By Eric Adams, Mayor-NYC As I often say, we live in a city of 8.3 million people — and 35 million opinions. But one thing all New Yorkers can agree on is that people come to our city to make it. They come here to work, build lives, and fulfill the American Dream. And the...
NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst on March 12, 2024, announced a partnership with EHL Hospitality Business School, a leading academic hospitality management institution founded in 1893 and based in Switzerland and Singapore, to share best practices and resources related to the hospitality sector and its intersection with health care. EHL students will gain first-hand experience...
NYC Health + Hospitals in partnership with Sodexo on March 14, 2024 celebrated over 1.2 million plant-based meals served since the program began in March 2022. In 2023, the first full calendar year of the program, NYC Health + Hospitals served over 783,000 plant-based meals to its patients. Scientific research has shown that plant-based...
NYC Health + Hospitals has partnered with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) to implement the Interactive Screening Program, an online self-screening tool for staff to connect to peer and clinical support before a potential crisis emerges. The anonymous screening tool is customized for the health system. Employees take a brief stress and...
Governor Kathy Hochul, New York City Mayor Eric Adams, New York City Police Department Commissioner Edward A. Caban, New York City Sheriff Anthony Miranda, and Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chair and CEO Janno Lieber announced the launch of a multi-agency city-state task force dedicated to identifying and removing so-called “ghost cars” — cars that are...
“HealthyNYC” aims to increase life expectancy to 83 years by 2030 New York City Mayor Eric Adams on March 11, 2024, celebrated Intro. 93-A becoming local law, codifying New York City’s ambitious health agenda — “HealthyNYC” — that seeks to extend the average life expectancy of New Yorkers to record lengths. Unveiled last fall, HealthyNYC...
The Consulate General of India, in New York organized a special event on the launch of ‘Chalo India - Global Diaspora Campaign’ on March 7, 2024. ‘Chalo India’ is a unique initiative which was launched by Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi, on March 7, 2024 at a public event in Srinagar, Jammu &...
NYC Health + Hospitals on March 8, 2024 announced that it received $550,000 in funding from the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation. A $300,000 grant will fund the launch of the Psychiatric Physician Assistant Career Pathways Program at NYC Health + Hospitals. The program will include courses at local colleges, guest lectures by behavioral health...
Four prominent Indian and Indian-American women were honored for their achievements and contributions to society on the occasion of International Women’s Day. Maharani Radhikaraje Gaekwad, Neena Singh, Dr Indu Lew and Megha Desai were the honorees at the 6th edition of the International Women’s Day commemoration event hosted by the Consulate General of India in...
