New Yorkers vs. the Rat
Nov 26, 2007
When the newly renovated northern end of City Hall Park officially reopened in October, organizers planned a celebration complete with performances on the freshly cut lawn. But, said Skip Blumberg,
Problems With Pigeons
Nov 26, 2007
About 1 million pigeons make their homes in New York City mating for life, nesting on windowsills, swooping down for scraps of food and leaving droppings on the
Teaching Kids About Sex
Oct 25, 2007
About half of high school kids in New York City have had sex. Roughly one in five female students admits she did not use protection the
Good News About Asthma
Oct 22, 2007
A mural in Greenpoint, Brooklyn If you are like me, you missed an amazing bit of data buried in a New York Times article about the widening gap between the
Grading the City's Public Hospitals
Oct 18, 2007
New York City is a world of infinite decisions: Japanese or Vietnamese, a ball game or the opera and the subway or a cab. Some decisions, though, involve more serious matters.
Aging with AIDS
Aug 22, 2007
When Edward Shaw was diagnosed with the human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, in August 1988, he thought it was a death sentence. But now, the burly, 66-year-old resident of the
Guaranteeing Access to Abortion in New York
Jul 19, 2007
In New York State until 1970, abortion was considered homicide unless the procedure was to save the life of a pregnant woman. Then three years before the Supreme Court decision
Access to the HPV Vaccine in NYC
Jul 03, 2007
Young mothers whisk by pushing baby strollers heading toward the pediatric floor at the Gouverneur healthcare facility on the outskirts of Manhattan's Chinatown. Even on a slower than usual Monday,
NYC V. Fast Food
Mar 14, 2007
From the moment the footage from the infested Taco Bell aired, the rat story had legs. Tourists came to gawk and have their pictures taken at the
In Danger: Men At Work
Mar 05, 2007
Joseph Endico doesn't remember the sound of the rope snapping. He doesn't remember seeing his harness give way, or feeling his head hit the ledge of the window as he fell three |