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Health

Tough medicine: Adams clears way for city to sweep those in mental health crisis off the streets

By Ethan Stark-Miller

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Brooklyn

Sanitation Department releases new t-shirt declaring war on rats

By Isabel Song Beer

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Adams signs child care bills to support working parents and guardians

By Isabel Song Beer

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Brooklyn

A good day to be ‘Born in Brooklyn’: Beep launches free postpartum and baby supply program

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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Queens

Family of deceased inmate at Rikers Island sues the City for wrongful death

By Isabel Song Beer

Health

Hospitals still understaffed, workers still burned out as pandemic fears fade

By Lea Tomaswick

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2022 Power Players in Health Care: Dr. Wendy Wilcox, Chief Women’s Health Officer, NYC Health + Hospitals

By Lea Tomaswick

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2022 Power Players in Health Care: Karen Ignagni, CEO of EmblemHealth

By Lea Tomaswick

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Health

‘The flu is nasty’: Hochul, health officials urges New Yorkers to get the flu shot

By Isabel Song Beer

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Health

White House launches COVID booster blitz

By Matt Tracy

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NYC schools face cash crunch while accommodating migrant children, Comptroller Lander says

By Isabel Song Beer

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Schneps Media Hosts Part Two of Cannabis Webinar: Growth and Cultivation

By Melinda Huspen

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Health

Legal Aid Society and Coalition for the Homeless respond to skyrocketing number of homeless New Yorkers

By Isabel Song Beer

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Health

Brooklyn Dem Queen Bichotte Hermelyn gives birth to a son

By Stephen Witt

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Health

‘It’s not our DNA, it’s our dinner:’ 60% of patients at three NYC hospitals sticking with vegan meal options, City Hall says

By Dean Moses

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Brooklyn

Dentist reaches $750k settlement in Medicaid fraud suit over unnecessary ‘baby root canals’

By Ben Brachfeld

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AOC sends letter to Montefiore about Fordham Plaza relocation, requests formal plan from administrators

By Robbie Sequeira

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‘Trail to Zero’ through Manhattan raises awareness of veteran suicide

By Gabriele Holtermann

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Health

‘Solitary confinement is inhumane’: Corrections commissioner tells Council hearing he regrets policy but opposes proposed ban on it

By Isabel Song Beer

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Business

‘I know we can do this’: President Biden confident in plan to end hunger in US by end of decade

By Ashraf Khalil and Darlene Superville, AP

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First-ever Chefs Council to provide healthy meals for NYC schools

By Isabel Song Beer

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Tent city by the beach: Work starts on migrant center opening next month in Bronx

By Dean Moses

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Nassau

Meet the Candidates: General Election | Amanda Field, Assembly District 15

By Anna Donch

Health

NYC to provide humanitarian emergency response for asylum seekers

Isabel Song Beer and Dean Moses

More from Around New York

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Joseph Kelleher, 70, leaves behind a legacy of philanthropy and far-reaching relationships

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US Senate approves Respect for Marriage Act

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Brooklyn man charged with murder in the August fatal shooting of a teen in Rosedale: NYPD

CHRISTMAS TREE

Park Slope Christmas tree illuminates Fifth Avenue ‘in all its glory’