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New York state could generate billions of dollars in new economic benefits if it provides all asylum-seekers, migrants and others facing possible deportation with their own lawyer, according to a new report from New York City’s comptroller. Comptroller Brad Lander, a Democrat, said the move would prevent the deportation of up to 53,000 people statewide,…

Mount Sinai and UnitedHealthcare say they have reached an agreement on a new contract after a monthslong dispute that disrupted coverage for thousands of patients. All Mount Sinai facilities will be back in network with UnitedHealthcare and its subsidiary Oxford Health Plans effective immediately, according to the hospital system’s website. Coverage will continue uninterrupted for…

Rainbow flags, a symbol of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) and queer pride and LGBT social movements, are seen outside the Stonewall Monument in New York City. ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images What do LGBTQ+ youth in America need right now? The death of Nex Benedict was ruled as a suicide by a medical examiner…

Two people were seriously injured on Tuesday after scaffolding collapsed outside a building in Brooklyn, the FDNY said. Fire officials responded to the call at 1:54 p.m. when two workers were just above the fourth-floor level of suspended scaffolding outside of 148 Stuyvesant Ave. in Bed-Stuy, city Department of Buildings spokesperson David Maggiotto said in…

New York pharmacists can now dispense birth control without a prescription to anyone in New York, according to an order signed by the state’s health commissioner on Tuesday. The order was part of a broad push last year by Gov. Kathy Hochul and leaders in the state Legislature to expand reproductive health care in the…

New York City transportation officials are launching an e-bike public safety campaign in response to a soaring number of deadly crashes on the bikes. Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez said on Tuesday that the campaign’s messaging — “get smart before you start” — is intended to convince delivery workers and others to follow traffic laws and…

A coalition of immigrant advocacy groups hold a rally outside of the Georgia State Capitol in protest of HB 1105, a bill which would require local law enforcement to take on responsibilities of immigration and customs enforcements agents as part of a federal program known as 287g. Matthew Pearson/WABE Georgia Republican lawmakers are advancing a…

Christine Blasey Ford describes what it was like to come forward and testify that Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her in high school. Her 2018 testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee threatened to derail his confirmation, but Kavanaugh succeeded in being becoming a supreme court justice. Ford still requires security for protection. After mostly avoiding the…

Police Tuesday said a 3-year-old boy had been killed in his Brooklyn home and that they’d arrested a 29-year-old man in connection with the death. According to NYPD officials, officers were called to a building on New York Avenue in Flatbush at around 10 p.m. Sunday, and found 3-year-old Denim Brown unconscious and unresponsive. He…

The New York City Council is poised to approve a bill that would track the city’s progress on reducing class size — a state mandate that the mayor’s office has opposed and that advocates say the city is struggling to meet. The bill cleared the education committee with unanimous support and is now up for…