Tips for a dementia-friendly holiday celebration from the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America NEW YORK (December 6, 2019) — Families across the country are getting into the holiday spirit and planning their celebrations. For the more than 5.8 million American families affected by Alzheimer’s disease, the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (AFA) is providing tips on how to adapt […]
World-Record holder Keni Harrison will make her Armory debut in February at the 113th NYRR Millrose Games. Photo courtesy of USATF She Will Face a Stellar Field Including 2018 USA Indoor 60m Hurdle Champion and American Record-Holder Sharika Nelvis and Former NCAA and Pan American Champ Queen Claye at The Armory NEW YORK, December 5, 2019 – Keni Harrison, […]
Reproduced Courtesy Searchlight News By Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States Every year since Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen divulged his theses that revolutionized development, UNDP publishes a ranking of the most prosperous and socially cohesive societies on the planet – a list that also evidences which nations have the poorest record in terms of Human […]
Austin, TX — In a bombshell reveal by the Houston Chronicle, 80,000 Texas immigrants are stuck in naturalization limbo. This is the latest in Trump Republicans’ ongoing attacks on immigrants and mixed-status families. Instead of fixing the family backlog and passing comprehensive immigration reform, Republicans see a way to suppress the vote and potentially alter the election […]
Charles Schwarz walks into Brooklyn federal court in 2002. Photo: Robert Mecea/AP/Shutterstock By Greg B. Smith, THE CITY A disgraced ex-cop convicted for lying about his role in one of the most notorious acts of police brutality in NYPD history is back on the public payroll — hired by the New York City Housing Authority as […]
(New York, NY – December 4, 2019) NYC Health + Hospitals today announced that it has expanded the role of its clinical pharmacists to help patients manage hypertension. The public health system’s clinical pharmacists work closely with primary care teams and had previously just focused on diabetes care management. There are more than 98,000 New Yorkers […]
By Juliet Linderman, AOL WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is tightening work requirements for the federal food stamp program in a move that will slash benefits for hundreds of thousands of people. The finalized rule, announced Wednesday, will restrict states from exempting work-eligible adults from having to obtain steady employment in order to receive […]
New York, New York. – January 21, 2017: People carrying signs at the Women’s March for equality in Manhattan in 2017 in New York City. – Image Washington, DC – Today, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence released the draft report – “The Trump-Ukraine Impeachment Inquiry Report” – to all Members and the public. […]
Council Member Mark Levine, the Lead Sponsor of Intro. 1362-A (Photo Credit: Emil Cohen) In a historic move aimed at protecting the health of our city’s young people, the New York City Council voted last month to ban the sale of flavored electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes), becoming the largest municipality in the country to do so. […]
By Beatriz Díez, BBC News Mundo There are an estimated 41 million Spanish speakers in the US and that number is increasing. Yet there is also a small but vocal movement to restrict the spread of Spanish. “This is a country where we speak English. It’s English. You have to speak English!” Donald Trump often […]