Language Barrier Begins to Fall at City Hospitals
Leave your thoughtsA trip to the hospital poses challenges for everyone — stressful conditions, baffling paperwork, unfamiliar terms and frightening circumstances. People…
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Mayor Expands City Translation Services
Leave your thoughtsNavigating the city’s bureaucracy is hard enough when you are fluent in English, but imagine if you only spoke Korean.…
NYC Services to Be Offered in 6 Foreign Languages
Leave your thoughtsNEW YORK Mayor Michael Bloomberg ordered city agencies Tuesday to offer services in the six most common foreign languages…
Latino Asthmatics Denied Entry to Public Mold Meeting
Leave your thoughts***For Immediate Release*** More than 40 Latino Asthmatics Denied Entry to Public Mold Meeting Call on Taskforce to Hold Another…
Asthmatics to Flood Mold Taskforce Hearing
Leave your thoughtsFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 7th, 2008 Large Numbers of Asthmatics to Attend Mold Hearing Urging Taskforce to Recommend Strengthening City…
Ley para erradicar el asma
Leave your thoughtsLa defensora pública Betsy Gotbaum presentó ayer un proyecto de ley** para reducir la contaminación en el interior de…
Proponen reglas mas estrictas contra el moho
Leave your thoughtsElizabeth Mendoza vive en el sótano de una vieja edificación de Sunset Park en Brooklyn. Cuando hace frío, su pequeña…
Doctors' Wheezy Answer: Cut Mold
Leave your thoughtsAsthma specialists want the city to crack down on mold and other housing code violations that are triggers for the…
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Leave your thoughts"¡Múdense de su edificio!" Esto es lo que han empezado a recetar algunos médicos de Nueva York a personas que…
Hospitals Improve Translation Services
Leave your thoughtsREPORTER: 4 city hospitals have increased their language services for non-English speakers with the help of immigrant advocate organizations. Aida…