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Hunger and Obesity In The Two New Yorks

Oct 12, 2005

Working at the Yorkville Common Pantry on East 109th Street in East Harlem, Deborah Goldstein decided to do something different. Rather than gather the usual anonymous statistics on the

 

Hospitals in Crisis

Sep 26, 2005

When Katrina McCloud was one year old, she hit her head on a coffee table in her Brooklyn home. Her mother, Harriet, rushed her to the emergency room at nearby St. Mary's

 

Mayoral Issue Grid: Health

Sep 21, 2005

Mayoral Issue Grid HEALTH -Top Priority? -Smoking Ban? New York City has enormous public health challenges. Roughly 2 million residents are not insured. New York is

 

Mayoral Issue Grid: Health

Aug 25, 2005

Mayoral Issue Grid HEALTH -Top Priority? -Smoking Ban? New York City has enormous public health challenges. Roughly 2 million residents are not insured. New York is

 

Cemeteries: The End is Near

Aug 22, 2005

New York City Marble Cemetery Following his death on July 4, 1831, and a glorious funeral procession through the streets of New York watched

 

Making Medicaid Cheaper

Aug 02, 2005

A staff member sees a patient at the Betances Health Center where 70 percent of clients are

 

Nonsmoking New York?

May 23, 2005

Standing outside the café he owns in Astoria, Kosta Litzeris smokes a Salem cigarette as he greets a stream of regular customers with