Scientists predicted a measles outbreak in Queens. Here’s why.
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Since last September, more than 600 people have come down with measles across New York City, the majority of them in Brooklyn and Queens.
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These are the Queens neighborhoods where people live the longest — and the shortest
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Jackson Heights had the highest ratio of bodegas to supermarkets. One in three Elmhurst and Corona residents dealt with cockroaches. Binge drinking was most prevalent in Astoria and Long Island City.
Read MoreOpinion: Climate crisis demands center stage at presidential debates
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“I can’t overstate how high the stakes are.”
Read MoreOPINION: Paid Personal Time should be a right and not a privilege
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“It’s time we demand more for the nearly one million New Yorkers working longer and harder without a single paid day off to rest or tend to important life events.”
Read MoreOPINION: The ‘shame’ of detaining a pregnant woman in ICE jail
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“I am horrified that our federal government and our local elected leaders are allowing people to be jailed for no reason.”
Read MoreLegislature agrees to limit solitary, but fails to pass HALT bill
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The new policy clarifies that solitary will be reserved only for conduct that creates significant risk to the safety and security of correctional facilities.
Read MoreA pregnant mother arrested by ICE at Queens Family Court is still sick in a NJ jail
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“It’s unclear if she will be able to get out even with the humanitarian concerns.”
Read MoreDoctor pleads guilty to manslaughter in overdose deaths
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Three patients died between 2013 and 2016.
Read MoreActivists, family members mourn death of trans woman at Rikers Island
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“We want a full investigation; we want answers.”
Read MoreAOC and Constantinides support a ‘renewable Rikers Island’
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“If you put solar panels on 25 percent of Rikers Island, we will be able to close every toxic power plant that has been opened in the last two decades in New York City.”
Read MoreHomes built shortly after 1978 aren't necessarily safe from lead paint
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Lead paint poses a unique threat to children, who may crawl around on floors with paint dust, or chew on a windowsill that contains old lead paint.
Read MoreThe mayor wants New Yorkers to take a paid vacation
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The Paid Time Off measure would be the first like it in the country, and would especially impact the 900,000 New Yorkers currently without any paid personal time, de Blasio said.
Read MoreCity shuts down Flushing Yeshiva amid measles outbreak, but lawyer says no students have been exposed
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“We recognize that they are trying to contain the epidemic.”
Read More‘There is nothing else like it’ — city unveils universal health care card
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Many New Yorkers don’t qualify for health insurance because they are undocumented, and Queens has the highest percentage of undocumented immigrants of any borough.
Read MoreLetter: the Alzheimer’s crisis demands ‘BOLD’ action from Congress
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“Now that BOLD has passed into law, it must be funded, in order to address the Alzheimer’s crisis.”
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