How To Get Mental Health Help In NYC Public Schools

Schools are straining to keep up with counseling demand as mental health woes mount for young people.

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ASSISTED LIVING TECHNOLOGIES UNVEILS NEXT GENERATION TECH SOLUTIONS TO KEEP SENIORS SAFE AT HOME

Unending Raw Sewage Leak Plagues Williamsburg Public Housing Development

“They come. They clean it up and it happens again,” said Lewis. “This is too much. It’s been here for years.”

NYC Hospital Safety Ratings Unveiled: See The Best, Worst In City

Just three New York City hospitals received an "A" grade for safety, while 26 receiving a middling "C," according to a new Leapfrog study.

New 'Lead Czar' Joins NYC Rat Czar

Jasmine Blake, a NYCHA veteran, will be the city's "lead compliance officer," officials announced Tuesday.

NY Could Face Mail-Ordered Abortion Pill Ban With Supreme Court Ruling

The Supreme Court could temporarily ban Wednesday a New York pharmaceutical company from mailing out the nation's most common abortion drug.

NYC Lands First 'Rat Czar' To Send Rodents Packing

Kathleen Corradi, a city education official, will take the long-promised job: “You’ll be seeing a lot of me, and a lot less rats.”

Don't Lick The Spoon, CDC Warns NY Amid Flour Salmonella Outbreak

A New Yorker fell ill with salmonella in a nationwide outbreak that health officials have linked to flour.

NYC Trash Set Out Times Change Friday

No joke, New Yorkers starting April 1 will have to wait till 8 p.m. to put their plastic garbage bags to the curb.

Possible E. Coli Contamination Spurs Beef Recall In NY: Feds

More than 3,000 pounds of Angus beef sent to restaurants and hotels across the northeast have been recalled, officials said.

Sen. Chuck Schumer Implores DEA To Fight Drug Xylazine, Which Can Rot Skin

Schumer says that xylazine Schumer is resistant.

Deadly Fungal Infection Found In NYC Spreads At Alarming Rate: Study

New York City is a hotspot for the drug-resistant Candida auris fungus.

NYC Is Almost Out Of Blood: Donor Center

The New York Blood Center declared 2023's first "blood emergency" as Type O Negative supply threatened to reach its final drop in one day.

Vomiting Heaves Upward In NYC, Data Shows

Hold onto your lunch — a recent rise in emergency room visits for vomiting coincided with the spread of norovirus in the city.

NYC Aims To Lower Drug Overdose Deaths 15% By 2025: Mayor

But reducing fatal overdoses could depend on whether the city can build more safe drug injection sites, officials said.

NY Public Bathrooms Are Terrible: Unnecessary Survey Finds

But somehow New York's toilets aren't the absolute worst in the U.S., the survey found.

City Hospital System Takes On Migrant Emergency — With Blank Check From Mayor

A newly unveiled memo details an unusual and obscure arrangement for more than $100 million in spending on hotels and health care.

NYC COVID Cases Fall 70% In New Year, Data Shows

As pandemic-era restrictions lift, all the city’s coronavirus indicators are officially “decreasing.”

COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate Lifted For NYC Workers, Adams Announces

Mayor Eric Adams announced Monday that COVID vaccination will soon be optional for current and prospective city workers.

New York City Health Department Declares End To Mpox Outbreak

According to the city's health department, the transmission of mpox has remained very low for two consecutive months.

Bronx Residents Got Rid Of Their Gas Stoves. Their Air Quality Markedly Improved.

Households with induction stoves showed a 35% decrease in nitrogen dioxide and a nearly 43% difference in carbon monoxide.

'Kraken' Variant Is Now 80% Of NYC COVID Cases, Data Shows

The XBB.1.5 omicron subvariant may be the most transmissible form of COVID-19 yet known, but city cases are still officially "decreasing."

NYC Expands Free Abortion Pills To City Health Clinics

A sweeping "New York City Women's Health Agenda" includes a suite of women's health measures beyond abortion access, Mayor Eric Adams said.

Even As NYC Nurses Return To Work, More Strikes Could Follow

"There's no place that's immune from what's happening with the nursing shortage," Michelle Collins said. "It's everywhere."

NYC Is Second-Most Bed Bug-Infested City, Ranking Says

The Big Apple crawled up to the number two spot in the Orkin ranking, despite a dip in reported infestations in 2022.

Nearly 2,700 People Died Of Overdoses In NYC During 2021: New Data

Overdose deaths in 2021 were 78 percent higher than just two years before, according to newly released numbers.

NYC Nurses Strike Ends As Deal Struck After Nearly 4 Days

"I'm glad to have it over with," a nurse — one of 7,000 on strike — said after a union struck a deal with two major city hospitals.

NYC Stalls Vital OD Data, Puts Safe Injection Sites At Risk: Advocates

"We're in a crisis," an advocate said as officials have yet to release the overdose death toll in New York City from 2021 and 2022.

Hospitals Scramble To Find Medical Workers As Nurses Strike

Nurses at Mt. Sinai and Montefiore walked off the job Monday morning to try and force their employers to treat them like “valuable people."

How To Get Help For Long COVID In NYC

There are care clinics for long COVID, local support groups, and ideas from those living with this illness.

7K NYC Nurses Go On Strike After Contract Talks Fail

"New York City is prepared," Mayor Eric Adams said before nurses at Montefiore and Mount Sinai Hospital systems walked out Monday.

Looming NYC Nurse Strike Prompts Hospitals To Move Sick Babies: Report

About 10,000 nurses at five city hospital systems will strike Jan. 9 if they can't reach deals, according to their union.

New COVID Subvariant Now Accounts For More Than Half Of NYC Cases

The XBB subvariant is among the most antibody-resistant variants of COVID-19, according to a recent study.

Code Blue In New York City For Extreme Cold; Storm Leaves Behind Flood Damage, Power Outages

Gov. Kathy Hochul tweeted that New York City saw "significant coastal flooding" and that those who are at risk should call 311.

NYC’s COVID Christmas: See The Latest Numbers

Don’t bring a virus home for the holidays. Here’s what you need to know about coronavirus, influenza and RSV levels in the city.

When It Comes to Aging, ‘Preparing Is Caring’

It is never too early for families to discuss how they would like things to go in the future

Mayor Defends Plan To Commit More Mentally Ill As Legal Challenge Hits

"Involuntary removals" of New Yorkers with perceived mental illness are discriminatory and must be stopped, advocates urged a judge.

NYC Residents Should Consider Masking Up For The Holidays: CDC

“One need not wait on CDC action in order to put a mask on,” the CDC's director said.

NYC Influenza Cases Jump 100% In Single Week As Flu Season Hits Early

"A dramatic jump compared to previous years," Gov. Kathy Hochul said Wednesday about flu cases across the state.

COVID Cases ‘Increasing’ In NYC, Just In Time For Holidays: Data

After New Yorkers sat down for Thanksgiving, the number of new COVID-19 cases rose sharply every day since, data shows.