Health Care
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Lawmakers and union demand NYU Langone resume offering gender-affirming care for minors
After Trump threatened to pull federal funding, NYU Langone stopped taking new patients under 19 years old who seek gender-affirming care.
Opinion
Opinion: Make America Infected Again?
Five years after New York was decimated by a novel virus, the eerie drumbeat of strange infections and diseases echo in our midst. Are we prepared for another pandemic?
Health Care
Opinion: New York reached a major health milestone, but we cannot take our foot off the gas
The state must continue to fund Donate Life New York State, the nonprofit organization that operates the organ donor registry.
Opinion
Opinion: Training the future health care workforce today
Meeting New York's care crisis for older adults will require strategic investment in workforce training programs like SkillSpring.
Health Care
Opinion: New York’s future depends on investing in older adults
Rather than prioritizing institutional care, the state should invest in community care models that keep older New Yorkers in their neighborhoods.
LGBTQ+
State AG says NY hospitals must continue offering gender-affirming care to minors
State Attorney General Letitia James helped win a temporary restraining order preventing the Trump administration from denying federal funds to hospitals – at least for now.
Albany Agenda
New law aims to stop red states from prosecuting NY abortion doctors
After a New York doctor was indicted in Louisiana, Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation that will keep doctors’ names off of prescriptions for abortion medicine.
Sponsored Content
Fighting for the Medical Aid in Dying Act
Compassion & Choices hosted a panel discussion in Albany to renew the call for approving this legislation.
Trailblazers
The 2025 Trailblazers in Health Care
New York’s notable policymakers, providers and practitioners in the medical field
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How pharmaceutical distributors improve care
A Q&A with Leah Lindahl of the Healthcare Distribution Alliance
Opinion
Opinion: New York needs mental health clubhouses, not just involuntary commitment
Seizing on New York state’s opportunity to support people living with serious mental illness will make all New Yorkers safer.
Opinion
Opinion: The future of mental health in NYC
We need innovative, compassionate leadership that reimagines public safety and mental health services through the lenses of justice, equity and real community care.
Opinion
Opinion: A healthier and safer city requires real solutions
Living with mental illness is not a crime, and our mayor and governor have failed to address the very reasons why so many people find themselves in public states of despair.
Nonprofits
Opinion: Addressing the nursing shortage crisis starts with nursing faculty
Increased funding and other solutions will help to begin addressing this persistent problem.
Policy
Hochul says 2025 is the year to change involuntary commitment laws
Despite past opposition from lawmakers, the governor once again plans to propose expansions to laws involving involuntary mental health treatment
Albany Agenda
Here’s what’s on the agenda for the 2025 state legislative session
From education to criminal justice, lawmakers have a lot to debate next year in Albany.
Policy
City retirees win in court again, as Adams vows to press on
The court ruling is another blow to Mayor Eric Adams and municipal union leaders who want to move retired city workers onto privately-managed health insurance plans.
