Elizabeth Shwe

According to health experts, there is a disproportionately high rate of undiagnosed and life threatening heart conditions among Black men in New York City.Mount Sinai Hospital, along ...

When you go out to eat, do you notice the big letter grade posted on the way in? Does it play a role in whether or not you go eat there?  Since 2010, New York City has required restau...

New York’s City Council is including $3 million dollars in this year’s budget to fund organizations that provide services for immigrant survivors of domestic violence.Jeehae Fischer i...

For the first time, Animal Care Centers of NYC has surpassed a thousand pets in their care at one time. They are still accepting animals but asking people to drop off pets only for em...

New York City public school students could soon learn more about Asian American and Pacific Islander communities as a part of their curriculum. That’s because the city council include...

It’s summertime, and bees, butterflies and other pollinators are out and about!But many of these pollinators are facing dangerous population declines worldwide. Pollinators play a vit...

It’s tick season, and according to Fordham University’s tick index, the risk of being bitten by one of the parasitic arachnids in the New York region this summer is high. Tom Daniels ...

It’s hot in New York today and temperatures are expected to remain in the the nineties and possibly reach triple digits this week.New York State health commissioner Dr. James McDonald...

Word From the Curb is a series of live broadcasts this election season where WNYC's All Things Considered is out in communities across the city to ask New Yorkers what they want to se...

Word From the Curb is a series of live broadcasts this election season where WNYC's All Things Considered is out in communities across the city to ask New Yorkers what they want to se...

WNYC's All Things Considered was in Southeast Queens this week for our series of live broadcasts this election season we're calling Word From The Curb.  We've been engaging with commu...

Some Asian American officials say the contributions of Chinese laborers are often overlooked, including those who built parts of the Long Island Rail Road in the 1800s. Now, some loca...

We’re about a month away from summer, and while many of us enjoy our share of hot fun in the summertime, the heat can also pose some risks.  New York State Health Commissioner Dr. Jam...

New Yorkers and community leaders from Upper Manhattan are remembering Charles Rangel who represented the area in Congress for decades, and died this week at age 94.  Rep. Adriano Esp...

Diabetes is one of the leading causes of illness and death nationally. And New York City isn’t any different. But it doesn’t equally impact all populations equally. The City Health De...

New York City’s Park Commissioner Sue Donoghue is stepping down at the end of the month, after leading the city’s parks department since the start of Mayor Adams administration.She ta...

While this is a local election, in a place as big as New York City, with 8.5 million people, more than 200 languages spoken, and income disparity and density that sees billionaires li...

This election year, All Things Considered is traveling to neighborhoods around the five boroughs and exploring how New York City’s electorate is shifting.We’re calling it WORD FROM TH...

This election year, we're going to neighborhoods to talk to locals, community leaders and stakeholders about the issues they think are important, and find out what changes THEY want t...

This election year, we’re exploring how New York City’s electorate is shifting. We’re going to the neighborhoods where these changes are unfolding first-hand. We’re calling it WORD FR...