A record-low 14 percent of New York City residents are smoking, according to a new study from the city Department of Health. In 2002, 22 percent o...
Everyone knows and loves their local bodega cat--that feisty feline that splits its time between protecting the store's goods from mice and cuddling u...
MANHATTAN — The fat lady has finally sung for Mars Bar. The beloved Second Avenue saloon, slated for demolition next month under a plan to constr...
Did you think we were done with cholera, or the bubonic plague? Well, we're not. Millions of people come to New York City every year, and a few of t...
This ad campaign is terrible. It assumes the intended audience can be manipulated by over-the-top fright messages, speaks down to them and assumes they are presently not caring whether or not they get HIV.
The NYC Department of Health, which recently has made a name for itself by publicizing startlingly graphic public service announcements, has release a...
The Zadroga bill is another response to the need for compassion to take the place of certainty. It is now expected to come up for a vote in the House on September 29.
Eating and cooking - we all know the joy and benefits of these activities. They are not only productive in that a goal is achieved (a meal is prepare...
At the end of the day carriage horses return to their tiny stalls in stables on the far West side of the city, or as Jon Stewart once called it, "The sad-eyed horse carriage district."
Street vendors be warned: Take a bathroom break, and it may be your business that gets flushed down the toilet. ...
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...
If last weekend's experience getting the H1N1 shot was any indication of what we can expect, a government plan shouldn't be dismissed out of hand.
How interesting to embark on a project developing the menu for a museum whose surrounding neighborhood -- El Barrio -- has been described as a food desert.
