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The City Council speaker called the Mamdani administration's response to the outbreak "insufficient."

But it takes months to fully train new water ecologists.

The new city budget includes $3M for hiring community health workers to help people navigate the changes.

The Justice Department alleges the state officials improperly awarded a contract to provide home health services.

A Hudson County resident was diagnosed with measles after returning from an international trip, the state health department said.

The acting city health commissioner also discussed the Legionnaires’ disease outbreak and COVID vaccines with WNYC.

An average of 36 cases were reported each month since last October.

The lawmakers urged Mayor Eric Adams not to close the facilities, which serve and are operated in part by people with serious mental illnesses who might otherwise be socially isolated.

The concentration of particulate matter in the air can worsen asthma and heart disease for some.

As part of the plan, New York City will look to expand overdose prevention centers — also known as supervised injection sites — from two to five by 2025.