Caroline Lewis
Articles by Caroline Lewis
Caroline Lewis is on the health care beat for WNYC and Gothamist. She has covered COVID, a nurses' strike, the overdose crisis and New York’s marijuana legalization effort, and spent a year investigating patients' medical bills. She always wants to hear about how everyday New Yorkers experience the health system. Got a tip? Email [email protected].
The eight men and two women were found in different locations across the city as temperatures plummeted to dangerous lows.
The order was supposed to expire on Sunday, but has been extended to Feb. 2.
The mayor said NYC could be staring down the coldest stretch it's had in eight years.
The strike has complicated care for untold patients, including nurses and their families. Talks have resumed at all 3 hospital centers.
But no progress was reported in contract talks between the nurses and three major hospital centers.
At the same time, enrollment in New York’s free- or low-cost Essential Plan has increased.
Contract talks between striking nurses hospitals, paused since the weekend, are set to resume.
There was no immediate word on when the two sides would resume bargaining.
Some hospital reps say they anticipate the strike could last weeks.
Nearly 15,000 nurses at three major medical centers are headed for picket lines.
The shooting at a Brooklyn hospital came amid contract talks with nurses, who are calling for better safety measures.
Here's the latest data on the flu season jolting the five boroughs and New York state.
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