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The Bronx

Opinion | Before the breaking point: A new vision for Bronx mental health

By Raye Barbieri
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Health

NYC tripled its spending on helping homeless. So why are more New Yorkers are living on the streets?

By Barbara Russo-Lennon
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Health

NYC to close historic Bellevue homeless shelter amid violence, safety issues

By Barbara Russo-Lennon
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Brooklyn

Maimonides merger ‘not a takeover,’ Health+Hospitals CEO says, and will bring millions in cash

By Kirstyn Brendlen
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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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Manhattan

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

By Barbara Russo-Lennon
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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
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Environment

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

By Ethan Stark-Miller
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The Bronx

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

By Bobby Hankinson
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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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The Bronx

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

By Emily Swanson
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The Bronx

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

By Emily Swanson
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Manhattan

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

By Renee DeLorenzo
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The Bronx

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
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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.
Manhattan

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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