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People laid white roses at the World Trade Center's 9/11 Memorial.

Health

Anxiety Is Side Effect of Staffing Cuts at Sept. 11 Health Program

April 21, 2025, 4:55 a.m.April 18, 2025, 4:39 p.m.

Mayor Eric Adams has been slow to criticize the moves of the Trump istration, which have 9/11 survivors and first-responders on edge.

Health

How New York’s Decentralized Public Health System is a Firewall Against Data Chaos

Feb. 5, 2025, 4:55 p.m.Feb. 5, 2025, 4:55 p.m.

In the U.S. public health system, local and state health departments collect and own the data rather than the federal government.

Health and Hospitals

Divided Doctors Approve Public Hospital Labor Deal, With Three Facilities Voting No

Jan. 27, 2025, 6:18 p.m.Jan. 27, 2025, 9:18 p.m.

A heated campaign had urged attending physicians to reject the pending contract with the city Health + Hospitals system, citing staffing and pay.

Health

What We Know About Long Covid in New York City: Symptoms, Treatment and Risks

Jan. 23, 2025, 1:16 p.m.Jan. 23, 2025, 1:16 p.m.

Navigating and getting care for Long Covid can be overwhelming. However, many city clinics and hospitals are on the leading edge of understanding and treating it.

Health

RSV, Covid, Flu Cases Are on the Rise in New York

Dec. 11, 2024, 12:06 p.m.Dec. 20, 2024, 10:44 a.m.

RSV is on the rise and affecting a lot of young children. The good news is that there are now two key ways to protect babies.

The name "Trump" hung in gold lettering on the facade of 40 Wall Street.

Health

After Trump Victory, New York Officials, Experts Brace for Assault on Public Health

Nov. 7, 2024, 6:41 p.m.Nov. 7, 2024, 6:41 p.m.

Many worry about how Trump might reshape federal health policy — and how those changes could curtail local public health initiatives.

Health and Hospitals

Security Firm Billed for Hundreds of Eight-Hour Shifts at Migrant Shelters. Internal Records Tell a Different Story.

Aug. 26, 2024, 5:00 a.m.Aug. 25, 2024, 10:27 a.m.

Daily logs reviewed by THE CITY show Arrow Security staff often recorded working less than a complete shift, but the firm billed taxpayers for full days under a $140 million contract.

A resident doctor wore a "Doctors united" button during a strike.

Labor

Public Hospital Residents Win Contract Deal, Reaching Parity With Private Peers

May 29, 2024, 2:07 p.m.May 29, 2024, 2:22 p.m.

The tentative agreement between Health + Hospitals and the Committee of Interns and Residents-SEIU provides raises retroactive to 2021 and a special bonus that boosts starting pay to $76,000.

Karolynn Diaz, left, and Alejandro Arango return to the Row Hotel after their 60-day evictions, trying to reclaim items the hotel staff said would be stored.

Migrant Crisis

Evicted Migrant Families Were Told They Could Reclaim Their Stuff. Then It Disappeared.

Feb. 2, 2024, 12:47 p.m.Feb. 6, 2024, 2:44 p.m.

City staffers informed people being booted from Manhattan's Row Hotel they’d have 10 days to pick up items they couldn’t carry out. But ex-residents returned to find their possessions, including paperwork, missing.

Mount Sinai residents working at Elmhurst Hospital strike over pay parity.

Labor

Public Hospital Doctors, Without a Raise Since 2020, Heat Up Contract Talks

Jan. 30, 2024, 4:55 a.m.Feb. 2, 2024, 5:26 p.m.

NYC Health + Hospitals’ 2,300 residents have been working under an expired labor agreement since their most recent one lapsed more than two years ago.

Health and Hospitals

Anxiety Is Side Effect of Staffing Cuts at Sept. 11 Health Program

How New York’s Decentralized Public Health System is a Firewall Against Data Chaos

Divided Doctors Approve Public Hospital Labor Deal, With Three Facilities Voting No

What We Know About Long Covid in New York City: Symptoms, Treatment and Risks

RSV, Covid, Flu Cases Are on the Rise in New York

After Trump Victory, New York Officials, Experts Brace for Assault on Public Health

Security Firm Billed for Hundreds of Eight-Hour Shifts at Migrant Shelters. Internal Records Tell a Different Story.

Public Hospital Residents Win Contract Deal, Reaching Parity With Private Peers

Evicted Migrant Families Were Told They Could Reclaim Their Stuff. Then It Disappeared.

Public Hospital Doctors, Without a Raise Since 2020, Heat Up Contract Talks

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