Hospitals

Outsiders Get Vaccinated at Washington Heights Armory Cuomo Touted as Combating COVID ‘Inequity’

Jan. 26, 2021, 9:31 p.m.March 14, 2024, 2:23 p.m.

Suburban retirees drive in for life-saving shots, while city Spanish speakers rely on a reporter to translate the message: Call yet again to get an appointment.

Coronavirus

City Hall Recruiting Additional Tracers to Work on Staten Island

Nov. 19, 2020, 10:25 p.m.May 30, 2024, 12:20 p.m.

The move comes as the borough logs the highest seven-day average of positive tests in the city amid growing COVID-19-related hospitalizations.

Coronavirus

At New York’s Hospitals, Staff Brace for Another COVID Wave: ‘We Know What’s Coming’

Nov. 19, 2020, 9:18 p.m.Nov. 19, 2020, 9:18 p.m.

Concerns about staff and protective gear shortages rise along with an influx of new patients, even as hospitalizations and deaths remain far shy of the spring wave.

ability

Key Government Stats Missing After Blown Reporting Deadlines — With COVID to Blame, Says City Hall

Oct. 21, 2020, 9:24 p.m.March 14, 2024, 2:21 p.m.

Virtually every municipal agency has skipped legally mandated deadlines for filing reports, say record-keepers. Among the absent: progress updates on de Blasio’s signature homeless, climate and maternal health agendas.

Work

College Nursing Programs Change Course to Meet Surging Demand During Pandemic

Oct. 5, 2020, 9:01 p.m.Oct. 5, 2020, 9:36 p.m.

State works with schools to find alternatives to quarantine-disrupted placements on hospital wards where students get vital training.

Hospitals

Four Fired SUNY Downstate Surgeons Sue, Claim Retaliation for Whistleblowing

Aug. 26, 2020, 7:35 p.m.Aug. 26, 2020, 7:35 p.m.

Lawsuits filed by three cardiac specialists and one transplant physician allege a pattern of negligence and revenge at the Brooklyn hospital, which serves immigrant communities.

Health

Hospitals Steel for Possible Virus Resurgence, Unsure of Their Financial Future

July 13, 2020, 8:37 p.m.Oct. 12, 2023, 7:39 a.m.

Private health care networks treated most COVID-19 patients, but lost dollars could yield cuts to services even as they brace for a second wave.

Health

Brooklyn Woman’s Death During Childbirth Spurs Renewed Outcry Over Treatment Disparities

July 9, 2020, 11:03 p.m.July 9, 2020, 11:17 p.m.

The loss of Sha-asia Washington, less than three months after the death of Amber Isaac, reignited scrutiny of maternal health care for Black women in New York.

George Floyd Protests

Curfew Confusion: Some ‘Essential’ Medical Workers Can’t Cross Police Barricades

June 4, 2020, 11:07 p.m.Oct. 12, 2023, 7:34 a.m.

A Manhattan hospital employee described how a 20-minute drive turned into two-hour odyssey, thanks to State Police and the NYPD. He’s apparently not alone.

Homelessness

De Blasio Vows to Break Up NYC Homeless Shelter Crowds

May 15, 2020, 5:12 p.m.Oct. 12, 2023, 7:33 a.m.

The mayor reacted after photos THE CITY obtained showed social distancing nightmares at two facilities — scenes one official called “heartbreaking.”

Hospitals

Outsiders Get Vaccinated at Washington Heights Armory Cuomo Touted as Combating COVID ‘Inequity’

City Hall Recruiting Additional Tracers to Work on Staten Island

At New York’s Hospitals, Staff Brace for Another COVID Wave: ‘We Know What’s Coming’

Key Government Stats Missing After Blown Reporting Deadlines — With COVID to Blame, Says City Hall

College Nursing Programs Change Course to Meet Surging Demand During Pandemic

Four Fired SUNY Downstate Surgeons Sue, Claim Retaliation for Whistleblowing

Hospitals Steel for Possible Virus Resurgence, Unsure of Their Financial Future

Brooklyn Woman’s Death During Childbirth Spurs Renewed Outcry Over Treatment Disparities

Curfew Confusion: Some ‘Essential’ Medical Workers Can’t Cross Police Barricades

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