MetroPlusHealth’s dietitian benefit package is among the most generous in the nation New expansion of ongoing care will provide City workers with the support for healthy lifestyle changes NEW YORK: ______ With healthy food costs and diet-related illnesses on the rise in the City, MetroPlusHealth, New York City’s high-quality and affordable health plan,today announced its $0 dietitian benefit expansion […]

NEW YORK:—— NYC Health + Hospitals today announced that nine employees from the health care system, including seven executives, have been named to City & State’s ‘Power 100’ lists in Brooklyn, Queens, and The Bronx. City & State is the premier media organization dedicated to covering New York’s local and state politics and policy. Each […]

(Manhattan, NY – July 27, 2022) Patients at NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan will soon benefit from access to the latest computed tomography (CT) diagnostic technology, made possible through a $4.9M award in Fiscal Year 2023 capital funding from Council Member Diana Ayala and New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams. In addition to the CT Scanner, the […]

NEW YORK:_____ Yan Xiong offers to join US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on her trip to Taiwan, if she chooses to do so. Yan Xiong is a Chinese-American human rights activist, US Army Veteran and Chinese dissident involved in 1989 Tiananmen Square protests. Xiong continues to be a victim of Chinese harassment and […]

NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Commissioner Rohit T. Aggarwala and NYC Parks Commissioner Sue Donoghue cut the ribbon on two newly constructed plazas in Lower Manhattan. Beginning at the new Rapkin-Gayle Plaza, they were joined by Borough President Mark Levine, State Senator Brian Kavanagh, Assembly Member Deborah Glick, Council Member Christopher Marte, Community Board […]

A heat advisory is expected to be issued for New York City for Wednesday, July 20, and Thursday, July 21 Cooling centers are open across the city beginning Tuesday. To find the nearest location, including hours of operation, call 311 or visit the City’s Cooling Center Finder (Cooling Center Finder will be activated at 8 […]