On the one year anniversary of Hurricane Ida, Governor Kathy Hochul honored seven New Yorkers for their heroic actions in the aftermath of the storm, which flooded homes and roads, caused billions of dollars in damages and killed 18 New Yorkers....

City officials, elected leaders and representatives of Elmcor Youth and Adult Activities held a ceremonial groundbreaking last Thursday to mark the start of construction......

The Biden administration next week will launch a funeral assistance program that will provide up to $9,000 to cover the burial costs......

FEMA to reimburse funeral expenses for some families of COVID-19 victims, lawmakers say. The Federal Emergency Management Agency will reimburse families up to $7,000 for COVID-related burial and......

Representative Ocasio-Cortez brought this to my attention last April and said we should do something about it, and we stood here in April and said we would. And so, Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez and I resolved we were going to try to get this done legislatively. And in the December COVID bill…...

CORONA, Queens — A Queens food pantry is proof that one person — or in this case, two people — can make a difference. Those two women are making a big impact on families in need in Corona......

American congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez teamed up with Canadian member of parliament Jagmeet Singh on Friday for a five-hour Among Us livestream to raise funds for those facing food and housing insecurity during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic....

Thanksgiving looks and feels different in 2020 -- a year that, for many reasons, we won’t forget. Let’s take a look at what teams, players and Major League Baseball’s Youth Academies have done this holiday season, coast to coast....

Addiction treatment and mental health service providers wrote a letter on Monday to the Department of Health asking for the state to set up free rapid testing for COVID-19 at treatment centers across the state....

Osiris Mercado was one of the lucky ones. He made it into the Phoenix House rehabilitation center just a week before they closed their doors to new clients in March. When the coronavirus first hit the city, no one, except staff, was allowed in and out of the drug and…...