This is the first story from Health on the Margins, a limited investigative series exploring the Catskills region’s fragile healthcare systems. When the hospital called that September evening, Dorothy Sanchez said she…
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A Conversation with New Hope Community CEO Karen Russell
On August 13, 2025, New Hope Community announced that Karen Russell, the organization’s then Chief Operating Officer, would be promoted to Chief Executive Officer. “With over 30 years of dedicated service,” read…
Ellenville Regional Hospital CEO Says Medicaid Cuts Would Hurt NY’s Fragile Rural Health Systems
According to New York State’s Department of Health, more than six million New Yorkers rely on Medicaid – but that coverage is now in jeopardy. President Trump’s recently signed so-called ‘Big, Beautiful…
Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Could Worsen Food Insecurity in the Catskills, Advocates Warn
About one in five children in Sullivan County live below the poverty line and do not get enough food to eat to grow and thrive, according to A Single Bite, a nonprofit…