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More than 50 retirees said they opposed the plan. Zero said they supported it.
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The union’s focus on direct action reflects skepticism that an incoming staffing law will significantly increase staffing ratios.
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A judge’s decision delays the Oct. 31 deadline for former city employees to decide whether they want to move to private Medicare Advantage or pay for alternatives.
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Uncertainty about coverage and costs under Medicare Advantage has a quarter million former city workers on edge. Two lawsuits seeking to block the move are slated to be heard in court Wednesday.
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With thousands of officers not coming into work, incarcerated people aren’t getting escorted to their medical appointments, a New York Focus investigation finds.
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City leaders have awarded a contract to provide city retirees private Medicare-like insurance to a corporate coalition termed “The Alliance.” Former public workers worry their coverage may change.
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This year, state legislators passed major bills in response to the overdose crisis. Will Cuomo sign them?
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DSA organized against a fracked-gas plant in Astoria. Now Schumer is getting involved.
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Chemical industry lobbyists are aggressively fighting a bill that would ban the use of toxic flame retardants—including by placing stories in local news outlets with quotes from a tenant organizer who says she didn’t speak to them.
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A quarter million retired city workers could be left with bigger health insurance bills and fewer doctor choices under a city plan to change their health insurance.
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The major provisions of New York’s 2021 budget.
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He committed three years ago to supporting safe injection sites for drug users — then reversed course, activists say. Now, they see a new chance to pressure the embattled governor.
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A 2011 rule prevents New York from adequately funding Medicaid, advocates say. This year’s budget could see it repealed.
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“People in prison deserve healthcare, and this is healthcare.” Legislators push to offer treatment for drug addiction in jails and prisons
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State withholds have left harm reduction providers undersupplied, and informal overdose prevention networks are struggling to fill the gap.
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Amid dramatic spikes in drug overdoses and HIV cases, legislators and public health professionals push for New York to decriminalize sterile syringes.
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Many upstate cities don’t test old houses for lead poisoning until after children have already tested positive. A new bill would change that.
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New York isn’t following through on guidance expanding take-home treatment to reduce Covid-19 spread, advocates say. Many patients must wait in line for treatment as many as six times a week.
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“We get hit with this pandemic and then like, here you go, pay $2,400 by the end of the month.”
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As New York recovers from a pandemic and an economic crisis that threw millions off their employer-based health insurance, proponents of the New York Health Act see a unique opportunity to make single-payer a reality.