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NYC health officials are investigating a Legionnaires’ disease cluster. Should New Yorkers be worried?
City health officials say they are still investigating a cluster of cases of a poorly understood type of pneumonia known as Legionnaires’ disease. As of July 6, there were 23 confirmed cases in two Upper East Side neighborhoods, Carnegie Hill and Yorkville. Of those, 17 people have been hospitalized, according to the New York City…
One filmmaker’s quest to capture immigrant New York through the World Cup
It was the stunned silence in the half-lit room that made Victor Sanchez realize he had spoken too soon. Watching Senegal’s World Cup round of 16 match at the Senegalese Association in Harlem on Wednesday, the documentary filmmaker had already reached across the aisle to shake the hand of a fan wearing a Mané jersey…
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Free summer lunches are back at most Queens libraries
For many NYC families, the summertime can mean higher grocery bills as school meals disappear. This year, free meal programs may be even harder to find as the federal government moves ahead with historic cuts to SNAP, the nation’s largest food assistance program. NYC Public Schools operates a citywide Free Summer Meals program, which includes…
For Korean survivors and volunteers in Queens, kimchi tastes like home
Giant jars of kimchi — wild lettuce, stuffed cucumbers, whole cabbages and radishes — lined the path into K Kimchi restaurant in Douglaston, Queens on Saturday. Inside, high school and college students, young professionals and their middle-aged counterparts pulled on latex gloves and rubbed gochugaru paste onto Napa cabbages, preparing kimchi and care packages for…
How to build a DIY model of democracy
As a kid, Sumana Harihareswara had a vision of democracy: people in a room, different perspectives, respectful disagreement and a shared attempt to figure out the best solution. Now, as a resident of central Queens, she is enacting that idea in a very practical way — by meeting people in person, sharing information and helping…
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