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Bedford-Stuyvesant

‘We’ve touched a lot of lives’: Bed-Stuy Volunteer Ambulance Corps prepares to celebrate 37 years of service

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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AMNY

City Council hears proposed legislation for permanent doula training and services program

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News

A lifeline for families: JCCA expands Youth ACT mental health services with state funding

By Gabriele Holtermann

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News

NYC Health + Hospitals/‌South Brooklyn Health celebrates one year of ‘26 Minutes with Dr. Warren Seigel’

By Arthur de Gaeta

AMNY

‘Mouth of America’: How this likeness of the Statue of Liberty filled with pills at Brooklyn park aims to expose a hidden health crisis

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Bay Ridge

For the love of care: Brooklyn nonprofit group home grapples with staffing crisis

By Gabriele Holtermann

In New York State, 25 influenza-associated pediatric deaths were reported in the last year - the highest recorded amount ever in New York.

AMNY

New York sees highest-ever child flu-related deaths, 10 in NYC: state health officials

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‘Spoonful’ of change: One man’s mission to make healthy breakfast more accessible

By Regina Martinez

Nurses in New York rally at state capitol ahead of National Nurses Week

AMNY

‘We fight for better workplaces’: Health care professionals use National Nurses Week to advocate better work conditions

People walking in front of Rite Aid's Junction boulevard location in Queens

AMNY

Rite Aid closing all remaining New York stores after second bankruptcy filing

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AMNY

‘Outrageous betrayal’: NY senators seethe as Trump admin slashes 9/11 health program staffing

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Canarsie

Cancer survivors and patients push for state policy change in Albany, honor Brooklyn pol

By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil

people at a podium during a rally for the WTC Health Program

AMNY

New York senators demand Trump Administration restore ‘revolting’ cuts made to WTC Health Program for 9/11 first responders

NY: Mental Maternal Healthcare Announcement

Health

New Perinatal Mental Health program aims to combat Brooklyn’s high maternal death rate

By Gabriele Holtermann

AFGE Rally at Brooklyn VA

News

‘A national shame’: Brooklyn VA workers rally against ‘evil’ cuts, call for labor protections

By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil & Paul Frangipane

person marching with sign of malliotakis healthcare cuts

Bay Ridge

‘Hands off our healthcare’: Brooklynites protest Rep. Malliotakis’ support for Republican budget proposal

By Lauren Rapp

Straphangers say they commute in rush hour alongside sleeping homeless.

AMNY

Mental health: City Council says they found serious flaws in Mayor Adams’ involuntary removal policy in new report

COVID 19 Memorial Wall

Families of pandemic nursing home victims mark five years, demand Cuomo take accountability

By Dean Moses

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News

Norwegian Christian Home cuts ribbon on revamped rehab gym in Dyker Heights

By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil

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Caribbean Life

Healthy Aging & Wellness Expo returns to Brooklyn for a Day of Education and Empowerment

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Blasian Pride was moved inside this year due to rain.

PHOTOS: Rain pushes Blasian Pride indoors; march rescheduled

Brooklyn Borough President Candidate Khari Edwards pays tribute in poem, at Memorial Day 2025 Ceremony by the Brooklyn Canarsie Lions, flanked by Assembly Member Jamie Williams, to his immediate right.

Khari Edwards vies to be Brooklyn Borough Prez

Tiki, Everyone’s Favorite TikTok Foster Dog, Has Been Adopted!

New York Family

Tiki Has Been Adopted! Everyone’s Favorite TikTok Foster Dog Has a New Home

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2025 Elections: Who are the four Democrats running for NYC comptroller in the June 24 primary?