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

JCCA -formerly known as Jewish Child Care Association- a child welfare organization in New York City, launched its first ...

Her experiences drew her back to her native New York at a time when the ... as the executive deputy commissioner of mental hygiene for the city’s Health Department, a role she assumed in March ...

acting health commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, said during remarks at City & State’s Healthy New York Summit in Manhattan. The city Health Department ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Photo by Gabriele Holtermann In 2024, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene released its first-ever report on the state of mental health among New Yorkers. The report found that 48 ...

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 ...