Tag: Northwell Health

Hospitals That Fail to Reopen Psychiatric Wards Risk Fines, Hochul Says

As New York tries to move people with severe mental illness off the streets and into treatment, the governor said some hospitals aren’t helping.

Covid Almost Broke This Hospital. It Also Might Be What Saves It.

For decades, smaller “safety net” hospitals like Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, in Brooklyn, have been losing money and are under pressure to close. But the pandemic has shown just how needed they are.

New Yorkers Drop Their Covid Vigilance as a BA.5 Wave Hits

Once among the most vigilant, New Yorkers respond to a highly transmissible new wave of Covid cases with the most New York of attitudes.