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Photos: Celebrating the most powerful figures in health
City & State’s gala recognized New York’s leaders in the health care community.
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Staten Island is seeing a spike in thyroid cancer
State health officials say just don’t screen for it, that’ll solve the problem.
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Photos: 2019 Health Innovation Summit
Experts diagnose the progress of health care in New York.
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Poll: Should NYC schools ban chocolate milk?
Upstate lawmakers and dairy farmers are fighting back.
New York City
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Asbestos in NYC is more common than you think
And the city hasn’t always done a good job of containing it.
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Ballooning budget, congestion concession and pharma felonies
Ballooning budget, congestion concession, pharma felonies and more in this week’s political news roundup.
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Poll: The Democrats’ legislative deluge
Which bills could backfire? And what policy fights are looming?
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What’s not in Cuomo’s budget?
Gov. Andrew Cuomo's wide-ranging budget address left out several legislative priorities.
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Will de Blasio aim for national audience in State of the City?
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio will be kicking off his sixth year as mayor with his annual State of the City address on Thursday at 11 a.m. at Symphony Space. Here’s what we’re wondering about what he’ll say.
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Which corporations get to sponsor WNYC? It’s not so black and white.
Which corporations get to air their messages on WNYC? New York Public Radio President and CEO Laura Walker says it's not a simple process.
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Health care groups place their bets on James for attorney general
Tish James has received more than $100,000 from the health care sector.
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Drama with Charter, Cuomo still leads and a lemonade stand
Drama with Charter Spectrum, Andrew Cuomo still leads Cynthia Nixon, no deal for Uber and Lyft, a new policy on marijuana prosecution takes effect in New York City and a lemonade stand in This Weeks Headlines.
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Council speaker calls emergency meeting on NYCHA’s water tanks
New York City elected officials and tenants’ advocates denounced the deteriorating condition of the rooftop water tanks that supply drinking water to New York City Housing Authority tenants, following a report by City & State which revealed dozens of cases of contamination – including birds, rodents, and insects in the tanks – that were never reported to city health officials, as the law requires.
Andrew Cuomo
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The Women’s Equality Party is more of a casual get-together
If there were ever a moment suited to a political party serving women, it would be now. But New York's Women’s Equality Party was founded in July 2014 by Gov. Andrew Cuomo allies to rally – or, critics contend, to confuse – female voters in his Democratic primary race against Fordham Law School professor Zephyr Teachout.
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Sean Patrick Maloney spins tampons into political gold
Sean Patrick Maloney’s office was denied use of public funds for female hygiene products. He knew what to do next.
Andrew Cuomo
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Separated children, end of session and changes to marijuana policy
Separated migrant children, end of New York legislative session and changes to marijuana policy top this week's news.
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How the state Senate broke down this week, explained
A missing GOP senator lead to a chaotic power struggle
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