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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