NYC Recommends Masking Indoors Again With COVID Cases Rising

NYC Recommends Masking Indoors Again With COVID Cases Rising

New York, NY/ USA – October 5, 2020: New Yorker Dining Outdoors and Wearing Masks on Second Avenue in Manhattan During Covid-19 Pandemic. (Shuttersstock) By Eric Feldman, NY1 COVID-19 cases are rising in New York City and city leaders are taking notice. The city’s Department of Health tweeted Friday asking New Yorkers to mask up […]

NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County Launches a Clinical Forensic Medicine Fellowship

This new fellowship will enhance patient care by training providers to identify signs of violence and gather evidence for legal proceedings.

NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County Launches a Clinical Forensic Medicine Fellowship

Bronx, NYU.S.-02 18 2022: SAPNA NYC partnered with NY Common Pantry, NYC Health Hospitals, Test Trace Corps and Apicha Community Health Center teamed up for a community health fair. (Shutterstock) (Brooklyn, NY ― July 6, 2022) NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County today launched the Clinical Forensic Medicine Fellowship, a one-year training program designed to build leaders […]

Moving From Protesting to Solutions

Moving From Protesting to Solutions

Background  Every year in New York, there are over 1000 cases of complaints filed by New Yorkers against the police through the New York City Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB). These cases differ in nature and extremity. In example, when Shawn complained to his friend Eric, about an incident that took place while he drove […]

Could All of New York City Be Designated a Gun Free Zone?

In the wake of the Supreme Court decision striking down New York’s concealed carry law, the City Council is exploring one option: a law that would declare any area with more than 10,000 people per square mile a “sensitive location.”

Could All of New York City Be Designated a Gun Free Zone?

By Greg B. Smith and Katie Honan, THE CITY The U.S. Supreme Court Thursday found New York’s restrictive handgun carry permit laws to be unconstitutional, triggering a scramble by state officials to find ways to create “sensitive locations” where handguns will still be prohibited. By a vote of 6 to 3, with the liberal justices […]

‘We’re Democrats, Not Socialists’: Adams Vs. AOC in Proxy War Over Albany

‘We’re Democrats, Not Socialists’: Adams Vs. AOC in Proxy War Over Albany

New York, NY – June 11, 2022: Mayor Eric Adams marches alone with thousands of people across Brooklyn Bridge against gun violence. March ended with rally in Lower Manhattan (Shutterstock) By Carl Campanile and Bernadette Hogan, NY Post Mayor Eric Adams is putting his political muscle behind veteran state Assembly incumbents being challenged by socialist […]

Better Mass Transit System: Safer, Faster, and More Affordable

Better Mass Transit System: Safer, Faster, and More Affordable

Photo Credit: Marc A. Hermann / MTA By Manuel Holguin As the COVID-19 pandemic forced New York City into a lockdown, it became a risk, not only to people but to businesses and services, such as the MTA. Two years ago, during the pandemic, the MTA carried only about 10% of its regular riders. Now, […]