As one of his last acts in office, Adams seeks to reinstate former city workers fired over their refusal to get a COVID shot. gothamist.com/news/nyc-wor...

And in absence of good data, warn scientists, misinformation can thrive. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

NEWS: The federal govt is sending NYC’s top disease control official to Arizona for a months-long stint at an Indian Health Service facility. That could complicate local infectious disease response efforts. “If we have an outbreak, then we’re fucked,” a city health department staffer told me.

New Yorkers’ health insurance costs on the line amid battle over government shutdown gothamist.com/news/new-yor...

New York state already legalized marijuana. Could magic mushrooms be next? https://gothamist.com/news/new-york-state-already-legalized-marijuana-could-magic-mushrooms-be-next

Looking to talk to people in NYC who have an ACA plan. Working on a story about costs potentially going up with the expiration of enhanced federal tax credits. If you want to talk today, email [email protected].

ICYMI: NY and other states launch Northeast Public Health Collaborative as antidote to turmoil at federal health agencies gothamist.com/news/ny-join...

NYC data: More ppl getting picked up for drug charges after a long decline associated with the move away from the war on drugs, and another drop early in the pandemic. Lots of new low-level charges for possession -- and even cases involving "residue." gothamist.com/news/low-lev...

ICYMI, @clewisreports.bsky.social on the confusion over getting the updated COVID vaccine this fall: www.wnyc.org/story/the-la...

In NY, chain pharmacies are now asking for prescriptions for COVID vaccines, while local pharmacies are putting off stocking the shots. Here's what's going on: gothamist.com/news/why-get...

Mayor Adams wants NY to have compulsory drug treatment. Brian Stettin, an advisor to Adams, says involuntary treatment is better than no treatment at all. Kristine Torres-Lockhart, chief medical officer for Phoenix House NY, disagrees. My latest: gothamist.com/news/mayor-a...

Why is NY seeing so many Legionnaires' cases every year? My latest story putting the current Harlem outbreak in context. gothamist.com/news/why-so-...

As Zeldin speaks, the heat index at the bottom of the screen is showing parts of the country hitting feels-like temperatures of 121 degrees. Extreme heat is a leading cause of death from climate change, a toll that will increase as CO2 levels rise.

Planned Parenthood clinics in NY are still seeing Medicaid Patients -- they're just not getting paid. A spokesperson says the situation is "unsustainable" and Planned Parenthood of Greater NY needs relief in short order. gothamist.com/news/nys-pla...

Kim Quidone went viral on TikTok for being a hilarious storyteller. Then her followers encouraged her to get sober... and she recently celebrated a year. Radio story in link. gothamist.com/news/a-bushw...

anyway remember this psa? www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-5d...

Hitting the pavement in Harlem with one of NYC’s street psychiatrists gothamist.com/news/hitting...

SNAP theft has run rampant in NY. Now victims are suing the state to try to force an update to outdated EBT cards they say put them at risk. gothamist.com/news/victims...

I met a neighbor of King Wong, the 60-yr-old police killed in Astoria this week. She said his parents took care of him til they died a few years ago. After that, he often looked for food in the trash, and entered her apt uninvited, but was “harmless.” gothamist.com/news/man-fat...

Everyone's always talking about how to treat NYers with serious mental illnesses. OnTrackNY catches young ppl right after symptoms start and offers team-based care. One OnTrack program in LI is now closing bc federal funding is up in the air. gothamist.com/news/li-prog...

After months of striking, some therapists with Kaiser Permanente stopped eating for five days to bring attention to their union's demands for parity with how the company's other workers are treated.

As of April 9, 32k home care consumers still had to complete the process of registering with PPL, and 36k workers in the program still weren’t able to log their hours with the company, per the state health dept. gothamist.com/news/ny-offi...

First on NY1: All 19 New York Democrats in the US House are demanding a meeting with HHS Sec. Kennedy over the Trump admin's attempt to cut off $11B in state & local health funding - a move they say will cost NY approx $400M. Letter is led by @aoc.bsky.social and Rep. Nadler

I spent nine months investigating the spending of the largest health care union in the U.S. What I found: 1199SEIU President George Gresham has for years used union money to benefit himself, his family and political allies. www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

Sam Mellins at NY Focus reports that, after city retirees successfully blocked a plan to switch them to Medicare Advantage to save $ on health costs, the city now has a $600M-a-year hole to fill -- and the costs could fall on current city workers. nysfocus.com/2025/03/31/n...

“We planned to have a family. I was hoping to progress further in my career.” I wrote about how some NYers with long COVID are drastically changing their expectations for their lives and careers. (radio feat coming soon!) gothamist.com/news/shrinki...

Almost all NYC kids enter kindergarten with 2 doses of the measles vaccine. But the share of 2 year olds with their first dose ranges from 65% to 99%, depending on the zip code, per data shared with Gothamist. I mapped the measles vax rates: gothamist.com/news/how-wel...

Planned Parenthood is looking to sell its 26 Bleecker St building and close its only clinic in Manhattan to shore up finances, but will need state approval first gothamist.com/news/planned...

Got to collab with Arun Venugopal, @davidfbrand.bsky.social and @jessicagould.bsky.social on a look at how major COVID-era changes in NYC are playing out five years later in real estate, health care, education and the workplace. gothamist.com/news/5-years... @gothamist.com

"We get coffee on every block. If it's legal, it's legal.” I asked NYers how far apart dispensaries should have to be, as state regulators consider new rules. gothamist.com/news/how-far...

Looking for NYC mental health therapists with thoughts on remote versus IRL sessions. Have you left a job or office space to work exclusively via telehealth? If you want to talk email me: [email protected]

Seven of the workers fired by the CDC worked for NYC health dept on areas including tuberculosis control, immunization, and emergency preparedness. gothamist.com/news/7-cdc-w...

On general assignment today, covered this doozy: gothamist.com/news/ex-nypd...

Scoop: Columbia medical school freezes hiring and other spending amid threat of federal cuts gothamist.com/news/columbi...

Hey there, reporter with WNYC and Gothamist. Is your NYC area research institution already pausing funding for new hires, travel or other expenses because of all the uncertainty? Let me know. [email protected]

When a reporter asks to talk, the answer is YES. Thank you @clewisreports.bsky.social "Maureen Barr runs a lab at Rutgers University in New Jersey...Barr, like many scientists across the region and country, is now worried about her lab’s future..." gothamist.com/news/ny-nj-j...

Is your research or medical institution sending out communications about the potential impact of NIH cuts or other federal changes? For WNYC, I'm looking at how institutions in NYC are responding so far. [email protected].

Hello! I'm looking to speak to people in the NYC area whose research or institution is likely impacted by the NIH cuts. I am also looking for ppl whose grant applications or studies are impacted by changes to language standards around DEI, gender etc. Email me to talk: [email protected]