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As an increasing number of reports reveal COVID-19 is having a disproportionate impact on low-income, majority minority areas of New York City, leaders in the South Bronx and in other…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 3Comments

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Apr 2019

NYCHA Opinion

Opinion: NYC Needs a More Aggressive Approach to Testing and Fixing Lead Poisoning

‘New York City needs to speed up its work to make NYCHA housing safe. Rather than painstakingly testing every unit before acting, the city instead should operate on a ‘contains…

ByJocelyn Howard 2Comments

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Jan 2017

Health

Residents’ Resiliency Offers Hope for Better Health in Brownsville

Surveys show people in neighborhoods hit hard by health disparities are full of ideas of how to solve them—at a time when the healthcare system is embracing some experimentation. Will…

ByRuth Ford 1Comment

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Oct 2016

Uncategorized

NYC’s Drop in Teen Pregnancy Has a Thousand Fathers (and Mothers)

Little has been said about the stunning drop in the rate of unplanned pregnancies among teens, which are down by half in this century. Figuring what’s behind that success is…

ByBob Kirsch 1Comment

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May 2016

In Depth

Do New York City’s Calorie Counts Actually Make Us Eat Better?

The posting of calorie counts at chain restaurants, which New York pioneered, is going national. But it’s unclear that knowing the numbers guides consumers to eat less or healthier.

ByBatya Ungar-Sargon 0Comments

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Aug 2015

Uncategorized

Mapping the City’s 18 Legionnaires’ Disease Sites

State testing has identified 18 total sites where the bacteria was present. The death toll stands at 12.

ByJarrett Murphy 3Comments

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Aug 2015

Uncategorized

Legionnaire’s Toll Hits 7; City Seeks to Tamp Down Fears

City Hall is reminding New Yorkers that the city’s drinking water system and most other water-related infrastructure is safe.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Jun 2015

Health

City Tracks Tummy Trouble to Identify Water Problems

The departments of health and environmental protection log purchases of stomach medicine from major drug-store chains as part of an effort to spot water contamination.

ByAdam Wisnieski 0Comments

Bronx and Other Hard-Hit Communities Cry Out for COVID-19 Resources

Opinion: NYC Needs a More Aggressive Approach to Testing and Fixing Lead Poisoning

Residents’ Resiliency Offers Hope for Better Health in Brownsville

NYC’s Drop in Teen Pregnancy Has a Thousand Fathers (and Mothers)

Do New York City’s Calorie Counts Actually Make Us Eat Better?

Mapping the City’s 18 Legionnaires’ Disease Sites

Legionnaire’s Toll Hits 7; City Seeks to Tamp Down Fears

City Tracks Tummy Trouble to Identify Water Problems

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