photo credit: Ryan Stone Nothing’s Free Not Even the Poison Helpline In New York State, millions of households, including elders on fixed incomes, disabled persons, folks on Social Security or minimal incomes, share a truth: a pet is family. A dog or cat is...
Photo credit Amir Arefi NY’s “brownfields” toxic chemicals still poison soil and groundwater decades after closure New York’s “brownfields” are the scars of its industrial past. Abandoned factories, gas stations, tanneries, and mills where toxic chemicals...
Photo by Zachary Kadolph Five Big Fights Waiting for Albany in 2026 With the 2025 session behind them, lawmakers are already bracing for what could be one of the most consequential years in recent memory. When the New York State Senate and Assembly return to...
Vaccine Mandates? Most of New York’s 2025 vaccine-related bills are still sitting in committee, and because the Legislature runs on a two-year session cycle, many of them will automatically carry over into 2026 unless their sponsors withdraw them or leadership decides...
Poisonin the Rivers The Quiet Scandal of Landfill Leachate in the Hudson and Mohawk It’s an invisible poison, flowing every day into two of New York’s most important waterways. From 2019 to 2023, landfill leachate, a chemical soup created when rainwater filters...
How Broken Pharmacy Systems Are Failing New York’s Most Vulnerable Last week, I took my 91-year-old father to our local pharmacy after a series of hospital stays that left his medication list changed again! He has trusted this pharmacy for decades. But this time,...
