Oct. 11, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in women, and a diagnosis can be scary and isolating. But, for decades, organizations like Maimonides Medical Center, the National Breast Cancer Foundation, NYU Langone Hospital – Brooklyn, and the Susan G. Komen Foundation have partnered with local communities…
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Oct. 9, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
For the first time since the 1960s, a borough president has unveiled a comprehensive plan outlining goals and visions for communities across Brooklyn — specifically regarding issues of inequality in housing and public health, and how those issues are addressed through zoning and development.
Oct. 9, 2023 By Adam Daly
Bedford-Stuyvesant’s Woodhull Hospital resumed operations Saturday, a week after the medical facility was forced to shut down and evacuate its patients due to a massive power failure incurred during a record-setting rainstorm that overtook the city on Sept. 29.
Oct. 6, 2023 By Jada Camille
Conversations regarding public safety, climate change and affordable housing got heated at the PoliticsNY Brooklyn City Council Candidate Forum on Wednesday.
Oct. 3, 2023 By Jada Camille
Healthcare workers, union members, and elected officials demanded the state review leadership at One Brooklyn Health System after its former CEO LaRay Brown was suddenly removed from her position last month.
Oct. 3, 2023 By Kirstyn Brendlen
Maimonides Health gathered community leaders and neighbors for its first-ever Hispanic Heritage Month celebration in Sunset Park on Sept. 28.
Sep. 18, 2023 By Jada Camille
Maimonides Medical Center celebrated the launch of HE3AT, a career-focused teaching program giving high schools students on the ground learning opportunities, on Sept. 18.
Aug. 30, 2023 By Brooklyn Paper
Thousands of Brooklyn students picked up free, brand-new, fully stocked backpacks in preparation for the first day of school on Wednesday, courtesy of the Family Health Centers at NYU Langone and Empire BlueCross BlueShield.
Aug. 10, 2023 By Brooklyn Paper
As the first day of school draws closer, Maimonides Health recognized the work of its 400 young summer volunteers in a special ceremony on Aug. 8.
May. 31, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
Nurses working at NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital delivered a strike notice to hospital administrators on May 29 following several days of unsuccessful negotiations.