Los residentes del Bronx tuvieron la oportunidad de compartir sus opiniones sobre las preocupaciones que deben abordarse para mejorar la salud general de los miembros de su comunidad.
City on the Edge: Climate Change and New York
Climate Control is a Year-Round Issue at NYCHA, Especially for Seniors
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The authority is racing to fix boilers ahead of winter’s chill. But the danger of extreme summer heat is still on the minds of NYCHA senior-center workers and members.
GOVERNMENT
Evidence of Growing Need for Capital in the City’s Aging Parks
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There are signs decades of too little maintenance funding and of a greater need facing aging parks across the city—something advocates says could amount to a looming crisis.
El Diario
Nail Salon Employees Still Fighting Toxic Work Conditions, Despite State Regulations
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Organizers within the nail salon industry continue to fight for better working conditions, even four years after the passage of state regulations intended to protect employees.
Asian Psychiatry program
Psychiatry Program Uses ‘Culturally Competent’ Food to Treat Chinese Patients
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Since its inception 20 years ago, the Asian Psychiatry program at Gracie Square Hospital has been providing patients with healthy, tasty meals and snacks made by in-house Chinese chefs following Asian recipes.
Age Justice
NYC’s Immigrant Seniors Chilled by Trump’s Public Charge Crackdown
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New York City’s seniors are already underutilizing public benefits available to them. But for non-citizen seniors, that reluctance has grown in the past year, a result of alarm from the changes to federal tests for admissibility.
cap and trade
Big Decisions Loom on How NYC Will Implement Historic Carbon-Reduction Law
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Stakeholders in big real estate, landlords and environmental advocates remain unsure how long it will take for take for the city to release recommendations on how to slash carbon emissions by 40 percent before 2030.
New Club in Queens Offers Connections, Resources for Immigrant Seniors
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‘It is meant to be a place where people can get together, make new friends, chat and forget about loneliness, illnesses and other problems,’ says the founder of the new club called Golden Age, or Złoty Wiek in Polish.
bus
City’s Half-Priced MetroCard Program Continues to Expand, But Frustrations Persist
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More than 150,000 residents meet the requirements for the current eligibility criteria, officials say. Of those, 76,021 have enrolled so far, and the city has been conducting outreach in the form of phone calls and letters.
City Limits en Español
How Many Displaced by Hurricane Maria are Still Living in New York City?
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FEMA told City Limits that ‘a more detailed look at the NYC aspects/impacts’ would ‘best be handled by the city.’ However, neither the mayor’s office nor several of the city’s agencies were able to say.
City Limits en Español
¿Cuántos puertorriqueños víctimas del huracán María hay actualmente en la ciudad de Nueva York?
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