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Brooklyn

SUNY Downstate Hospital to stay open — for now — per state budget agreement

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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Sen. Rivera’s legislation sparks debate over government-funded long term care plans, dividing advocates

By Emily Swanson

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Brooklyn

Reynoso seeks to ‘close the gaps in maternal healthcare’ with Brownsville community baby shower

By Kirstyn Brendlen

Rally outside Beth Israel hospital

East Siders happy Beth Israel closure paused, but seek long-term solution to keep hospital open

By Gabriele Holtermann

Assembly Member Rebecca Seawright solemnly discusses the surge in anti-Semitism across the country (photo by William Engel)

Health

Families and advocates urge NY pols to pass budget with funding for better wages for direct support professionals

By Barbara Russo-Lennon

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Bronx health advocates oppose bill that seeks to eliminate managed long-term care plans

By Emily Swanson

Rep. Dan Goldman outside in day time speaking at a news conference. He supports the Access to Family Building Act

Brooklyn

Goldman introduces federal bill to protect IVF, women’s reproductive rights

By Barbara Russo

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Op-Ed | March is Brain Injury Awareness Month

By City Council Majority Leader Amanda Farías

Home care workers stage hunger strike

Home care workers stage hunger strike for Council bill banning 24-hour shifts

By Max Parrott

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Mayor Adams announces $77M plan to boost city’s electric school bus fleet, build nation’s first truck charging depot in Hunts Point

By Steven Goodstein

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Health

AARP releases report on improving NYC for 50+ population

By Aidan Graham

Packed summer meals at NYC schools

New York pols push bipartisan bill to boost summer meal programs, fight child poverty

By Mac Sorensen

Bronx Underground Railroad

Housing & Homelessness

Week in Rewind: Rep. calls for increased funding after subway shooting, the Bronx’s connection with the Underground Railroad, Dais to fill District 77 seat, new affordable housing and more

Compiled by Ashlynn Perez

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Health

Op-ed | Growing Consensus: Eliminating Managed Long Term Care Plans is Bad for Vulnerable New Yorkers

By New York State Coalition of Managed Long Term Care Plans

Rendering of new Queens high school focused on healthcare, with insets of Schools Chancellor David Banks and former Mayor Michael Bloomberg

Queens

How NYC, former Mayor Bloomberg and a healthcare giant are looking to grow medical careers at a new Queens high school

By Barbara Russo

Billingsley Terrace lawsuit

Week in Rewind: Borough’s first mobile drug treatment unit opens, finance records open door for potential Salamanca BP bid, lawsuit follows December building collapse and more

Compiled by Ashlynn Perez

Elected officials and union members rallied in Albany to halt SUNY Downstate Hospital's closure.

Brooklyn

Elected officials, unions rally in Albany against SUNY Downstate closure

By Isabel Song Beer

USDA Rep. Ritchie Torres

Rep. Torres, Fordham University co-host urban agriculture and food security roundtable

By Emily Swanson

Program to wipe out medical debt will help New Yorkers afford health care

Health

NYC to wipe out medical debt for 500,000 New Yorkers under new program

By Ethan Stark-Miller

Gov. Kathy Hochul, joined by the state's Office of Mental Health Commissioner Ann Sullivan, announced "sweeping investments" in mental health services, especially for youth, in a press conference on Jan. 11, 2023.

Gov. Hochul announces $50M to expand inpatient mental health care

By Emily Swanson

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U.S. Reps Torres and Emmer introduce bill to expand mental health services

By Emily Swanson

Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso speaks during a news conference at NYC Health + Hospitals/Gotham Health, Cumberland on Monday, Jan. 8, 2024. Reynoso allocated $1.1 million in capital funding for upgrades at various Gotham Health sites in Brooklyn.

Brooklyn

Borough President allocates over $1M to Health + Hospitals/Gotham Health

By Isabel Song Beer

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Week in Rewind: Joyner resigns, Barnes Avenue fire, stabbing in Fordham Heights and the subways, Metro-North project to begin soon, food insecurity affects Bronx families

Compiled by Seamus Higgins

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Brooklyn

Bed-Stuy father advocates for Grieving Families Act following fiancées death in childbirth

By Jada Camille

More from Around New York

Bronx crime scene

Bronx man stabbed to death in early-morning fight near bar: cops

Community members lay flowers down in honor of Sam Nordquist.

West Village candlelight vigil remembers Sam Nordquist, other trans lives lost

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Victoria’s Secrets: Giving and getting week

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In Brooklyn, the Great Backyard Bird Count connects people with birds and contributes to science that protects them