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“We’ve already received reports of denials based on conviction records, highlighting the urgent need for proactive education that a properly funded CCHR could provide.”

ByReggie Chatman 3Comments

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Sep 2023

Climate and Environment

Microplastics Are Everywhere. What Are They Doing to Our Health?

Research on microplastics and human health is still in its early days, said Mary Johnson, a principal research scientist at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. But one thing…

BySofia Quaglia 0Comments

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Oct 2022

Education Government Health Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: NYC’s COVID Recovery Requires an Indoor Air Revolution

“Though outdoors strategies are a great and necessary option, there remains a serious need for innovation and creativity to generate excellent air quality in spaces that are enclosed, covered, or…

ByMichael Partis 0Comments

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Nov 2021

Health Opinion

Opinion: Why Housing is Key to Addressing the Public Health Crisis of Racism

‘Expanding supportive and affordable housing for homeless families in New York City would immediately save lives and dramatically improve health outcomes for families of color in the long-term.’

ByNicole Branca 1Comment

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Oct 2021

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA Opinion

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

‘NYCHA buildings are dilapidated, and residents are bombarded with every health and quality of life issue imaginable, from leaking pipes to broken elevators.’

ByAshley James 1Comment

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May 2021

Opinion Transportation

Opinion: Why Physicians and Public Health Leaders Should Support ‘Capping’ the Cross Bronx Expressway

Issues of public health, infrastructure and the environment are inseparable from one another. The Bronx has long been victimized by infrastructure projects that benefit the rich at the expense of…

ByTimothy Liang 2Comments

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May 2021

Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Budget Can Offer a Down Payment Towards a Caring and Compassionate New Deal for NYC

‘We can address poverty and public health concerns by providing people the housing, social services and care they actually need—and by divesting from policing and incarceration.’

ByPaulette Soltani 0Comments

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Apr 2021

Opinion

Opinion: Reimagining Public Health for NYC Starts With Community Conversations

‘To gain a deeper understanding of how we can recover and rebuild, the Health Department recently launched a new series. The vision is to spark conversation by bringing together communities…

ByDr. Torian Easterling

ByDr. Michelle Morse 1Comment

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Jul 2020

Opinion

Opinion: Criminalizing COVID-19 Will Only Worsen its Toll

‘When healthcare is bound up with policing, more people get sick, and more die.‘

ByF. T. Green 0Comments

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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

Opinion: Fair Chance for Housing Is Key to Justice and Public Health in NYC