New York State lawmakers stood alongside state district attorneys at the New York State Capitol on Wednesday to highlight a bill that would allow more people to access mental health courts.

Dr. Ann Marie Sullivan, commissioner of the state Office of Mental Health, is charged with carrying out Gov. Kathy Hochul’s agenda for transforming the state’s mental health system, along with expanding care to New Yorkers throughout the state. To date, $2 billion has been spent on the expansion of services, supports and capacity across New York.

The Empire State’s example shows that higher government spending does not guarantee better health care. It’s time for Albany to get out of health care if it wants to provide access and choice to struggling New Yorkers.

The typical New York family would have to pay an average of $3,000 more for health insurance without ACA tax credits, Schumer warned.

New York state will end its Essential Plan health insurance program, which covers 1.7 million low- and middle-income New Yorkers, due to a loss of $7.5 billion in federal funding. The change, which is subject to approval from the federal Centers for ...

Marking a critical step forward in researching a long-misunderstood and misdiagnosed progressive brain disorder, a new law signed recently by Gov. Kathy Hochul will create a registry for frontotemporal degeneration (FTD) diagnoses in New York.

Westchester Medical Center and its parent, WMCHealth Network, will receive up to $100 million as part of NY push to shore up safety net hospitals.

Out of 13 health inspections conducted in Chemung County last month, one had critical violations, 10 had no violations, and two had unfixed violations remaining from previous inspections, according to new reports released by the Chemung County Health Department.

A life saved is invaluable but the state says even in economic terms New York’s effort to distribute naloxone, a chemical used to reverse drug overdoses, is paying dividends. The state's $27 million naloxone program saved more than 6,