NYC Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health on Wednesday announced that it received $6 million in FY24 capital funding from NYC Council Speaker Adrienne Adams, Chair of the Committee on Hospitals Mercedes Narcisse, Council Members Inna Vernikov and Ari Kagan, and members of the Brooklyn Delegation to create a Collaborative Learning Center for the Practice of Medicine. This funding… Read More

It was all about Caribbean culture and heritage at the fifth annual Queens Carnival in Far Rockaway on Saturday, Aug. 26. The free family-friendly event included a parade with floats, vendors along the boardwalk at Beach 17th Street, plenty of Caribbean food, fireworks and a music concert at O’Donohue Park. Additionally, revelers had the chance… Read More

L’installazione di una gru di cantiere determinerà un restringimento di carreggiata in corrispondenza degli ingressi del plesso scolastico di via Cecchi e l’istituzione, dalla giornata di domani martedì 29 agosto 2023, di un senso unico di circolazione, da via Francesco Cigna verso corso Emilia in direzione del centro città. Parallelamente la linea 11 di Gtt… Read More

Giovedì 31 agosto, dalle ore 10, sarà definitivamente chiuso al traffico l’attuale svincolo di uscita dal raccordo Torino-Caselle verso piazza Rebaudengo. I veicoli in arrivo dal raccordo autostradale potranno transitare sul nuovo svincolo di uscita che è stato realizzato nell’ambito dell’ultimo lotto dei lavori di sistemazione superficiale del Passante. La modifica dello svincolo d’uscita verso… Read More

Neppure la pioggia arresta il crescente successo del TODAYS Festival che, con oltre 10.000 presenze di ogni età e provenienza, si riconferma tra i più grandi festival di musica italiani riconosciuti a livello internazionale. La nona edizione, promossa anche quest’anno dalla Città di Torino e realizzata dalla Fondazione per la Cultura Torino da venerdì 25… Read More

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A powerful gang opened fire Saturday on a large group of parishioners led by a pastor as they marched through a community armed with machetes to rid the area of gang members. The attack was filmed in real time by journalists at the scene, and several people were killed and others… Read More

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — The descendants of a 19th-century Scottish sugar and coffee planter who owned thousands of slaves in Guyana apologized Friday for the sins of their ancestor, calling slavery a crime against humanity with lasting negative impacts. Charles Gladstone, a descendant of former plantation owner John Gladstone, traveled to Guyana from Britain with… Read More

Commemorating the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition on Wednesday, the head of the United Nations’ education, science and culture agency UNESCO, on Wednesday emphasized the urgent need to end exploitation. “It is time to abolish human exploitation once and for all, and to recognize the equal and unconditional… Read More

Over the next four years, Lillian Lee and her classmates at the CUNY School of Medicine at The City College of New York will have an experience unlike that of most American medical students. CUNY Med was established to change the way medical care is delivered in communities like Harlem, East New York and the South Bronx, and to do… Read More

NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst recently announced three new appointments to its Executive Leadership team: Dr. Hadeel Alkhairw as chief quality officer, Dr. Thaina Rousseau-Pierre as patient safety officer and chief equity officer, and Gail Young, DNP, RN, as deputy chief nursing officer. “I am extremely pleased to welcome these three talented, dynamic, and outstanding healthcare… Read More