Poughkeepsie, NY
Neighbors
HRHCare Raises Funds To Bring Health Care To New Yorkers In Need At Annual Cornucopia Benefit HRHCare Raises Funds To Bring Health Care To New Yorkers In Need At Annual Cornucopia Benefit
Hrhcare Raises Funds To Bring Health Care To New Yorkers In Need At Annual Cornucopia Benefit Hudson River Health Care (HRHCare), one of largest federally qualified health center networks in the country, hosted its 14th annual Cornucopia Benefit on Saturday, October 20. Held at The Hudson Loft in Irvington, New York, the event raised $350,000 to support the comprehensive primary and preventive health services that HRHCare provides to people in need throughout the Hudson Valley and Long Island. HRHCare currently serves over 185,000 New Yorkers, providing care they would otherwise be unable to access. Guests also had the opportunity to contribute to HRHCare’s Children’s Health Fund. Th…

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White Plains, NY
Politics
Who Do You Think Won?: Key Clashes In Cuomo-Molinaro Debate Who Do You Think Won?: Key Clashes In Cuomo-Molinaro Debate
Who Do You Think Won?: Key Clashes In Cuomo-Molinaro Debate Video: In case you missed it, or if you'd like to see it again, watch a video of the hourlong debate above Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Republican challenger Marc Molinaro took off the boxing gloves in a fiery one-hour debate Tuesday that -- between numerous interruptions -- touched on health care, corruption and President Donald Trump The only one-on-one debate scheduled before the Nov. 6 election got testy as Cuomo and Molinaro attacked each other mid-sentence. Democrat Cuomo, a resident of New Castle, repeatedly tried to link Molinaro to Donald Trump, also a native New Yorker, even though th…

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by Jon Craig
Poughkeepsie, NY
Lifestyle
First Class Of Hudson River Health Care Nurse Practitioner Residents Graduates First Class Of Hudson River Health Care Nurse Practitioner Residents Graduates
First Class Of Hudson River Health Care Nurse Practitioner Residents Graduates On Thursday, August 30, Hudson River Health Care (HRHCare) was proud to celebrate the graduation of their first class of nurse practitioner residents: Tameka Bland, Nancy Gartin-Checchi, and Erika McNair. HRHCare has a long history of training medical residents and students, but these three nurse practitioners were the first to graduate from the new HRHCare Nurse Practitioner Residency Program. “Community health centers provide care to approximately 28 million people in urban and rural communities across the country, with that care being provided increasingly by teams including nurse practit…

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Armonk, NY
Politics
Vote Now: Who Won Cuomo-Nixon NY Democratic Primary Debate? Vote Now: Who Won Cuomo-Nixon NY Democratic Primary Debate?
Vote Now: Who Won Cuomo-Nixon NY Democratic Primary Debate? Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Democratic challenger Cynthia Nixon engaged in a heated debate focusing on corruption, personal finances and who would be better to battle President Donald Trump. Cuomo, a second-term incumbent, promised not to run for president in 2020 during the hour-long debate at Hofstra University on Wednesday, Aug. 29. Both candidates accused each other of interrupting and lying.  Cuomo was grilled about pushing to name the Tappan Zee Bridge after his father, a decision that remains controversial in the Hudson Valley. “The Tappan Zee Bridge is no more,” he said, noting that a &qu…

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by Jon Craig
White Plains, NY
Politics
Cuomo Signs Women’s Contraception Executive Order In Westchester Cuomo Signs Women’s Contraception Executive Order In Westchester
Cuomo Signs Women’s Contraception Executive Order In Westchester Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order in Westchester Tuesday, July 10 directing state officials to protect women's access to contraception.  Cuomo's move comes just as President Donald Trump nominated Brett Kavanaugh as U.S. Supreme Court justice. Kavanaugh's decisions have typically sided against women's rights to contraceptives and abortions.  Cuomo, of New Castle, announced new actions to protect reproductive rights as Congress starts the confirmation process with Kavanaugh, a conservative judge who could sign off on rolling back advancements in reproductive health care.  Through …

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by Jon Craig
White Plains, NY
Politics
NY Judge: Trump Admin Acted In 'Bad Faith' By Adding Citizenship Question NY Judge: Trump Admin Acted In 'Bad Faith' By Adding Citizenship Question
NY Judge: Trump Admin Acted In 'Bad Faith' By Adding Citizenship Question Citing “bad faith,” a federal judge has ordered President Donald Trump’s administration to disclose additional information regarding its decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census. Judge Jesse Furman of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York announced on Tuesday that lawyers representing the government must produce a log of documents that were being withheld, as well as provide an explanation for why the administration did so.  Furman further demanded that the government include documents from the Commerce and Justice Departments in their disco…

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by Zak Failla
White Plains, NY
Politics
Ex-GOP Mayor Michael Bloomberg Will Spend $80M To Help Dems Flip House Ex-GOP Mayor Michael Bloomberg Will Spend $80M To Help Dems Flip House
Ex-gop Mayor Michael Bloomberg Will Spend $80M To Help Dems Flip House Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has made a huge -- some say politically surprising - promise. Bloomberg, a Republican who owns an estate in North Salem, has pledged to donate $80 million to help flip the U.S. House majority in favor of Democrats.  Bloomberg also says he will support governors in November --  regardless of their political party -- who share his positions on gun control, climate change, education and other polarizing issues that he thinks are dividing the nation and causing legislative gridlock. In this statement issued on Wednesday, June 20, Bloomberg wrote: &q…

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by Jon Craig
Darien, CT
Lifestyle
Urgent Orthopedic Care At ONS Now Available In Greenwich Urgent Orthopedic Care At ONS Now Available In Greenwich
Urgent Orthopedic Care At ONS Now Available In Greenwich After hours emergency orthopedic care is now available at the Greenwich, Conn. office of Orthopaedic & Neurosurgery Specialists (ONS). ONS Ortho Urgent Care will provide patients with a fast, convenient and cost effective alternative to hospital emergency room visits in the event of a sudden orthopedic injury. ONS Ortho Urgent Care is available at the ONS Greenwich office at 6 Greenwich Office Park, Monday through Friday from 5–8 p.m. and Saturday from 12–4 p.m. No appointment is necessary. “Sprains and fractures can happen to anyone at any time,” said Seth Miller, MD, president of…

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
News
Nebraska, Kansas Regulators Take Over Wood-Ridge Company's Nursing Homes Nebraska, Kansas Regulators Take Over Wood-Ridge Company's Nursing Homes
Nebraska, Kansas Regulators Take Over Wood-Ridge Company's Nursing Homes State regulators in Nebraska and Kansas have taken over 36 nursing homes after its Wood-Ridge parent company failed to make payroll in those states, according to recent reports. Skyline Health Care, LLC, owned by Joseph Schwartz on Marlboro Road, owns nursing homes in Arkansas, South Dakota, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and Florida -- and three in New Jersey. Twenty-one nursing facilities and 10 assisted living facilities were placed by authorities in Nebraska, and 15 skilled-nursing facilities with 845 patients were taken over by courts in Kansas, according to statements issued …

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by Cecilia Levine
Pleasantville, NY
Schools
Pace Opens New Health Care Center On Pleasantville Campus Pace Opens New Health Care Center On Pleasantville Campus
Pace Opens New Health Care Center On Pleasantville Campus Pace University opened a new and enlarged health care center on its Pleasantville campus on Thursday, April 5, celebrating the 40th anniversary of its University Health Center. The first nurse-managed academic health care service on a university campus in the United States, UHC opened its doors at Pace in 1977. A novel concept at the time, the use of nurse practitioners is now common practice in primary care.  UHC offers a wide range of primary health care services and its leading-edge care continues to be a model, nationally and internationally.  The new Pace location, which moved from th…

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by Jon Craig
Mount Pleasant, NY
News
NY AG Files Suit Against Trump Administration Over Citizenship Question NY AG Files Suit Against Trump Administration Over Citizenship Question
NY AG Files Suit Against Trump Administration Over Citizenship Question A multi-state coalition of elected officials, led by New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, officially filed a lawsuit in district court to block President Donald Trump and the federal government’s to bring back a question asking about citizen status in the 2020 United States Census. Schneiderman - leading a coalition of 18 state Attorneys General and six cities and the bipartisan U.S. Conference of Mayors - filed a lawsuit to block the Trump administration from demanding citizenship information in the census, stating that “demanding citizenship information from the census would …

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by Zak Failla
Hackensack, NJ
Politics
Grewal Joins Opposition To Federal Denial Of Health Care Proposal Grewal Joins Opposition To Federal Denial Of Health Care Proposal
Grewal Joins Opposition To Federal Denial Of Health Care Proposal New Jersey's Gurbir S. Grewal has joined a multi-state coalition of Attorneys General in urging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to withdraw a proposed “conscience” rule that would allow health care institutions to deny medically necessary care to patients on the basis of “religious, moral, ethical or other reasons.” New Jersey receives more than $11 billion in federal health care funding annually – funding that Grewal said could be terminated under the proposed rule if HHS determines the state has failed, or even “threatened” to fail, to comply with the rule’s requirem…

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by Jerry DeMarco