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The Air is Smoky Again, Due to More Fires in Canada — Here's Where to Get Free Masks in BK

The Air is Smoky Again, Due to More Fires in Canada — Here's Where to Get Free Masks in BK

N95-style masks will be available at Atlantic Avenue station and Shirley Chisholm State Park in Brooklyn.
NYP-Brooklyn Methodist Hospital Nurses Ratify New Contract, Averting Strike

NYP-Brooklyn Methodist Hospital Nurses Ratify New Contract, Averting Strike

The new three-year contract includes wage increases of 5%, 6% and 7% with full retroactive pay.
Here's How to Stay Safe From the Wildfire Smoke Hanging Over Brooklyn

Here's How to Stay Safe From the Wildfire Smoke Hanging Over Brooklyn

An air quality health advisory is active until 11:59pm on Thursday, June 8.
This Bed-Stuy Resident is Fighting for Black Men's Health with Heart, Body and Soul

This Bed-Stuy Resident is Fighting for Black Men's Health with Heart, Body and Soul

Christopher Williams survived two heart attacks and a bout with cancer, all before the age of 50. But now, he’s on a mission to help as many Black men as possible understand how to improve their health.
Millions in Federal Funding Secured For Brooklyn's Interfaith Medical Center

Millions in Federal Funding Secured For Brooklyn's Interfaith Medical Center

The federal money will go towards renovating the emergency department at the Interfaith Medical Center Campus.
More Than 1,000 New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Nurses Deliver June 12 Strike Notice

More Than 1,000 New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Nurses Deliver June 12 Strike Notice

More than 1,000 Brooklyn nurses ready to strike on June 12 unless tentative agreement is reached.
Brookdale Hospital Agrees to Civil Settlement

Brookdale Hospital Agrees to Civil Settlement

The settlement resolves allegations that a former employees defrauded a federally funded nutrition program
NYP-Brooklyn Methodist Nurses Rally in Hundreds to Protest Budget Cuts

NYP-Brooklyn Methodist Nurses Rally in Hundreds to Protest Budget Cuts

With an already overcrowded Emergency Room and a shuttered psychiatric unit, New York Presbyterian-Methodist is proposing to cut nurse staffing even further.
'Direct, coordinated support': New East New York Center Improves on Holistic Treatment of Substance Use Disorders

'Direct, coordinated support': New East New York Center Improves on Holistic Treatment of Substance Use Disorders

The Center takes an integrated approach to substance use disorder treatment, offering a wide range of recovery and harm reduction services in East New York.
NY Senator Iwen Chu Assists Bensonhurst Family of Infant Diagnosed with Rare Brain Tumor

NY Senator Iwen Chu Assists Bensonhurst Family of Infant Diagnosed with Rare Brain Tumor

Two Brooklyn parents were met with uncertainty when their three-month-old daughter Faye was diagnosed with an inoperable optic-chiasm tumor in her brain.