Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is urging her colleagues to pass a bill that would require drug manufactures to notify the FDA six months in advance about medication shortages, to help sick patients dealing with the rising number of drugs in short supply.
Updated 05/20/2012 05:30 PM
The widow of Joseph Graffagnino, one of the firefighters who died in the 2007 fire at the former Deutsche Bank building in Lower Manhattan, will receive $10 million in a settlement, according to the New York Daily News.
Updated 05/20/2012 05:20 PM
Chen Guangcheng, the blind Chinese activist whose attempt to leave China for the United States led to a diplomatic dust-up between the two countries, is now living in Manhattan.
05/20/2012 12:43 PM
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn married her longtime partner Kim Catullo in Chelsea on Saturday in the highest profile same-sex wedding to take place in New York to date.
05/20/2012 09:43 AM
The bill, introduced by New York Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez, requires the Department of Defense to develop a process to quickly transfer victims of hazing out of their current units.
Updated 05/19/2012 02:04 PM
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn will marry her partner Kim Catullo in a ceremony Saturday in front of numerous New York political figures.
05/18/2012 10:10 PM