When Mayor Eric Adams announced the city had made a budget agreement last Friday, he chose to highlight one specific budget note in one specific Queens neighborhood; the Rockaway peninsula trauma center.
Read MoreThe City Council this week said the city should set aside the money in its upcoming $109 billion budget to build a long-asked-for trauma center on the Rockaway peninsula, a healthcare need advocates have been calling for for nearly a decade.
Read MoreRockaway representatives and hospital staff gathered in Rockaway Park for the opening of a new, state of the art women’s health center.
The funds raised will help SJEH build back after sustaining damage in a fire last week.
Read MoreSt. John’s Episcopal Hospital, the only hospital on the Rockaway peninsula, caught fire on Friday. Two people were injured.
Read MoreHoward J. Schwach is the former managing editor of The Wave.
Read More“These insane proposals amount to a death sentence for our Rockaway communities.”
Read More“I am 110 percent opposed to that state plan to take away healthcare services from people in the Rockaways.”
Read More“This is a death sentence for our community.”
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