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New York state sues Sackler family over their role in the opioid crisis

Mar 31, 2019

New York state is suing members of the Sackler family, which owns Purdue Pharmaceuticals, for their role in the nation’s opioids crisis, according to The Guardian. The move follows the company’s $270 million pa...

After years of problems, New York’s Indian Point nuclear plant set to close within 5 years

West Side Story

Jan 9, 2017

Environment, Science

After a high-profile leak of radioactive material into groundwater last year, Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced that the Indian Point nuclear power plant near New York City will close by April of 2021. Cuomo ...

NYC Animal Care Control condemned for neglecting stray animals

Cody Gash

Apr 20, 2015

Health

New York - Animal Care and Control of New York has been criticized heavily for administering unsafe drugs to New York City's stray and unwanted animals. These stray animals are subject to poor living conditions...

New York fights in tandem and togetherness against rising AIDS cases

Cody Gash

Feb 28, 2015

Health

Residents of New York City are seeing a noteworthy increase in Human Immunodeficiency Virus or HIV infection. The infected individuals, who have been diagnosed and are being cared for, are witnessing steady plu...

New York to be engulfed in ocean water by the year 2100, predicts Climate Change Panel

Cody Gash

Feb 21, 2015

Innovation

New York (NY): Much to the concern of scientists and the people of New York, it is expected that by the year 2100, there could a 6 feet rise in sea level and would radically change the map of New York. The find...

Ants starve rats of food to keep New York clean

Charles Omedo

Dec 3, 2014

Innovation

Worried about the roles insects and rats and other city animals play in dealing with city garbage, researchers from North Carolina State University have established that city faunas play a bigger role in keepin...

Microsoft opens Store in Fifth Avenue New York, next to Apple Store

Abby Smith

Sep 29, 2014

Innovation

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is now going to open a flagship store in New York Fifth Avenue. The Redmond giant will now open a store next to the iconic Apple Inc store that holds a glass cube in front of it. The co...

New York readies itself for UN Climate Change Summit 2014

Siddhant Ghatge

Sep 20, 2014

Innovation

To combat the hazardous effects determined by climate change, a number of international meetings have taken place in the last decades. Under the United Nations’ umbrella on September 23, New York will host anot...

Mosquito-borne chikungunya virus spiking in NY and NJ

Platonium

Jul 31, 2014

Health

Instances of the chikungunya virus, which is a viral disease that is transmitted by mosquitoes, have spiked in New Jersey and New York, health officials in those areas have reported. According to the U.S. Ce...

Most Long Island beaches reopened after bacteria threat

Platonium

Jul 7, 2014

Health

Most of the thirteen Long Island beaches that were closed due to concerns about bacteria levels have been reopened, New York health officials have said. The health department had ordered ten North Shore beac...

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