Only 90 minutes away from New York City, in Harris, New York, is a special place which is making a huge impact on adults and children with severe disabilities, other medical frailties, and a growing number of people with Autism Spectrum Disorder: The Center for Discovery. Located in the Catskills on a beautiful multi-campus...
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Despite the desire of the State University of New York to close its Long Island College Hospital, a Brooklyn judge ruled that the hospital must stay open for now, at least until he decides whether the hospital will be allowed to permanently close its operations. SUNY says that the Cobble Hill facility is a money pit that the...
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Last Saturday residents of Brooklyn came out to protest the proposed closure of the Bedford-Stuyvesant located Interfaith Medical Center. The grassroots effort to keep the hospital open would like to see the facility become a full-service hospital. Protestors said that they have been sending letters in the hundreds to the New York...
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Until recently cerebral palsy has been for the most part a specialty of pediatrics. Today however there are a growing number of patients with cerebral palsy living until adulthood, with limited options for health care. Debby and Peter Weinberg’s 17 year-old son Henry is one of those patients approaching adulthood....
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Brooklyn’s junior golfers were thrilled to participate in a once-in-a-lifetime golfing lesson with the legendary Rory McIlroy this week. Barely a week after winning the P.G.A. Championship, the king of golf traveled to New York to prepare for his upcoming trial at the Barclays golf tournament on Long Island. During his stay, he...
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A recent addition to anti-crime efforts in New York has just been revealed by a Brooklyn politician. Senator Eric Adams has created a crime-reporting smartphone app that skips over the NYPD by allowing users to submit anonymous photos of suspected criminal activity, or even recorded voice descriptions, to the new system. Managed by...
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