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Whooping Cough, Food Insecurity Levels Spike in NYC
Your Local Epidemiologist New York is published by Healthbeat, a nonprofit newsroom covering public health published by Civic News Company and KFF Health News. I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! Here’s what you need to know about New York public health this week. Whooping Cough Spreads Whooping cough (pertussis) cases have surged in New York […]
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Campaign Board Head Hints Eric Adams Could Be Denied Reelection Matching Funds
Mayor Eric Adams will know as soon as Dec. 16 if his reelection bid will qualify for millions of dollars in public matching funds as the Campaign Finance Board votes on the first tranche of payments for the 2025 contest. At a City Council hearing on Wednesday, CFB executive director Paul Ryan testified that a […]
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City Officials Race to Get National Guard Out of Migrant Shelters
New York City officials are racing to scale back the use of National Guard members in migrant shelter operations ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, THE CITY has learned. The incoming president has promised to unleash the largest deportation campaign in the nation’s history. His “border czar,” Tom Homan, has threatened New York and other […]
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Your Trash Bin Questions, Answered: A Guide to NYC’s New Garbage Container Rules
Our newsroom gets lots of questions from readers, about Mayor Eric Adams, congestion pricing, finding subsidized housing and more. But in recent months the most popular topic by far has been really trashy: New York City’s new programs for garbage containerization. THE CITY’s readers have wondered: What happens if their new bin is stolen? Where […]
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Unsheltered Homeless Youth Population Doubled, Annual City Report Finds
An annual count of homeless youths conducted last January found the highest number of unsheltered young people in at least a decade, more than double the number last year. The report resulting from the survey conducted by the city’s Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD), and released this week, counted 418 young people between […]
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