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Health

Why nearly 2 million New Yorkers with ‘Essential Plan’ healthcare may soon lose their coverage

By Barbara Russo-Lennon

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Sticky situation: Why the NYC Council is considering a ban on glue traps

By Barbara Russo-Lennon

Mamdani told reporters outside of the event that he "hadn't thought much about parades" and that he was more interested in hearing from veterans themselves.

Housing & Homelessness

Opinion | How Mayor Mamdani can make the Bronx the blueprint for NYC’s affordability revolution

By LaToya Williams-Belfort

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Health

Head of city homeless services hands in resignation to Mayor Mamdani amid deadly cold snap

By Adam Daly

Inside the Irving Square restroom in Brooklyn. The stainless-steel bathroom includes a toilet, hand sanitizer, baby changing station, and slatted openings for ventilation and safety.

FIRST ON amNY | NYC EDC puts out call for vendors to design new modular public restrooms

By Ethan Stark-Miller

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OUR FORGOTTEN BOROUGH | A yearlong look at the most important issues in the ‘Boogie Down’

By Bobby Hankinson

City Council Speaker Julie Menin points to language in a report about 9/11 air quality

Health

‘Shameful’ secrets: City Council leaders, firefighters demand to know why City Hall hid post-9/11 air quality reports for 25 years

By Shea Vance & Robert Pozarycki

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Health

New Yorkers hold candlelight vigil at VA Hospital to honor Alex Pretti, Minneapolis nurse shot dead by ICE agents

By Dean Moses

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Bronx Council Members Eric Dinowitz and Shirley Aldebol visit picket line as Nurses Strike enters week three

By Emily Swanson

Rep. Ritchie Torres introduces ambitious food rescue bill aimed at solving U.S. hunger

By Emily Swanson

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NURSES STRIKE: Negotiations resume with major hospital networks for the first time since walkout started

By Renee DeLorenzo

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Montefiore nurses on strike accuse management of Bronx disinvestment, corporate greed

By Emily Swanson

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Health

NURSES STRIKE: Nearly 15,000 NYC caregivers walk off the job at major hospitals and health care networks

By Barbara Russo-Lennon & Dean Moses

Elmhurst Hospital CEO Dr. Helen Arteaga speaks at a press conference in Elmhurst Hospital Tuesday. Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has named Arteaga as his Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services. Photo by Lloyd Mitchell.

Health

Mamdani appoints Elmhurst Hospital CEO as Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services

By Shane O'Brien

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Housing & Homelessness

2025 YEAR IN REVIEW: The Bronx Times’ top 10 most-read stories of 2025

By Lesley Cosme Torres & Emily Swanson

The State Capitol building in Albany.

Health

Hochul approves expansion of trans safe haven law, vetoes HIV care access bill

By Matt Tracy

US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks with US Vice President JD Vance (not pictured) during the inaugural Make America Healthy Again summit in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 12, 2025.

Health

Trump administration issues proposed rules seeking to ban youth gender-affirming care

By Matt Tracy

U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) speaks during a House Homeland Security hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S. December 11, 2025.

Health

House votes to criminalize youth gender-affirming care

By Matt Tracy

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Health

Hochul, legislature agree to passing Medical Aid in Dying bill in January, giving terminally ill New Yorkers the option to take their own lives

By Barbara Russo-Lennon

State Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal, Assemblymember Amy Paulin and Sen. Jessica Scarcella-Spanton lead a news conference on the Million Dollar Staircase at the New York State Capitol in Albany ahead of Monday's vote.

Life or death: Fate of ‘Medical Aid in Dying’ bill in New York state rests on whether Hochul will sign it by end of 2025

By Barbara Russo-Lennon

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Jacobi Medical Center commemorates World AIDS Day amid federal pullback of recognition

By Emily Swanson

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Brooklyn

Brannan’s ‘Vision for All’ program takes off, providing free eye care to low-income New Yorkers

By Olivia Seaman

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New Yorkers on SNAP start receiving full benefits as LI food banks face high demand

By Isabella Gallo

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Nassau

As water bills come due, East Williston and Williston Park mayors divided over rate hikes

By Isabella Gallo

More from Around New York

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Mellon Foundation awards $1.25 million grant to Lehman College for launch of new Bronx Food Humanities program

Lorelei Crean speaks at a rally near Stonewall after NYU Langone shut down a gender-affirming care program for trans youth.

Stonewall protest blasts NYU Langone’s decision to discontinue trans youth health program

A Brooklyn man and three teens were arrested in connection to the shooting of an innocent bystander in Ridgewood on Feb. 17. The 23-year-old victim was waiting for her tattoo appointment when she was shot three times.

Brooklyn man, three teens arrested after shooting of innocent bystander in Ridgewood: NYPD

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