Stopping Apartments From Making Tenants Sick
Jan 30, 2012
Photo by Alec Hamilton On a cold January day, the wind funnels down Creston Avenue in the Morris Heights neighborhood of South Bronx like a river through a canyon. Buildings seem
Pizza as a Vegetable and Other Roadblocks to Proper Nutrition
Dec 06, 2011
Photo by Ben+Sam. In Brooklyn’s PS 321 in Park Slope, it is second-grade lunch period and the adjoining lunchrooms are a controlled cacophony of happily eating kids. Children carefully balance trays
30 Years of Fighting AIDS: Much Progress, Many Losses
Nov 28, 2011
Photo by Eddie O. Part one of two. For part two, go here. In 1984, when Jim lost his 22-year old boyfriend to AIDS, he didn't think he would live to see
Aging with HIV: A Triumph with Challenges
Nov 28, 2011
Photo by Thomas Perry Part two of two. For part one on advances in treatment and the changing face of people with HIV and AIDS, go here. Continued from page 1 Complicating the
Top Hospitals Offer Separate and Unequal Care
Nov 03, 2011
Photo by Susan NYC By almost any measure, people of color suffer worse health outcomes than their white counterparts. The contributing factors vary, ranging from lack of access to healthy food
Is the City Prepared to Help Returning Veterans?
Oct 24, 2011
Photo by Alec Hamilton At age 17, Selena Coppa enlisted in the military through the Delayed Entry Program, a program that allows people too young to enlist to promise to
Sex Education in the City
Oct 05, 2011
Photo by Romanna Klee New York City will once again mandate sex education in public schools starting in the spring semester. It is not a moment too soon. One of every four
Beyond Needle Exchange: Some Say Addicts Need a Safe Place to Inject
Oct 03, 2011
Photo by Todd Huffman Bobby Tolbert is a slender, soft-spoken man with a wide smile and an understated elegance. He remembers when he began shooting heroin as a teenager in the
Citing 'Emergency,' Council Passes Animal Bill
Sep 22, 2011
Photo by Shavon McKinstry The New York City Council yesterday passed a bill that would extend hours at animal rescue centers, seek to reduce the number of feral cats prowling city
Putting Housing Inspectors on the Guards
Sep 09, 2011
Photo by dghilli With the budget passed and the summer over, the City Council yesterday got returned to its regular schedule. But while the fall usually brings a spate of legislation |