Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

City Council LGBTQ Caucus Calls for Action From Health Dept. With Monkeypox Bills

Aug. 10, 2022, 10:03 p.m.Aug. 11, 2022, 10:45 a.m.

Seeking more vaccines and data, the caucus plans on Thursday to introduce a legislative package aimed at better addressing the city’s monkeypox outbreak.

Health

More Monkeypox Vaccines Are Coming to NYC. Should You Get Vaccinated — And How?

Aug. 5, 2022, 2:44 p.m.Aug. 5, 2022, 2:44 p.m.

Your guide to all things monkeypox — now a “public health emergency” in the city — from symptoms to where to get vaccinated.

Covid-19

De Blasio Promises ‘More and More’ COVID Testing Centers After Closing 20

Dec. 19, 2021, 7:08 p.m.Oct. 12, 2023, 8:01 a.m.

With Omicron propelling record infections and long pre-holiday lines outside testing facilities, the mayor and Mayor-elect Eric Adams scrambled to assure New Yorkers that we’ll get through the “fast and temporary phenomenon” of the variant.

Covid-19

Borough Presidents Demand Probe Into City Hall’s Shielding of Neighborhood COVID Death Data

Dec. 9, 2021, 8:08 p.m.Dec. 9, 2021, 8:08 p.m.

Manhattan’s Gale Brewer and Queens’ Donovan Richards issue call for transparency after THE CITY revealed the de Blasio istration withheld a map tracking fatalities at the pandemic’s 2020 peak: “This information could have saved lives.”

Covid-19

City Hall Withheld COVID Neighborhood Death Data During NYC’s 2020 Pandemic Peak, Emails Show

Dec. 6, 2021, 10:07 p.m.Dec. 6, 2021, 10:28 p.m.

The city Department of Health prepared a map breaking down COVID fatalities by ZIP code in early April 2020, just as New York was about to hit the height of deaths, THE CITY has learned. But the de Blasio istration delayed the information’s release for weeks.

Vaccinations

City Data Shows Vaccines are Working, Even as Mandate Backlash Hits City Hall

Aug. 25, 2021, 9:07 p.m.Aug. 25, 2021, 9:07 p.m.

The first, if limited, numbers released by the city indicate very low infection, hospitalization and death rates for those who got their shots. But that didn’t stop hundreds from protesting vaccination requirements for municipal workers.

Covid-19

Researchers Find Signs of COVID-19 Mutations in NYC Sewage, Pointing to Possible Dog and Rat Infections

July 29, 2021, 4:54 p.m.July 29, 2021, 8:43 p.m.

Scientists studying coronavirus in local wastewater say that city environmental officials initially had “zero willingness to help explore this potential public health risk.” Officials stress that the findings are preliminary.

Coronavirus

Outside In: Mayor Orders Senior Centers Open Amid Confusion

June 1, 2021, 9:01 p.m.Oct. 12, 2023, 7:56 a.m.

The city’s 249 senior centers, for New Yorker’s 60 and older, are set to completely reopen by Flag Day, and outdoor activities can resume immediately, de Blasio announced Tuesday — catching providers off guard.

Mental Health

Public Advocate Blasts Delays on de Blasio’s Mental Health ‘Diversion Centers’

May 20, 2021, 6:16 p.m.May 20, 2021, 9:12 p.m.

Jumaane Williams, citing THE CITY’s report that one center is empty and another barely used after millions spent, demands answers on the ThriveNYC projects. “It’s beyond frustrating,” he said.

Vaccinations

In Note to Fauci, Top City Doctor Takes Shot at de Blasio’s COVID-19 Tracing Program

Jan. 28, 2021, 9:26 p.m.Jan. 28, 2021, 10:21 p.m.

Dr. Marcelle Layton, NYC’s communicable diseases boss, argued the $880 million test-and-trace effort isn’t effective — and said more funding should be injected into vaccinations, an email obtained by THE CITY shows.

Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

City Council LGBTQ Caucus Calls for Action From Health Dept. With Monkeypox Bills

More Monkeypox Vaccines Are Coming to NYC. Should You Get Vaccinated — And How?

De Blasio Promises ‘More and More’ COVID Testing Centers After Closing 20

Borough Presidents Demand Probe Into City Hall’s Shielding of Neighborhood COVID Death Data

City Hall Withheld COVID Neighborhood Death Data During NYC’s 2020 Pandemic Peak, Emails Show

City Data Shows Vaccines are Working, Even as Mandate Backlash Hits City Hall

Researchers Find Signs of COVID-19 Mutations in NYC Sewage, Pointing to Possible Dog and Rat Infections

Outside In: Mayor Orders Senior Centers Open Amid Confusion

Public Advocate Blasts Delays on de Blasio’s Mental Health ‘Diversion Centers’

In Note to Fauci, Top City Doctor Takes Shot at de Blasio’s COVID-19 Tracing Program

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