The second of three stages of water conservation declarations underscores the ongoing danger of the city’s historically dry autumn and low reservoir levels.

The plan aims to improve air quality, fund the public transit system, and improve residents’ health.

The Jennings Creek wildfire on the New Jersey border has burned 5,000 acres and is far from contained.

Many worry about how Trump might reshape federal health policy — and how those changes could curtail local public health initiatives.

The board is responsible for making recommendations about how the state should use its opioid settlement funds.

After a historically dry October, New Yorkers are asked to take shorter showers, turn off the tap, and flush less often.

Voting and health are intertwined, public health leaders and health care workers say. Some hospitals host voter registration drives or help hospitalized patients cast their ballots.

City council members expressed frustration with the closure processes at a hearing Tuesday, voicing concerns about a lack of transparency, as well as insufficient community input.

The infection, which is passed from a pregnant person to a baby, can be harmful or life-threatening. Cases have been on the rise in New York City and the state.

Black New Yorkers ages 55 to 84 and residents of the Bronx were among the groups shouldering the highest rate of overdose death.