Letitia James’ perverse priorities fail the people of New York
If the state attorney general’s job were to stage nonstop flashy political stunts appealing purely to her party’s…
Bronx, upper Manhattan, and Queens are especially vulnerable to Medicaid work requirements
Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free New York City newsletter here. Of the estimated 67…
Why New York politicians might be so very friendly to Medicaid fraud
“Don’t look, don’t think” looks to be the attitude politicians from state Sen. John Liu to Gov. Kathy…
Fighting back: Meet LegalHealth, the program that just received a renewed $24 million NYC contract to attack legal issues blocking access to healthcare
Sometimes medical care starts with a court filing. The attorneys at LegalHealth, a division of the New York…
Owner of suspiciously vacant adult daycare billed Medicaid $32M while donating to Kathy Hochul, other Democrats
Kathy Hochul received $55,000 in campaign contributions from social adult daycare centers (SADCs) in fraud-plagued Flushing, Queens, records…
Nonprofit senior health insurance company Elderplan/HomeFirst opens Brooklyn community office • Brooklyn Paper
Elderplan/Homefirst, the nonprofit senior healthcare management organization, opened its first-ever Brooklyn office with a celebratory ribbon-cutting on Aug.…
Proof New York’s leaders are basically aiding and abetting Medicaid fraud
No matter how much public shaming they receive, New York politicians not only refuse to crack down on…
Inside New York’s medical fraud capital where often empty senior centers bill Medicaid $100M-a-year for patients
The vibrant, east Asian immigrant enclave of Flushing may be New York’s medical fraud capital. A one-mile radius…
Parents are fed up with special education system flaws which deprive NYC schools of millions in funding for services
Lawmakers, advocates and parents told amNewYork they’re fed up over the years-long issues with special education services at…
NY State Budget: Comptroller and CBC warn of cuts, debts, deficits
ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — New York passed a $277 billion state budget that relied on short-term solutions like…
Chinese criminals are ripping off NY’s Medicaid program, Dr. Oz claims
Federal Medicaid czar Dr. Mehmet Oz said New York’s overblown $110 billion spending on medical bills is sickening…
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani vows to fight Trump on new rule that could deny green cards to immigrants who use public benefits
NEW YORK — Mayor Zohran Mamdani vowed to fight a new policy from the Trump administration that would…