The public health department in New York is one of the largest agencies of its kind. In addition to local health challenges, ...

The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene recently identified an alarming pattern: Overdose is the city’s ...

New York City has long been a global beacon for LGBTQ+ people. As of 2023, about 907,000 adults in our city (14%) identified ...

The Jewish Child Care Association (JCCA), a child welfare organization in New York City, launched its first Youth ACT team in ...

A wave of new construction for backyard and basement apartments on the lots of existing one- and two-family homes — known as ...

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Our litigation challenging the city’s use of New York Police Department officers as first responders when someone is experiencing a mental health crisis continues,” reads the statement from ...

City health officials are investigating two bird flu cases in household cats, marking the first known infections in pet cats statewide. The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene said Friday that ...

NEW YORK CITY (WABC ... "In the next few weeks, Dr. Vassan with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene is going to expand what we're doing already, rolling out a comprehensive next ...

NEW YORK — City Health Commissioner Ashwin Vasan submitted his resignation Monday morning to City Hall, citing personal reasons as the impetus for his departure. Vasan, a trained epidemiologist ...

Across the country, states are battling fatal drug overdoses. The overdose crisis has reached historic levels in New York City, according to new data from the city's Department of Health and ...