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The city’s Health Department has been monitoring a number of sources for potential communicable diseases outbreaks for more than 20 years. Here are some of the illnesses, other than COVID-19,…

ByMadison Garrett

ByRainier Harris

ByJeanmarie Evelly 3Comments

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Jul 2020

Health Justice

New York’s Pandemic Rolls On, and Prison Testing is Still an Issue

While about 20 percent of New York’s population have been tested for the coronavirus, just about 3.6 percent of people incarcerated in the state’s prisons have received tests.

ByNicole Javorsky 1Comment

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Jul 2020

Health Opinion

Opinion: The Crisis in Immigrant Health is Far from Over

‘This unprecedented public health crisis has further illuminated existing discrimination and inequities in access to medical care, especially for one community disproportionately impacted by COVID-19: immigrants

ByAmber Khan 0Comments

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Oct 2019

Opinion

Opinion: Lenox Hill Hospital Expansion Poses Risks to Local Community

‘Over the next 10 years, those of us who live in Lenox Hill and nearby neighborhoods can expect constant waves of debris and pollutants to be unleashed by this gargantuan…

ByAndy Gaspar

ByDerek Dillon 1Comment

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Aug 2019

Housing and Homelessness

Leave the Bronx for One’s Golden Years? ‘Hell No!’

To get a sense of what older Bronx residents were doing and thinking on a typical day, City Limits and the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism teamed up this…

ByBuzz Von Ornsteiner

ByHafsa Quraishi

ByKelsie Sandoval

ByJill Shah

ByRachel Sherman 0Comments

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Aug 2019

Health Housing and Homelessness

NYC to Get New Hub for Locally Grown Food

The new Bronx distribution facility for regional food will boost supply and potentially lower price, backers say.

ByHarry DiPrinzio 8Comments

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Jul 2019

Housing and Homelessness

Bushwick Official on Rezoning: ‘It’s a Shame This Didn’t Happen Earlier’

Rafael Espinal, one of two Democratic Councilmembers representing the neighborhood, sizes up the potential for saving low- and moderate-income Bushwick.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Jul 2019

Health Opinion

Opinion: Put Food on the Green New Deal Menu

‘Transforming the food system has great potential to sequester carbon, expand well-paid, create clean energy jobs and help reverse the public health crises of food insecurity and diet-related diseases.’

ByMaggie Dickinson

ByNicholas Freudenberg

ByRositsa Ilieva 1Comment

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Jun 2019

Government Health

Report: NYC’s Seniors Have Social Resources, Face Health Risks

The new research illustrates the complexity of serving New York’s seniors as that population swells: While there are certainly common concerns, different populations within aging New York have vastly different…

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

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Mar 2019

Health Opinion

Opinion: City’s New and Tougher Lead Laws Demand New and Tougher Enforcement

‘To successfully protect our youth and eliminate lead poisoning, the city will need to be vigilant in enforcing the new standards and fostering a culture of compliance with lead laws.’

ByRachel Spector

ByChristine Appah 1Comment

The Other Communicable Diseases —Besides Coronavirus—That Call NYC Home

New York’s Pandemic Rolls On, and Prison Testing is Still an Issue

Opinion: The Crisis in Immigrant Health is Far from Over

Opinion: Lenox Hill Hospital Expansion Poses Risks to Local Community

Leave the Bronx for One’s Golden Years? ‘Hell No!’

NYC to Get New Hub for Locally Grown Food

Bushwick Official on Rezoning: ‘It’s a Shame This Didn’t Happen Earlier’

Opinion: Put Food on the Green New Deal Menu

Report: NYC’s Seniors Have Social Resources, Face Health Risks

Opinion: City’s New and Tougher Lead Laws Demand New and Tougher Enforcement

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