Health Archives – Politics NY

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Health Department recommends all New Yorkers carry naloxone as city sees record number of overdose deaths

By Ben Brachfeld

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New COVID-19 vaccine will be available for New Yorkers by end of week: Governor Hochul

By Sarah Belle Lin

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9/11 families urge City to release data on long-term health impacts stemming from World Trade Center attack

By Sarah Belle Lin

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Demonstrators arrested protesting federal prosecutor weighing shutdown of overdose prevention centers

By Ben Brachfeld

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Hochul, Vasan warn New Yorkers to take precautions against new COVID variant

By Ben Brachfeld

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City launches campaign to promote vaccines for students ahead of new school year

By Aidan Graham

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State judge blocks city plan to shift municipal retirees to Medicare Advantage plan

By Aidan Graham

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Governor, mayor warn of scorching heat wave expected to bake Big Apple

By Dean Moses

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The Biden administration proposes new rules to push insurers to boost mental health coverage

By Associated Press

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Just breathe: DOE to require breathing exercises for public school students

By Sarah Belle Lin

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New York State and City move to become safe haven for trans youth and families

By Matt Tracy

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City officials say events this weekend can proceed, as smoky haze clears out of NYC

By Ethan Stark-Miller

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THE BIG HAZE: Air quality alert for New York remains Thursday as Canadian wildfire smoke won’t go away just yet

By Christian Murray, Dean Moses, Sarah Belle Lin, Ethan Stark-Miller and Robert Pozarycki

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Brooklyn

Op-ed | How Lupus has taught me to Lead

By Council Member Shahana Hanif

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Housing & Homelessness

Will NYC’s new ‘Homeless Bill of Rights’ permit people the right to sleep outside?

By Bobby Caina Calvan and Christopher Weber, AP

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‘We want to hire our own nurses’: NYC hospitals chief seeks funding boost after city spends $500M on temp nurses to fill vacancies

By Max Parrott

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Business

Firing one up: New York Cannabis board looks to speed up license rollout, let medical marijuana dispensaries sell recreational pot products

By Christian Murray

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COVID-19 Pandemic

Hochul inks executive order boosting resources to NYC ahead of anticipated migrant surge

By Robert Pozarycki

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Courts

Protecting abortion rights: Hochul and James look to solidify access to medication on public college campuses, double down against pill ban

By Sarah Belle Lin

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What the Supreme Court ruling on abortion pills means for women across America

By Mark Sherman and Jessica Gresko, AP

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What the historic JUUL settlement means in the effort to combat e-smoking epidemic among New York teenagers

By Sarah Belle Lin

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New York pols mobilize against Texas court ruling that could ban medication abortion

By Sarah Belle Lin

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In Hunts Point visit, Gillibrand touts $50M effort to end food deserts and insecurity

By Robbie Sequeira

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Courts

Competing U.S. court rulings put access to abortion pills in limbo

By Paul J. Weber, Matthew Perrone and Lindsay Whitehurst, AP

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Week in Rewind: Royal Hotel migrant shelter proposal, 40 pounds of fentanyl tied to Bronx daycare, and Star Wars strikes Van Cortlandt Park

A man spewed homophobic remarks against patrons and staff at Pint, a gay bar in Jersey City.

Man allegedly assaults employee at Jersey City gay bar

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Victoria’s Secrets: Meeting a fashion icon

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