Recent research by ValuePenguin suggests that property owners and construction companies could avoid more than $1 billion in natural disaster damages costs each year simply by following building codes. The insurance platform’s study, based on an analysis of data gathered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, concludes that the adoption of building codes from, at […]
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Facing Extreme Heat, Will UPS Workers Strike?
A recent report by progressive magazine In These Times gave voice to UPS delivery workers calling upon their company to do more to keep them safe from extreme heat. Representatives for the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, which represents UPS workers, told the publication that even as UPS’s profits have risen over the last several years, […]
How Can NYC Prepare For Future Flooding?
In the wake of the flash flooding that killed at least 22 in New York and New Jersey last week, local news publication City and State spoke with a variety of “climate experts and activists” about what what can be done to prepare New York City for future flooding events and protect New Yorkers from deadly floodwaters. […]
How Greener Streets Can Protect New Yorkers from Floods
The deadly flooding brought to New York City by the remnants of Hurricane Ida raised urgent questions about what authorities can do to protect New Yorkers from future floods. A StreetsBlog analysis last week proposed that one solution is to make the city’s streets more absorbent by installing green, permeable infrastructure. The city has already installed at […]
Storm Deaths Expose Rampant Illegal Basement Apartments
When the remnants of Hurricane Ida rolled through New York last week, they took a heavy toll: 46 lives, with six people still missing as of September 3rd. Of those deaths, 25 were in New Jersey, 16 in New York, four occurred in Pennsylvania, and Connecticut saw a single fatality, according to the New York Times. […]
Women Are Afraid of Walking in Cities Because of Sexual Assault, Study Shows
A new study examining the gendered nature of urban design, published by Leading Cities, found that the risk of sexual assault disproportionately prevents women from walking around their cities. According to the study, 30% of women respondents said they either “always” or “very frequently” avoid walking around their cities because of fear, instead choosing other modes of transportation. […]
Midway Nursing Home in Queens Cited for Abuse
Midway Nursing Home received 15 citations for violations of public health laws between 2017 and 2021, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on July 2, 2021. The Maspeth nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of four inspections by state surveyors. The violations they describe include the following: 1. The nursing home […]
New York Nursing Home Monitors Decline 37 Percent
In just three years, the number of nursing home monitors in New York declined a whopping 37 percent. According to Utica’s Observer-Dispatch, this sharp decline leaves the number of nursing home monitors at less than half of the state’s mandatory minimums. According to elder care advocates, the number of monitors is now so low that […]
Rutland Nursing Home Cited, Fined Over $30,000
Rutland Nursing Home received 21 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2019, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on January 21, 2020. The facility has also been the subject of a 2015 fine of $12,000 in connection to findings it violated health code provisions regarding nutrition and […]
Westchester Doctor Convicted for Stealing 540k from 97-year-old
A Westchester doctor was convicted of stealing over half-a-million dollars from an elderly woman. According to LoHud.com, physician Peter Corines of Eastchester stole the massive sums from a 97-year-old woman over just a two-week period in November 2017. The jury convicted the disgraced doctor of three felonies stemming from the stolen money and stolen identity […]
