Prescriptions for a new class of medications used for diabetes and weight loss are concentrated in the city’s wealthier, whiter and healthier neighborhoods.
Tag: East New York (Brooklyn, NY)
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Can a Utopian ‘Blue Zone’ Be Built in a Poor Brooklyn Neighborhood?
A project in East New York aims to to adapt the ethos of Blue Zones — healthy, close-knit communities where people live to 100 — to one of the poorest neighborhoods in the city.
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New York City’s First Cannabis Boss Wants to Combat ‘Cannaphobia’
Dasheeda Dawson, a native New Yorker, returns home to direct the effort to build cannabis businesses and to absorb the illegal market into the new legitimate one.
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How Did a Two-Time Killer Get Out to Be Charged Again at Age 83?
Marceline Harvey is accused of dismembering a woman in Brooklyn. Her life was defined by a tormented relationship with women and herself — and a simmering anger.
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How to Stop Speeding Drivers in N.Y.C.? Scare Them
Traffic deaths in New York City have risen to the highest level in eight years. A new campaign aims to shock them into slowing down.