City’s own health care system expands to Brooklyn and Staten Island
Leave your thoughtsNYC Care, the de Blasio administration’s answer to universal health care for New Yorkers, became available to Brooklyn and Staten…
Category: Health Justice & Access
Supreme Court allows Trump administration to move forward with ‘public charge’ rule
Leave your thoughtsVIDEO The Trump administration can move forward with a rule to make it harder for immigrants who rely on public…
Trump Administration Loses Fight To Temporarily Block Public Charge Rule For Immigrants
Leave your thoughtsThe Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied the government’s request to let a new rule go into effect…
Federal Judge Strikes Down Trump’s ‘Repugnant’ Public Charge Rule
Leave your thoughtsA federal judge in New York has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from denying green cards to many low income…
‘Confused and Fearful’: New Yorkers Grapple With Trump Immigration Policies
Leave your thoughtsResidents of Jackson Heights, one of New York’s most diverse neighborhoods, are concerned the new ‘public charge’ rule will put…
City Cautions Immigrants: Don’t Rush To Drop Benefits For Fear Of Trump’s ‘Public Charge’ Rule
Leave your thoughtsCity officials are slamming a new immigration policy finalized by the Trump administration this week that would expand the federal government’s options…
Trump’s Immigration Proposals Don’t Need to Happen to Cause Harm. That’s the Point.
Leave your thoughtsHow do immigrant advocates and lawmakers counter policies that haven’t yet been put in place? The Trump administration’s effort to…
NYC Will Now Provide Affordable Health Care to Undocumented Immigrants, low income residents
Leave your thoughtsAffordable health care is now available for all Bronx residents, regardless of immigration status or income. People who can prove…
Immigrant advocacy group to expand health programs through $29M project
Leave your thoughtsMake the Road New York plans to more than double its space for programs and services through the construction of…
Why 1 Million American Kids Could Lose Access to Health Insurance
Leave your thoughtsThis feature was written in partnership with Providence St. Joseph Health. In September, a peculiar thing started happening at the…