Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Member art at Fountain House in Manhattan, July 16, 2024.

Mental Health

Expansion of City’s Mental-Health Clubhouses Could Shut Down Smaller Sites

July 22, 2024, 5:00 a.m.July 21, 2024, 12:36 p.m.

At New York City’s Fountain House, the first and biggest of its kind, get by with a little help from their friends.

Caribbean Woman's Health Association doula Christie George Alexis visits with client Samantha Gordon and her 11-month-old daughter, Sunday, at their Brooklyn office.

Maternal Health

Growing Pains: Citywide Program to Expand Access to Doulas Hits a Crossroad

June 27, 2024, 5:00 a.m.June 27, 2024, 4:18 p.m.

Community doulas who spoke to THE CITY described challenges in serving low-income communities and in getting paid in a timely manner.

A sign over a gate welcomed people to the Langston Hughes Houses in Brooklyn.

Health

Legionnaires’ Disease Kills NYCHA Resident, Puts Brooklyn Public Housing Complex on Alert

Feb. 5, 2024, 10:28 a.m.Feb. 5, 2024, 10:28 a.m.

The city’s health department urged vulnerable tenants in Brownsville’s Langston Hughes Houses not to shower as it studies a possible cluster of the bacterial illness.

Boxes of protective equipment appeared to still be sitting outside a state-run nursing home for veterans in St. Albans, Queens on Tuesday, June 29, 2021.

Health

NY State Junked up to $1.6M Worth of PPE Stored Outside During Pandemic

Nov. 21, 2023, 7:16 p.m.Dec. 27, 2023, 1:32 p.m.

After THE CITY reported in June 2021 about a stockpile of personal protective equipment that was deteriorating outside a state-run Queens nursing home, nearly all of it had to be thrown out, per the state inspector general. It was valued at between $560,000 and $1.6 million.

Health

How to Keep Tabs on COVID Through Wastewater Testing in NYC

Sept. 26, 2023, 5:00 a.m.March 14, 2024, 2:24 p.m.

City officials monitor our sewage systems for COVID genetic material. How should you interpret the data coming from the five borough’s poop? Here’s your guide.

How to New York

With COVID Surging, Here’s What You Need to Know About Tests, Treatments and Vaccines

Sept. 25, 2023, 6:50 p.m.Oct. 11, 2023, 12:42 p.m.

Can you still get Paxlovid for free? Where did all the COVID testing sites go? And how do you get the new vaccine?

Retail

City to Cough Up Half a Million for Community Gift Cards

Aug. 11, 2023, 6:27 p.m.Aug. 13, 2023, 9:27 p.m.

The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene intends to use Target, Amazon and Walgreens gift cards to boost community engagement.

NYCHA

Doctor Urged NYCHA Arsenic Tests After Patient’s Death. The City Health Commissioner Refused.

Jan. 4, 2023, 5:00 a.m.Jan. 3, 2023, 8:27 p.m.

Josefa Bonet of Manhattan’s Riis Houses had four times the normal level of arsenic in her system when she died.

Covid-19

Long COVID Symptoms Most Common Among Latinos and Residents of The Bronx

Nov. 28, 2022, 5:10 a.m.Nov. 30, 2022, 4:24 p.m.

New data from the city health department points to disparities in race and gender that may stem from preexisting conditions and access to care.

NYPD

Food Vendors Protesting at City Hall Say Things Are Worse After New Law Was Supposed To Make Them Better

Sept. 29, 2022, 8:28 p.m.Sept. 30, 2022, 3:57 p.m.

As tickets mount, many vendors feel like they’re being punished by the Adams istration for not having a permit even as they have no way to get a permit.

Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Expansion of City’s Mental-Health Clubhouses Could Shut Down Smaller Sites

Growing Pains: Citywide Program to Expand Access to Doulas Hits a Crossroad

Legionnaires’ Disease Kills NYCHA Resident, Puts Brooklyn Public Housing Complex on Alert

NY State Junked up to $1.6M Worth of PPE Stored Outside During Pandemic

How to Keep Tabs on COVID Through Wastewater Testing in NYC

With COVID Surging, Here’s What You Need to Know About Tests, Treatments and Vaccines

City to Cough Up Half a Million for Community Gift Cards

Doctor Urged NYCHA Arsenic Tests After Patient’s Death. The City Health Commissioner Refused.

Long COVID Symptoms Most Common Among Latinos and Residents of The Bronx

Food Vendors Protesting at City Hall Say Things Are Worse After New Law Was Supposed To Make Them Better

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