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Opinion
NYC safe injection sites reduce OD deaths, but not in the worst neighborhoods
There is a glimmer — the slightest bright spot — of good news about drug overdoses in New York. The…
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Stories
Landlord raises stink over $1K fine for foul ‘animal waste’ odor in NYC building
A landlord is raising a stink over the city fining him for a foul odor in his Bronx building —…
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Opinion
Hochul’s COVID report leaves NY still lacking answers four years later
More than four years after the eruption of the 2020 COVID pandemic, New Yorkers still have no reliable, independent assessment…
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Stories
NYC scraps requirement that later-term aborted fetuses be treated as ‘human remains’
The New York City Department of Health has scrapped a requirement that fetuses aborted at or after 24 weeks be…
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Opinion
City Health Commissioner Vasan’s unforced mental-health miscue
Mayor Adams and Health Commissioner Ashwin Vasan are getting major pushback for messing with small mental-health community centers — and…
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Business
NYC rule will slap sugar warning labels on food, drinks including Starbucks, Dunkin’ specialties
Oh, sweet — the ‘nanny state’ is back! Fast-food chains and coffee shops in New York City would have to…
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