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Before Dianne Morales secured her lane as an underdog, left-leaning candidate in New York City’s mayoral race, she was a longtime nonprofit executive leading organizations helping youth and families in the city. For former staff and nonprofit executives familiar with her, Morales was a well-respected leader with a passion for taking innovative approaches to helping underserved communities.
Her path into the nonprofit sector started while she spent a summer after her freshman year of college working at a residential camp, now known as Ramapo for Children, primarily serving inner-city kids. “I recognized … that a lot of the kids that we were working with came from my zip code,” Morales, who now sits on the board of the nonprofit, told City & State. “And I sort of had a moment where I thought, well, why them and not me.”
As EMS merger with FDNY turns 25, agency leaders reflect on successes, areas for improvement
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Today is the 25th anniversary of the New York City Fire Department and the Emergency Medical Service merging into a single agency. Operations have become more efficient since 1996, but there is still room for improvement, EMS union president told Crain s.
Before the merger, EMS and its emergency medical technicians had fallen under the jurisdiction of NYC Health + Hospitals. The consolidation made the FDNY the largest department-based provider of emergency medical care in the country.
However, the effort was not well received at the start, said Oren Barzilay, president of FDNY EMS Local 2507, which represents the more than 4,000 members in the department. Barzilay joined EMS in July 1995.
Life365 and White Plains Hospital Partner to Empower Patients with Technology and Provide Consumer Driven Care at Home
Share Article The joint partnership between Life365 and White Plains Hospital will enable White Plains to leverage telehealth and remote patient monitoring technology to expand virtual health care services available to patients. Life365 remote health monitoring tools will be utilized by patients to capture health data remotely, and transmit the data to White Plains physicians and care teams for review.
“We are thrilled to have Life365 as a partner, especially as we continue to expand our digital health service offerings,” said Jonathan Bandel, Vice President of Strategy and Innovation at White Plains Hospital.
The Archdiocese of New York workers are caught in a dispute between United Healthcare and the Montefiore Health System, with the two sides fighting over reimbursement rates for treatment.