Sullivan County legislators moved their budget vote on Tuesday evening from Dec. 11 to Dec. 18 after residents pushed back during two public hearings in Monticello. The county has put forward a…
Author: Kimberly Izar
Rep. Riley Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Extend ACA Premium Tax Credits
New York’s 19th Congressional District Representative Josh Riley, alongside a bipartisan House member coalition, introduced CommonGround2025 on Dec. 4. It’s a two-year bill to extend the ACA’s enhanced premium tax credits (ePTCs)…
New York Attorney General Investigates Off-Duty Monticello PD Officer Who Struck and Killed a Man
New York Attorney General Letitia James has opened an investigation into an incident involving a man who was struck and killed by an off-duty Monticello Village Police Department (MVPD) officer. The New…
Flu Cases Begin to Spike, Ellenville Regional Hospital Reports
High fever, stuffy nose, body aches: all symptoms of what could be the flu. Recent New York state health data shows that there have been more than 17,700 positive flu cases across…
Women’s Health Services Are Growing Farther Away. So Where Are Patients Turning?
This is the third story from Health on the Margins, a limited investigative series exploring the region’s fragile healthcare systems. Down Lakewood Avenue in Monticello is Sun River Health’s Women’s Health Clinic,…
Mold, Inaccessible Bathrooms, Unlivable Conditions: Disabled New Yorkers Say ‘Hotel-for-Housing’ is Failing Them
Editor‘s Note: After this story was published, Steven Boynton said DSS provided him with a shower chair and toilet seat riser for extra mobility support on Nov. 26. He’s still waiting on a…
X-Snow Project Enlists Catskills Residents as Citizen Scientists to Measure Snow
X-Snow is a NASA-supported snow science project to increase the number of available snow measurements in the Catskill and Adirondacks regions. Project scientist Dr. Marco Tedesco says that to do so, he’ll…
Largest $2.9M Medicaid Fraud in Orange County Comes as Healthcare Scams Grow, DA Says
Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler and New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli announced in October that the county prosecuted the largest Medicaid fraud scheme ever prosecuted by the Orange County DA’s…
New Community-Led Food Pantry in Livingston Manor Fills ‘Choice Pantry’ Gap
Garbanzo beans, potatoes, even laundry detergent are a few items stocked at Calliope & Gael Grocers, a new community food pantry on Main Street in Livingston Manor. Designed like a grocery store…