Dr. Monica Sweeney, chairperson of Health Policy and Management at SUNY Downstate Medical Center, tells students at Brooklyn College about the success achieved in protecting infants in New York City…
Drawbacks of Cuomo’s Excelsior Scholarship
Brooklyn News Service reporter Deidra Brisco explores some of the drawbacks in Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Excelsior Scholarship program, which provides free tuition at public universities to students with a household…
Returning Oysters to New York Harbor
Brooklyn News Service reporter Lisa Flaugh explores efforts to return New York City to its one-time status as the world's oyster capital.
An Angry Voice Speaks out for Rikers Officers
Violence is up in New York City's Rikers Island jails even as the number of detainees has dropped below 10,000. Albert Craig, a trustee of the Correction Officers Benevolent Association,…
Poverty Overlooked in Presidential Race
What can government do to help the poor break out of poverty? According to Jeffrey Maclin, spokesman for the Community Service Society of New York, the answer is that it’s…
City’s first lady urges funds for mentally ill
For Mental Health Awareness month, Renee Beyda reports on Chirlane McCray's efforts to enhance New York City's aid to the mentally ill. In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, First…
Challenges for Teens with Type 1 Diabetes
Ludny Jean-Alcime discusses how she learned to live with Type 1 diabetes. (Christell Cherenfant) By CHRISTELL CHERENFANT Ludny Jean-Alcime, a freshman at York College in Queens, remembers herself as a pudgy…
The debate over schools’ metal detectors
For the past 24 years, students from around New York City have waited on long lines every school day morning to undergo a tedious search procedure just to get into…
`The Rent Is Too Damn High’
Kat Lloyd interviews Jimmy McMillan, founder of the Rent Is Too Damn High Party and frequent candidate for public office.
A chef’s story: Making it in New York
By LA QUINTA CLARK New York City can be a tough place for up and coming chefs, and like those before her Veronica Espinoza found that out. The Texan native…