Category: Health and Safety

February 26, 2014 By Marc Bussanich  Bronx, NY—Councilmember Andy King stood with nurses from the New York State Nurses Association to call on North Central Bronx Hospital to make sure

February 25, 2014 By Marc Bussanich  New York, NY—The New York State Public Health and Health Planning Council is set to vote soon on whether to allow the nation’s largest

February 25, 2014 Tom Canty, Vice President and General Manager, Empire BlueCross BlueShield Government, Labor and Special Accounts Nowadays, people, from senior citizens to preschoolers, spend their working hours on

February 24, 2014 By Steven Wishnia It won’t happen this year, but Assemblymember Richard Gottfried is determined to set up a single-payer health-care system in New York State—like Medicare, but

February 21, 2014 By Mayor de Blasio “For months, we were told the free-fall closure of Long Island College Hospital was inevitable. We fought back. We went to court to

February 20, 2014 By Neal Tepel, LaborPress Publisher New York, NY – New York State was successful in achieving a medical waiver from the Federal government. This will allow for

February 12, 2014 By Stephanie West Washington, DC – The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the National Right to Work Committee’s Harris v. Quinn case on Jan. 21.

February 7, 2014 By Stephanie West CVS Caremark has announced that they will stop selling cigarettes and other tobacco products at all CVS/pharmacy locations across the U.S. by October 1,

February 6, 2014 By Stephanie West The Affordable Care Act, which was designed to expand health insurance coverage, and slow the growth of health care costs, also address income inequality.

January 28, 2014 By Stephanie West Governor Cuomo, New York City Mayor de Blasio and State legislators are demanding that the federal government approve New York State’s $10 billion Medicaid