Health City officials say events this weekend can proceed, as smoky haze clears out of NYC By Ethan Stark-Miller
Environment THE BIG HAZE: Air quality alert for New York remains Thursday as Canadian wildfire smoke won’t go away just yet By Christian Murray, Dean Moses, Sarah Belle Lin, Ethan Stark-Miller and Robert Pozarycki
Housing & Homelessness Will NYC’s new ‘Homeless Bill of Rights’ permit people the right to sleep outside? By Bobby Caina Calvan and Christopher Weber, AP
Manhattan ‘We want to hire our own nurses’: NYC hospitals chief seeks funding boost after city spends $500M on temp nurses to fill vacancies By Max Parrott
Business Firing one up: New York Cannabis board looks to speed up license rollout, let medical marijuana dispensaries sell recreational pot products By Christian Murray
COVID-19 Pandemic Hochul inks executive order boosting resources to NYC ahead of anticipated migrant surge By Robert Pozarycki
Courts Protecting abortion rights: Hochul and James look to solidify access to medication on public college campuses, double down against pill ban By Sarah Belle Lin
Health What the Supreme Court ruling on abortion pills means for women across America By Mark Sherman and Jessica Gresko, AP
Health What the historic JUUL settlement means in the effort to combat e-smoking epidemic among New York teenagers By Sarah Belle Lin
Health New York pols mobilize against Texas court ruling that could ban medication abortion By Sarah Belle Lin
The Bronx In Hunts Point visit, Gillibrand touts $50M effort to end food deserts and insecurity By Robbie Sequeira
Courts Competing U.S. court rulings put access to abortion pills in limbo By Paul J. Weber, Matthew Perrone and Lindsay Whitehurst, AP
Health Life expectancy for New Yorkers underwent significant decline during COVID, particularly for Black New Yorkers By Sarah Belle Lin
Manhattan Public hospital nurses rally outside Harlem Hospital and demand pay equity and more staffing By Sarah Belle Lin
Health Aetna to be the provider of Medicare Advantage plan for NYC municipal retirees By Sarah Belle Lin
Health NYC Health + Hospitals now offering updated COVID-19 booster for infants and children By Sarah Belle Lin
The Bronx Borough President Gibson in favor of menthol ban, but will it catch on in the Bronx? By Robbie Sequeira
Business Hochul proposes major crackdown against illegal cannabis shops in New York City By Michael Hill, AP
Health Mayor’s bid to shift 250,000 public sector retirees to Medicare Advantage plans approved by MLC By Ethan Stark-Miller
Health Off with their masks! Mayor Adams says businesses should require that patrons remove face coverings to deter retail theft By Ben Brachfeld
The Bronx Bill to ban youth tackle football in New York state has been a decade in the making By Robbie Sequeira
Business Battery outage: City Council votes to ban reassembled e-bike batteries linked to serious fire hazards By Ben Brachfeld