Budget

Opinion

Opinion: GOP’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ will savage NY’s health care system, budget and economy

The GOP bill would leave 1.5 million New Yorkers uninsured, cut hospital funding by $3 billion and blow a $13.5 billion hole in the state budget.

Courts

Politics

NY’s highest court sides with city over retirees in Medicare Advantage fight

The court found that retirees aren’t entitled to traditional Medicare. The Organization of Public Service Retirees urged the City Council to pass legislation that would change that.

New York State

Politics

PPL touts high customer satisfaction amid turbulent home care transition

The company tasked with administering CDPAP conducted a survey which found that tens of thousands of consumers and home aides are happy with Public Partnerships LLC.

Health Care

Policy

Religious groups urge Hochul to kill Medical Aid in Dying bill

The controversial Medical Aid in Dying legislation has finally made it through both the Assembly and the state Senate, but the governor could still veto it.

Opinion

Opinion

Opinion: How to fight measles outbreaks in NY

The state Senate and Assembly are running out of time to pass pro-vaccine legislation before the end of session.

Opinion

Opinion

Opinion: I voted yes on Medical Aid in Dying. Now the Senate must act.

I voted yes for every New Yorker who may one day face a terminal diagnosis and who deserves the ability to choose their own path.

Health Care

Politics

Poll finds majority support for Medical Aid in Dying Act

Although the Catholic Church opposes the bill, the new poll found that 65% of Catholic New Yorkers believe terminally ill patients should be able to end their lives with a doctor’s help.

Opinion

Opinion

Opinion: Don't let politics obscure a health victory in New York

The legacy of former New York City Health Commissioner Ashwin Vasan shows how effective governance can transcend political turbulence.

Policy

Policy

Assembly passes Medical Aid in Dying Act

For the first time in either chamber, lawmakers approved legislation that would permit doctors to help terminally ill patients to end their own lives.

Events

Policy

Drawing on personal experience to fight for equitable health care in NYC

New York City’s interim health commissioner Michelle Morse recalled her upbringing in West Philadelphia and how it has influenced her work during her keynote speech at City & State’s Health New York Summit.

Opinion

Opinion

Opinion: New York’s maternal health crisis continues to disproportionately harm Black mothers

The state must expand culturally competent health services for Black mothers who face much higher pregnancy-related mortality rates.

Health Care

Politics

Mark Cuban to headline 32BJ annual conference

The influential billionaire shares 32BJ’s goal of reducing health care costs.

Policy

Policy

New York has debated forced psychiatric treatment for decades

Half a century after the state tightened the criteria for involuntary commitment, Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to make it easier to hospitalize mentally ill people against their will.

Budget

Policy

Feds suddenly terminate funding for NY addiction recovery programs

Lawmakers and advocates are calling on the state government to backfill the federal grant funding that’s been cut.

Policy

Policy

Department of Health and PPL: CDPAP transition issues are not our fault

The state is offering a 30-day grace period for those who don’t finish registering with a new state-approved payment processor by the April 1 deadline, while blaming misinformation and uncooperative fiscal intermediaries for any problems with the transition.

Policy

Policy

Advocacy groups demand state restore cut public health funds to NYC

The state pays for 36% of cities’ core health services costs – except in New York City, where it only pays for 20%.