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FILE - This photo shows an arrangement of Oxycodone pills in New York, Aug. 29, 2018. The state panel that will decide how Ohio distributes more than half of the money it will receive from a nationwide settlement regarding the opioid addiction crisis must make its records publicly available, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday, May 11, 2023.

To curb the overdose crisis, New York State must invest in the behavioral health workforce

April 16 | Michael T. McRae, PhD

We are facing a severe public health crisis in New York City: The opioid epidemic is reaching historic levels, and disparities in mental health outcomes are rampant, with Black and Brown people — many of whom are under 18 — bearing the brunt of the devastation. The ramifications are heart-wrenching and systemic, with countless families […]

Workers bring supplies to the Hall Street migrant family shelter in Brooklyn, Feb. 21, 2024.

Brooklyn’s Hall Street Migrant Shelter Grows to 3,000, Testing Neighbors in Clinton Hill

February 26 | Gwynne Hogan, THE CITY

  A massive migrant shelter in a complex of converted warehouses on Hall Street in Clinton Hill that opened last summer with no public announcement has since grown to house around 3,000 people. Officials with the city’s Health + Hospitals recently told the local community board that the 10-building complex, adjacent to Brooklyn Navy Yard, […]

Mark Collins stands in front of P.S. 11 in Clinton Hill

This 4th-grade ‘gym rat’ will probably be a keeper

December 11 | Andy Furman

Mike Senior has found his next “gym rat.” And his name is Mark Collins. “He’s a workaholic and a gym rat,” Senior told the Brooklyn Eagle. “Mark’s future is in college basketball. He’s already fundamentally sound, and he already knows how to teach the game. He has perfect form on his shot, and it’s his […]