A $7.5 billion federal funding cut has put New York’s Essential Plan in limbo. As many as 1.2 million people could lose coverage under a worst-case scenario.
Gothamist collected samples of snow from three different neighborhoods — Williamsburg, Washington Heights and Jackson Heights — and sent them to a lab to test for bacteria and 25 different metals.
Hundreds of people gathered outside the Stonewall National Monument last week to witness local elected officials and activists raise a Pride flag in the same place where federal officials removed one just days before.
Two Flushing men orchestrated a decade-long scheme that defrauded Medicare and Medicaid of roughly $120 million through adult day care centers and a pharmacy, federal prosecutors said.
Business and tourism leaders, while hopeful for a big economic payoff for the region, are expressing concern that angst over U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity, trade tariffs and other White House policies could dampen the party and deter visitors.
