Tag Archives: Health

The New York State budget now allows low-income mothers to get donor breast milk for premature babies through Medicaid. Low-weight...

As markets start to stock up on more fresh produce for shoppers to fill their bags, the New York League of Conservation Voters (NYLCV)...

It took nine extra days of debating, but the state legislature finally passed its 2018 budget. Governor Andrew Cuomo announced on April 9...

A new federal bill named for Kalief Browder, who committed suicide after incarceration on Rikers Island, is designed to improve mental...

Dicen que sólo quieren lo que es justo. Mientras que los trabajadores de bajos salarios en otras industrias se han beneficiado de la legislación...

It's a Promise kept. A former neighborhood theater named "Promise" will be transformed into a supportive housing facility...

This time, shop and drop. A collaborative effort to encourage local volunteerism and help boost the supply of local food banks is coming to a...

During her campaign for elected office last year, Marisol Alcántara often invoked the season as “the year of the woman.” Now Alcántara...

Héctor Mata es un salvavidas. Mientras trabajaba con el Proyecto Washington Heights Corner, un grupo que promueve la reducción...

Mantener las pruebas. NYC Health + Hospitals insta a todos los neoyorquinos de entre 50 y 75 años a hacerse la prueba y está......

Use HEAP to help. New Yorkers who need help paying their heating bills can apply for assistance – but must do so by Fri., Mar. 17th...

In a few short weeks, the New York State legislature will release its budget for this fiscal year. Our...

Hay un nuevo formato para la fórmula. Una nueva ley proporcionará un mejor acceso a la fórmula recetada para bebés de los...

Mayor Bill de Blasio says he cannot see an end - yet. While unveiling his latest plan to help homeless New Yorkers, de Blasio admitted...

A fourth-year medical student at Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine (TouroCOM) has won first place in a poster competition...

Buscan cerrar el record. ‎Una ley para sellar los records criminales de los neoyorquinos arrestados por posesión de marihuana fue...

Take part in the guest artist dance workshops at the Pelham Fritz Recreation Center on Sat., Feb. 25th from 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Master

Renewal is showing results. The city’s Renewal Schools program is boosting attendance and test scores at previously struggling...

Advocates for older New Yorkers are calling on state legislators to restore funds for New York City senior centers cut from...

Ratificado. Los trabajadores del transporte público han respaldado un nuevo contrato de 28 meses con la Autoridad Metropolitana...

“It’s taking away our humanity.” That’s what Jessica Greer Morris says is happening in light of the prevalence of sexual assault in the...

At West Point, cadets take a class called Armed Forces in Society. They learn that combat veterans have higher rates of...

Está en nivel de "crisis". Los defensores de alimentos de emergencia temen que los "recortes draconianos" a los recursos contra el...

Rompieron el pan y fijaron la agenda. Una coalición de base amplia, dirigida por organizaciones comunitarias, grupos de defensa e...

Están pensando en los niños. La nueva legislación tiene por objeto impedir que las bodegas exhiban abiertamente cachimbas, cigarrillos...

Quieren obstaculizar los peligros. La ciudad está aplicando mano dura a más propietarios con el más reciente anuncio de 250 edificios...

This bishop sees both sides. Albany Roman Catholic Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger‎ presided over a gathering in the state capital this past...

We’ve seen a lot of art made from the ordinary debris of our industrial age. The Dadaists, defying notions of conventional modernist...

Cada minuto, una mujer muere por enfermedad cardíaca en los Estados Unidos. Es el asesino número uno de las mujeres, causando una...

Noel Romero feels uneasy in his own home. The Inwood resident, who lives at 3852 Tenth Avenue, is one of numerous tenants at the...

Obtener comestibles pronto podría ser facilísimo. El Departamento de Agricultura de los Estados Unidos (USDA, por sus siglas en inglés)...

‎La devastación está cerca. Esa fue la terrible advertencia ofrecida por la vicealcaldesa de Salud y Servicios Humanos de la Ciudad de...

Será el Día de Duarte. Todos son bienvenidos a la celebración comunitaria este jueves 26 de enero en el Centro de Servicio Comunitario Affinity Health Plan...

The Inwood Library is hosting Community Visioning Workshops between Wed., Jan. 25th through Tues., Jan 31. The workshops are intended to discuss the possibility of developing the library site into...

NYC ha sido y siempre será una ciudad que dé la bienvenida a todos. Como neoyorquinos, nos enorgullecemos de nuestra diversidad...

When people aren't well, sometimes they don't want to discuss why. Especially in a room filled with strangers. Joelle Ludwig and Katy Hogan...

January 1 marked the 213th year of Haitian independence. Before independence, slaves cooked a delicious soup joumou made of squash, carrots...

Residentes de un edificio de apartamentos en Inwood están luchando contra su propietario después de que una peligrosa fuga de gas enviara...

El problema comenzó con buzones. Cuando el propietario decidió instalar nuevos buzones, los obreros utilizaron martillos para abrir la pared...

What happens to a Dream Act deferred? The election of you-know-who has left many immigrants deeply concerned...

Every year landlords seeking evictions force nearly 300,000 New Yorkers into Housing Court. Ninety percent of landlords have a lawyer...

Water flows through everything in Sarina Prabasi’s life—family, work, love and coffee. Growing up in Nepal, she heard her father’s stories about...

With the hustle and bustle of the holiday season behind us, January can be a bit of a let-down. For elders, the post-holiday blues is...

One organization has issued a set of New Year's resolutions calling on mothers everywhere to preserve advances in human rights. Moms...

La exposición al frío puede causar condiciones de vida que amenazan la salud. Evite condiciones graves como congelación e hipotermia...

Lywan Reed spent three years incarcerated. ‎”I was terrified.” He was 16 when first jailed, first at Rikers for four months and then at the...

Se congregaron con el cardenal. Miembros del Centro Senior Life de ArchCare, en East Harlem, recibieron un regalo especial el lunes 19 de diciembre...

It is the isolation Victor Pate remembers the most. The Harlem native, who was incarcerated for 15 years, was kept in solitary confinement for...

The Office of Councilmember Mark Levine is hosting a low/no-cost insurance sign up event on Thurs., Jan. 19th from 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Attendees will...

No es raro experimentar un mayor deseo de acurrucarse en el sofá e "hibernar" cuando el clima se vuelve frío, pero para las personas mayores con...