Fiscal Fallout: NY’s biggest budget item, Medicaid spending outpaces all others | New York
(The Center Square) Four years ago, New York state spent more money per resident on Medicaid, the joint-federal-state program for the poor…
CDC predicts winter norovirus spike: Staten Island doctors offer prevention advice
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — In the wake of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s announcement of a…
Luigi Mangione’s Capture and Arrest Take Center Stage at Manhattan Evidence Hearing
From the courtroom gallery, it was difficult to determine where Luigi Mangione was looking. Two screens were playing…
NYSNA nurses call for healthcare protection during week of action • Brooklyn Paper
New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) nurses continued their second week of action at rallies from Manhattan to…
Advocates urge Hochul to sign Medical Aid in Dying Act
New York state Assemblymember Amy Paulin and a coalition of faith leaders and elected officials held a rally…
Manhattan Rent Prices Climb Near Record in Month Before Mamdani Elected Mayor
Manhattan rent prices ticked higher in the month before Zohran Mamdani won New York City’s mayoral election on…
JFK grandson Jack Schlossberg runs for open House seat in New York
Jack Schlossberg, a Democratic social media personality who is the grandson of President John F. Kennedy, is running…
Audit faults New York for lack of Medicaid oversight | New York
(The Center Square) — New York state health officials allowed millions of dollars in “improper” Medicaid payments to…
Jeffries says House Democrats will vote against shutdown deal, Brooklyn pols vow to fight for healthcare subsidies • Brooklyn Paper
U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said he and House Democrats will not support a Republican bill to…
Adams tells NYC workers fired for refusing COVID-19 shot they can come back to work
A day after Zohran Mamdani won the election to succeed him, Mayor Eric Adams on Wednesday told NYC’s…
Adams tells NYC workers fired for refusing COVID-19 shot they can come back to work
A day after Zohran Mamdani won the election to succeed him, Mayor Eric Adams on Wednesday told…
A chat with ‘The Monsters’ playwright Ngozi Anyanwu and a review of ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere’
On the October 26 WBGO Journal… We continue our “Voices of Wellness” series as WBGO’s Janice Kirkel takes…