Closed Hospital Plays Key Role in Jackson Heights Race
Aug 24, 2009
Photo (cc) Vidiot 74th Street in Jackson Heights Any number of potential City Council candidates saw their plans thrown into turmoil in late 2008 when the City Council voted to extend term
An Outer Borough Drought
Jul 15, 2009
Photo (cc) tatoodjj This story was done through a partnership between The Huffington Post's Eyes and Ears citizen journalism program and Gotham Gazette. Gotham Gazette reporter Courtney Gross wrote the piece
Public Hospitals in Critical Condition
May 28, 2009
Photo (c) jag9889 Woodhull Hospital in East New York Four clinics are set to shut, four mental health programs in New York City public schools won't be around next year, and three
City, State Do Little to Address Female Genital Cutting
Mar 24, 2009
Image by Gotham Gazette For Angela Montague, it began with a young woman from the West African country of Guinea. In February 2008, Montague, a licensed clinical social worker and the
Council Takes a Bite Out of Bed Bugs
Mar 12, 2009
Photo from wiki commons The City Council tried to bite bed bugs back Wednesday when it unanimously approved legislation spurring the city to investigate the epidemic. The bill requires the city form
A Food Policy for New York
Mar 04, 2009
Photo (cc) the T bone Increasing the availability fresh produce, like these apples at Union Square Greenmarket, is one small piece of New York's public health policy. Food policy, nutrition and public
Those Restaurant Calorie Counts: Too Good to Be True?
Aug 04, 2008
Some snack items pack in a meal's worth of calories. Five hundred and ten calories in a corn muffin at Dunkin' Donuts? One thousand one hundred and fifty calories in a
Can Planners Help New Yorkers Eat Better?
Jun 12, 2008
Photo (cc) Adam KubanThe City Planning Supermarket Need Index indicates that more neighborhood market options are needed in high-density areas such as northern Manhattan, the south Bronx, and central |