Opinion

Opinion

Opinion: Real health coverage for New York

Our current patchwork system of private health insurance is a failure. The New York Health Act is the sensible way forward.

Health Care

Policy

Lawmakers, advocates and contractors beg Hochul to delay April 1 CDPAP deadline

Tens of thousands of people could temporarily lose their home care if the transition isn’t completed in time

2025 New York City Mayoral Election

Politics

How would NYC mayoral candidates react to another pandemic?

Mayor Eric Adams and his challengers have their own ideas for how the city could weather a future health crisis.

Opinion

Opinion

Opinion: We must address the mental health care needs of people leaving Rikers

The current system is deeply broken, and we are failing our city by failing to provide pathways to effective treatment post-incarceration.

Opinion

NYN Media

Opinion: Babies’ health hangs in the balance this budget season

A call for a dedicated funding stream that ensures New York’s young children and families have access to preventative supports and services they need.

Heard Around Town

Politics

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

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

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

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

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+

Politics

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

Policy

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.

Opinion

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

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.