Councilmember Lynn Schulman (D-Forest Hills) won’t exactly call serving on the City Council fun. But she still wants to keep the job.
“It is rewarding,” she told the Chronicle in an interview last week. “Because you get to help people who may not be close to someone with influence. Or somebody who is having a very difficult time.”
Mount Sinai and the union representing resident doctors and interns at NYC Heath + Hospitals/Elmhurst have come to a contract agreement that ended a three-day strike that began Monday morning.The approximately 165 members of the Committee for…
Anyone can be forgiven for feeling a certain amount of foreboding when the weather forecast is calling for a Hurricane Irene or Sandy, or the remnants of Ida.But residents of 63rd Avenue in Rego Park have a different view.
National Skilled Nursing Care Week was held earlier this month, and the theme was “Cultivating Kindness.To celebrate, the NYPD Jazz Band performed on May 18 for seniors at the Highland Care Center, a nursing care facility located at 91-31 175…
Resident physicians and interns at NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst went out on strike at 7 a.m. on Monday in an ongoing labor dispute with Mount Sinai, which employs them.The Committee of Interns and Residents, a unit of SEIU Healthcare, said…
For Mental Health Awareness Month, state Sen. James Sanders Jr. (D-South Ozone Park) is hosting a self-care workshop on Thursday, May 25, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Springfield Gardens Church of the Nazarene, located at 145-01 Farmers Blvd…
Mayor Adams signed a bill last Thursday that will require members of the NYPD to receive training on how to both recognize and interact with people with autism spectrum disorder.Adams said the legislation will help ensure the NYPD continues t…
A crisis was avoided as nearly 300 medical residents within the MediSys Health Network (Jamaica and Flushing Hospital Medical Centers) reached a tentative agreement with their employer on Monday, which is when they intended to strike.Ninety-t…
Standing outside Planned Parenthood’s Long Island City location, New York Attorney General Tish James, state Sen. Kristen Gonzalez (D-Long Island City), Assemblymember Nily Rozic (D-Fresh Meadows), Assemblymember Jessica González-Rojas (D-Eas…
Elected officials from Southeast Queens kicked off the return of the Wise Walking Warrior Program in Springfield Gardens and Arverne last week.The senior health and wellness initiative, which was re-launched in Springfield Park last Thursday …
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