Health Archives – Politics NY

Brooklyn

CUNY faculty and staff rally at Medgar Evers College, Bronx Community College to protect health, safety and jobs

By Isabel Song Beer

Health

Hochul, Zeldin Lock Horns Over Mask Mandate Court Decision

By Morgan C. Mullings

Health

Bronx Dems set to push single-payer health care system in state Legislature

By Robbie Sequeira

Courts

‘Very basic human needs’ unmet for Rikers Island inmates on hunger strike, Queens senator Ramos says

By Dean Moses

Health

Sharp drop in cases leaves Mayor Adams to declare ‘we are winning’ the battle against COVID-19

By Isabel Song Beer

‘Our schools are going to remain open’: Mayor Adams adamant about allowing in-person classes as COVID-19 cases start declining

By Isabel Song Beer

Health

New York City midwives hesitant to celebrate gov’s passage of birth center bill

By Kirstyn Brendlen

Health

New York’s COVID-19 cases starting to head downward: Hochul

By Isabel Song Beer

Health

Michelle McMacken to lead nutrition for NYC Health + Hospitals

By Morgan C. Mullings

Health

Biden to deploy military medical team to Coney Island Hospital: Source

By Jessica Parks

Queens

Wage war: Home health aides laud Queens lawmaker for exposé, calls for accountability

By Dean Moses

Health

Vote to fund projects in 12 Brooklyn nabes with participatory budgeting

By Jessica Parks

High school students in New York City stage walkout over COVID-19 policies and protocols

By Isabel Song Beer, Adrian Childress and Dean Moses

Queens

Congress Member Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tests positive for COVID-19

By Robert Pozarycki

Health

New York hospitalization rates are slowly rising amid holiday spike in COVID-19 cases

By Isabel Song Beer

Queens

Adams makes three point plan to aid hospitals amid the ongoing COVID-19 surge

By Dean Moses

Health

Schumer to Washington: Give New York state first dibs on new COVID-19 antiviral pills

By Kevin Duggan

Health

Activists urge Hochul to sign birth center bill before the New Year

By Kirstyn Brendlen

Health

Williams, Levine seek more aid for frontline nurses and doctors during NYC Omicron crisis

By Dean Moses

Behind the Curtain

PoliticsNY with Skye: Behind the Curtain with Pandemic Expert, Dr. Yaneer Bar-Yam

By Skye Ostreicher

Health

NYC COVID-19 vaccine mandate for private businesses takes effect as Omicron keeps driving infection spike

By Isabel Song Beer

City Government

Adams Slows Health Commissioner Transfer Through COVID Surge

By Morgan C. Mullings

Health

Adams avoids lockdown talk amid Omicron-fueled COVID-19 surge in NYC

By Morgan C. Mullings

Public Advocate Jumaane D. Williams

Health

AG James and PA Williams launch “Fair Pay for Home Care” amid worker shortage

By Morgan C. Mullings

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