Reading List
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Why You Shouldn’t Frolic in Your Local River After It Rains
Blue herons and eastern coyotes are just some of the animals Mark Surabian, a Bronx River kayaker for the past seven years, has seen while paddling down the waterway. They’re a sight for sore eyes considering the river used to be an industrial waste dumping ground in the 1800’s, particularly on its southern portion. For […]
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Three Deaths in Central Harlem Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak
This story was originally published by Healthbeat. Sign up for their public health newsletters at healthbeat.org/newsletters. Three people have died, and 64 others have been sickened in an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in Central Harlem that has grown significantly in the past week. Legionnaires’ disease is a type of pneumonia spread through bacteria that grows in warm water. […]
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Suicides in NY Prisons More Than Doubled Last Year, New Data Shows
In a sign of a deepening mental health crisis behind bars, the number of people who died by suicide in New York State prisons more than doubled in the past year, according to newly released data obtained by a prison oversight group. The Correctional Association of New York (CANY), a nonprofit with a mandate to […]
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Hochul Rallies Democrats Behind Redistricting Gambit
This story was produced as part of a partnership between THE CITY and NOTUS, a publication from the nonprofit, nonpartisan Allbritton Journalism Institute. Rage over a proposed map that’s projected to cost Texas Democrats up to five seats in the U.S. House during the next election has pushed party leaders at every level to promise an all-out, tit-for-tat […]
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Food Rescue Grows in Response to Federal Funding Cuts
Nestled inside a small warehouse room in Hunts Point Produce Market on a recent Tuesday, workers for the nonprofit organization Sharing Excess chucked flawed cucumbers into a large cardboard box. As forklifts zig-zagged across the food rescue organization’s dock, the team members assessed the remaining stash of cucumbers, checking for signs of decay such as […]
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