The new smoking ban imposed in all New York parks, playgrounds and along 14 miles of public beaches was challenged last Saturday by a crowd of smokers lighting up along a section of Brighton Beach Boardwalk near Brighton 6th street. Smoke-In In an irreverent show of civil-disobedience these smoking enthusiasts, leg by CLASH, Citizens Against…
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Smoking Banned at New York’s Funnest Public Spaces
As New Yorkers begin gearing up for another summer of fun in the sun at the city’s many parks and beaches, smokers will have to find alternative venues for lighting up. Beginning on Monday the air in New York’s public parks, beaches and pedestrian plazas will be significantly fresher, as it will be illegal to…
MTA Buses Cause Madness
MTA buses are causing trouble. The East Side block (East 57th Street between 3rd and Lexington Avenues) is now completely overwhelmed – on a nightly basis – by these buses just “hanging around.” They are double parking, making noise and just sitting idling around, causing total bedlam. Well, the buses may be sitting idly by,…
Happy Meals Don’t Lead to Happiness, Says New York Councilman
In the next of many steps to put the breaks on childhood obesity, one New York City councilman is taking up the fight against the kids’ meals industry. Leroy Comrie plans to introduce a bill making it illegal to distribute toys that come with kids’ meals unless they meet certain nutritional standards, as MyFoxNY.com reports….
Police Officer’s Death Caused by Dust Exposure After WTC Attacks
In the aftermath of the attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, police officer George Wong was assigned to direct traffic around ground zero for many hours. In 2006 Mr. Wong began to feel ill, and was finally diagnosed with gastric cancer, which he died from last week at the age of…
New York’s Schools Offer Great Food Choices
Michelle Obama has been promoting better eating habits for Americans of all ages, but she has placed a special emphasis on good nutrition for children. In New York apparently, we are way ahead of the times. It has been about 6 or 7 years since schools in New York have offered school lunches to kids…
First Cases of Cholera Arrive In NewYork, Perhaps from Haiti
Three adults returning from a wedding in the Dominican Republic have been confirmed to have been stricken with cholera while on their visit. Reporting symptoms of diarrhea and dehydration, the classic signs of cholera, a commercial lab notified health officials of their discovery last Friday. None of the victims had to be hospitalized, and all…
Flu Shots Available, Will You Be Getting Yours?
Apparently last year’s craze to get vaccinated against the much feared H1N1 flu virus has not materialized this flu season. Perhaps because the vaccine was scarce last year the feeling of urgency then was multiplied, but this year no such panic stricken public has arisen, at least not here in New York. The flu shot…
Wake Up and Get Off the Road! New Laws to Prevent Sleep-Driving
We all know that drunk driving is responsible for many otherwise preventable car accidents. But maybe you don’t realize how frequently accidents are caused by drivers simply falling asleep at the wheel. According to a recent study by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, about one in ten drivers admitted snoozing at the wheel just…
Texting and Social Networking Creating Big Problems for Teens
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University presented a study which they conducted on over 4,000 students at 20 city high schools in Ohio revealing that those high school students who spent the greatest time texting on their cell phones or spending time on social network sites, or both, are at a greater risk for worse…
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