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The (Soda) Counter Hearing to NYC's Phony Soda Ban Hearing

Audrey Silk | Posted 09.18.2012 | New York
Read More: Soda Ban, Smoking, Mayor Bloomberg, Trans Fat, Commissioner Farley, Michael Bloomberg, Department of Health, Smoking Ban, Sugar, Testimony, Salt, Ban, Farley, Hearing, Cigarettes, Soda, Thomas Farley, Bloomberg, Sugary Drinks, New York News
Audrey Silk

The sparkle of a "hearing" is as flat as an hours old open can of seltzer.

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A Back of the Napkin Plan to Run NYC Garbage Trucks on Restaurant Waste Oil

Harris Silver | Posted 02.06.2012 | New York
Read More: Nyc, Gustave Eiffel, Mayor Bloomberg, Rudolf Diesel, Department of Sanitation, 1889 World's Fair., Green, Bio Fuel, Veggie Diesel, New York, Department of Health, Urbanism, New York News
Harris Silver

The NYC Department of Sanitation will use 10 million gallons of fuel, at a cost of approximately 40 million dollars, to collect and dispose of 3.2 mil...

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First Libyan Casualty To Be Treated By NHS Arrives In Britain

PA | Posted 11.23.2011 | Home
Read More: Pa, Libya, Department of Health, Nhs-Hospitals, Libya Gaddafi, Wounded Libyans, Victim, Home News

The first of 50 Libyan conflict victims who will be treated by the NHS has arrived in Britain. Abdul Malek El Hamdi, 15, went into su...

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WATCH: Bronx Granny Sells Flavored Ice From Second Story Window

Posted 09.07.2011 | New York
Read More: Nutcracker-Drinks, NY Around Town, New York Around Town, The New York Daily News, Department of Health, Bronx, Flavored Ice, New York News

For 25 years, 81-year-old Providence Lamultt, known around the neighborhood affectionately as "Gramma", has been selling flavored ices from her secon...

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Popular Williamsburg Eatery Closed Down By Health Department

Posted 06.07.2011 | New York
Read More: Ny Department of Health, Zak-Palaccio, Letter Grades, NY Restaurants, Department of Health, Fatty 'Cue, DOH Letter Grades, New York Restaurants, New York News

WIlliamsburg's favorite BBQ joint, Fatty Cue, was shut down by the Department of Health on Monday after accumulating a staggering 115 points worth of ...

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A Medical Liability Reform That Will Actually Work

Joanne Doroshow | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Health Care Reform, House Judiciary Committee, Medical Malpractice, President Obama, Lamar Smith, Tort Reform, Harvard University, Department of Health, Tea Party, Politics News
Joanne Doroshow

H.R. 5 imposes cruel measures on the backs of the innocent and injured. How could so many doctors be sued, when almost no one sues and those who do are not suing frivolously?

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Purity Diner Shut Down For Health Violations

Fucked in Park Slope | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Nyc Food, NYC Restaurants, Purity Diner, Brooklyn Diners, Purity Diner Park Slope, Department of Health, Purity Diner Health Violations, Park Slope Diners, New York News

Courtesy of an anonymous Brooklynian (Grand Canyon, is that you?), news of the DOH'ing of Purity Diner for some serious-sounding lapses in purity....

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BP and the Food Truck Guy

Mark Green | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Prudhoe Bay, Yaair Raouli, Bp, Mayor Bloomberg, Bistro Food Truck, Minerals Management Service, Speaker Chrintine Quinn, Councilwoman Jessica Lappin, Deepwater Horizon, Department of Consumer Affairs, Fedex, Citizens United, Ups, Department of Health, New York News
Mark Green

Should government destroy New York's Bistro Food truck guy because of three parking tickets, but not revoke the charter of BP for being a corporate recidivist?

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Health Inspectors Crack Down On Street Vendor Bathroom Breaks

nypost.com | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Food Carts, Department of Health, NYC Department of Health, Street Vendors, Health Inspectors, New York City, New York, New York News

Street vendors be warned: Take a bathroom break, and it may be your business that gets flushed down the toilet. ...

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Bed Bugs: Clues On How They Spread

BrickUnderground | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Dealing With Bed Bugs, Bed Bugs, Department of Health, NYC Department of Health, New York, New York City, New York News

The same week that NYC's Department of Health finally published a consumer guide to fighting bed bugs, the Journal of Economic Entomology released a c...

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Swine Flu: Albany Spends $19,000 On Anti-Swine Flu Hand Sanitizer

New York Politics News, Reaction, and Analysis | Jimmy Vielkind | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Hand Sanitizer, Governor David Paterson, Swine Flu Prevention, Swine Flu, David Paterson, Governer Paterson, Richard Daines, Recession, Dr. Richard Daines, Public Health, Department of Health, New York, Swine Flu Pandemic, Albany, New York News

Swine flu is upon us. And New York has responded, in part, by spending over $19,000 on 546 hand sanitizer dispensers that are now dotting the walls of...

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State Comptroller's Medicaid Audits Find $100 Million In Waste

ny1.com | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Thomas DiNapoli, Medicaid Waste, Medicaid, New York State Comptroller, Department of Health, Health Care, New York, New York News

Audits conducted by State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli show that New York State has lost nearly $100 million in billing errors and waste in Medicaid....

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Did Espada Lie For $3 Million Grant?

Times Union | JAMES M. ODATO | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Albany, Andrew Cuomo, New York Senate, Alexander M. Fear, New York, Espada, Pedro Espada, Department of Health, Senate Majority Leader, New York News

ALBANY --- The attorney general's office is investigating if Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. submitted false statements in a grant application...

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NYC Street Venders Scam To Save And Make Money

New York Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Street Vender, Department of Health, Food Stand Scam, New York, Street Vendor Scam, New York City Street Vendor Scam, New York News

The New York City Department of Health is investigating a scam in which people pretend to be vendors who have either died or left the country in order...

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Put Women's Health Back in the Picture

Meghan Rhoad | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: George Bush, Women, Women's Rights, Abortion Global Gag Rule, Department of Health and Human Services, Gynecology, Women's Issues, Personal Health, George W. Bush, President Obama, Plan B, Department of Health, United Nations Population Fund, Obstetricians, Provider Conscience, Barack Obama, Healthcare Workers, Women's Health, Morning-After Pill, Health, Global Gag Rule, Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, Health Care, Healthcare, China, Politics News
Meghan Rhoad

The Global Gag Rule withheld critical funds from organizations abroad which provided legal, voluntary abortions, counseled women about abortion, and engaged in advocacy for abortion rights.

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Alert! Evidence of Flying Insects at Les Halles!

Sophie Brickman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
Read More: Cleanliness, Vermin, Mental Health, Hygiene, Restaurants, Cooking, New York Restaurants, Restaurant Inspections, Insects, Food, Eating, Department of Health, Les Halles, New York City Restaurants, Style News
Sophie Brickman

Don't want to eat an establishment where mice and rats rule the kitchen? Go browse those establishments that have received Golden Apple Excellence in Food Safety Awards.

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