…spending growth included in the final budget. Under the global spending cap with its ill defined “utilization controls” and rate reductions that the Department of Health (DOH) will be empowered…
…Redesign Team (MRT) to redesign and restructure the Medicaid program to be more efficient and get better results for patients. There are reallocations within the MRT cap that reduce some…
April 4, 2011 By George Penaherrera, Director, East Calvary Nursery After reading the article about another district council member speak out in outrage makes me wonder, why does this public…
April 4, 2011 By Stuart Appelbaum On behalf of the Jewish Labor Committee, whose roots are anchored here, on this hallowed ground, I say that the 146 innocent garment workers…
…way to reduce the work force. If Mayor Bloomberg is so adamantly opposed (at present, when he previously endorsed such a plan in 2002) to an early retirement incentive, let…
…face the community daily and what he has done legislatively to address many of those concerns. “When a constituent walked into our office and shared her story regarding her terminally…
…Commissioner Nirav Shah, the Medicaid Redesign Team, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, and Senate Health Committee chair Kemp Hannon all worked to shape these reforms. More information on the budget can…
…fault line that runs by Indian Point, but a second fault line he discovered nearby. “It is an alignment of earthquakes from Peekskill to the Southeast into the Long Island…
…Authorities, and Commissions, which has oversight on the MTA, and State Senator Marty Golden, who along with Brennan has sponsored a transit “lock box” bill in the legislature. A dozen…
…when it is equitable all around, but when the selfish desires of some people preclude the conditions evident, then people rebel and conflict ensues. We’ve seen the Internet commercials where…
