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What You Need to Know: How Undocumented Seniors Can Apply …

WEBLea la versión en español aquí. For years, advocates have pushed the state to expand its low-cost health insurance to cover undocumented immigrants, who …

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For Alzheimer's Patients, Racial Disparities Threaten Detection and

WEBMuch of the work of reducing racial disparities around Alzheimer’s involves centering the patient. A project Sano is heading called RADAR-CLD (for Recruitment …

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Opinion: Why Physicians and Public Health Leaders Should …

WEBA couple of medical students from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine were in the crowd, too. We were inspired to join efforts to #CaptheCrossBronx by Nilka …

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New Law Will Require NY Hospitals to Assess Community Impact …

WEBThe Health Equity Assessment Act (S.1451A / A.191A) will require any hospital or clinic applying for a CON—through which the state grants approval for major …

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What Drives NYC's Health Disparities

WEBBy Janaki Chadha and Ruth Ford. Brownsville, Brooklyn, 1972. The neighborhood's current health problems can partly be traced to economic trends and …

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Opinion: Correcting NYC's Health Disparities Starts With How We …

WEBThe governor and mayor are starting on the best path to addressing the pandemic. Both are determined to have programs of testing and contact tracing …

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City Watch: Bottcher Urges City and State to Fund Treatment Beds …

WEBOn the campaign trail, Manhattan Councilmember Erik Bottcher drew on his personal experiences to bring attention to what he termed the “shadow pandemic” of …

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Can the Next 'Beep' Make the Bronx Healthier

WEBMore recently, BP Ruben Diaz Jr. has operated a campaign, #Not62, targeting chronic health conditions that often see the Bronx ranked as the 62nd and …

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Pandemic Expansion of Telehealth Has Improved Access for Kids …

WEBBy Jeanmarie Evelly . Published January 27, 2021. At the start of the pandemic, New York lifted restrictions on the use of telehealth for Medicaid recipients. …

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Latino Families Worry COVID-19 Has Sidelined The Bronx’s …

WEBThe 2017 report “Health of Latinos in New York City” revealed that over one in six Latino children under 12, and one in four Latinos of high school age, 28 percent, …

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Initial Data on Forced Removals of People Deemed Mentally Ill …

WEBMayor Eric Adams provides an update on the city’s “severe mental illness plan” at City Hall Wednesday. A controversial initiative to involuntarily remove people …

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Opinion: How Underserved NYC Neighborhoods Can Close Their …

WEBSecond, there has been a serious lack of access to non-emergency mental health services. Brownsville residents, for example, have the second highest rate of …

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Opinion: Cutting Expensive Middle-Men Out of Home Care Will …

WEBOur bill, The Home Care Savings & Reinvestment Act, would stop the state from giving insurance companies billions of dollars meant for care by removing these …

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Opinion: The UnitedHealthcare-Mount Sinai Contract Dispute …

WEBUHC and Mount Sinai must now listen to the people they serve, find empathy, and come together to provide continuity of care to support individuals on their …

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Bronx Families Face Greatest Barriers to 'Well-Being' Across New …

WEBThe information is also intended to guide policy decisions and set legislative priorities for New York’s COVID-19 recovery plans, CCC says, especially as Gov. …

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WEBSearch. Topics. Politics & Government; COVID-19; Housing and Homelessness; Health and Environment

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Feds Approve Historic South Bronx Tenant Takeover

WEBWhen tenants at the Jose de Diego Beekman housing project in the South Bronx first decided six years ago that they wanted to seize ownership and management …

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Analysis: NYC’s Decades of Disconnect on Housing and …

WEBThe discrepancy stems from interrelated factors, from funding to ideology, that have propelled this disconnect over the decades. Just a little over 10 percent of the …

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Opinions Harden Over Atlantic Yards Housing

WEBThe dramatic slow-down in housing construction at the Brooklyn site is fodder for opponents of the project. But supporters believe the development will still …

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Try It Out: City Limits' NYC 'Good Cause' Rent Calculator

WEBFaham-Selzer likened the Good Cause law to the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act (HSTPA), a multi-part 2019 law that made it more difficult for landlords to …

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