce that the Farm distributes to Hudson Valley restaurants and local charities.
An op-ed: “It is long past time for everyone to admit that the NYPD is incompatible with safe streets. They cannot be reformed in any meaningful way. Wherever possible, their enforcement should be eliminated.”
Maternal morbidity—moms who get really sick before or after childbirth, sometimes with years-long effects—is a growing problem in New York. Racial health disparities are part of the picture, but so is the uneven quality of the hospitals different communities use.