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Leaked Survey Reveals Deep Doctor Discontent; Medical Group Acknowledges ‘Chronic Illness’ This is the sixth installment in a series about CareMount/Optum and broader local healthcare issues. By Adam Stone In January, when in the thick of my past reporting about severe patient and doctor discontent with
Read MoreWorkers for Disability Jobs Program Claim They Sometimes ‘Work for Free’ This is the fourth installment in a series exploring issues impacting people with disabilities. By Adam Stone Regular readers of this column know I’ve dedicated a considerable amount of space in recent months
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This piece is the first installment in a new Stone’s Throw series about issues impacting our local environment. Environmentalists Decry Ecological ‘Neglect’ at Park; County Says Grasslands to be Tended By Adam Stone Like so many people navigating 2020
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More Insights from ACCES-VR Staff, Past and Present ‘Toxic Workplace’ Plagues Organization This is the third installment of a series about issues impacting people with disabilities. At the risk of burying the lead, forgive me as I start more toward the beginning, and
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Lockheed Martin: ‘Questions About UAPs Are Best Addressed by the U.S. Government’ This is the second installment in a series about the scientifically unexplained. Apparently even when you hold the illustrious position in the United States government of deputy assistant secretary of
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By Adam Stone Local artist Paul Greco was pulling into his Yonkers driveway on a seemingly ordinary evening in November 2020, on Friday the 13th, when he looked up at the sky and witnessed what he concluded was more than
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Lounging on a Jersey Shore beach one afternoon last week, away for a brief family vacation, I realized I wouldn’t have time to report out a deep-dive column. That evening I started a new Netflix binge, a thought-provoking documentary, “Surviving Death,”
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Indulge me for a moment on a circuitous path to the point. Just last Monday, when conducting an off-the-record interview with a local legislative staffer about disability-related issues, the conversation took a surprise turn. The source asked me if I
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New School-Based Clinics a Potential ‘Game-Changer’ Let me start off with a not-so-little news nugget I learned last week. Within the next two to three years, there might be as many as about 80 school-based mental health clinics (run by
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Our Special Report Shows How Area People in Need ‘Fall Off a Cliff’ After High School This is the second installment in a continuing series about issues impacting local people with disabilities, and the need for improvement. By Adam Stone
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