Russian-Speaking Community Trails NYC In Colon Cancer Screening Rates
It’s really easy to joke about colonoscopies. Like the one about Johnnie Cochran’s first checkup, when, through clenched teeth, he reminded the doc that if the camera don’t fit, he must acquit. Or the...
View ArticlePoll: Should Big Sugary Drinks Be Banned?
From the New York Times: New York City plans to enact a far-reaching ban on the sale of large sodas and other sugary drinks at restaurants, movie theaters and street carts, in the most ambitious effort...
View ArticleOp-Ed: Mayor’s Critics Think He’s A Super-Sized Soda Jerk
BETWEEN THE LINES: Somewhere in TV heaven, Brooklyn icon Ralph Kramden is so annoyed and likely supports the legions of angry New Yorkers, who are upset over Mayor Bloomberg’s latest proposal, that...
View ArticleIt’s Mosquito Season! Here Are A Few Tips To Keep Yourself Bite Free
It’s summer! Yes, that means nice weather and sunny days at the beach, but it also means nights filled with annoying buzzes, itching and scratching. It’s mosquito season! As the weather gets warmer and...
View ArticleBeverage Lobby Takes To Local Beaches, Theaters To Fight Proposed Soda Ban
If the battle to kill a proposed ban on large sugary drinks were likened to World War II, the Southern Brooklyn coastline played the role of Normandy this weekend. The soda industry lobby unleashed an...
View ArticlePublic Advocate To Sue Mayor For Data On Small Businesses-Related Fines
Several local businesses routinely express frustration to Sheepshead Bites about the number of fines the city has doled out, whether it be for trash, health inspections or obscure signage regulations....
View ArticleSpeaker Quinn Seeks To Lower Restaurant Violation Fines
Mayoral candidate and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn is making attempts to reduce the fines the city presents to restaurants with health violations, reported the Daily News. Quinn is now in the...
View ArticleThursday: Pesticide Spraying In Marine Park, Mill Basin, Gerritsen Beach
Bug out, Marine Park! Bug out, Mill Basin! Bug out, Gerritsen Beach! Who gets the bugs out? (Department of Health, Health, Health). What get’s the bugs… Okay, I’m done. The point is, the Health...
View ArticleLocal Pols Opposed To City Regulating Controversial Circumcision Ritual
The New York City Health Department will now require parents to give written consent before a mohel can perform an obscure circumcision ritual performed by ultra-Orthodox Jewish sects. The department...
View ArticleOp-Ed: A Slice Of Life That’s Become Divisive
BETWEEN THE LINES: As soon as the New York City Department of Health (DOH) established a regulation recently to require written parental consent before a circumcision, several rabbis and Jewish groups...
View ArticleCouncil Proposing Restaurant Inspection Reforms To Ease Burden
Members of the City Council unveiled a legislative package on Monday, designed to reform the restaurants inspection program and reduce the burden on business owners, who have long said the letter-grade...
View ArticleTuesday: West Nile Virus Pesticide Spraying Scheduled For Our Area
The following information regarding pesticide spraying on September 3 to cut down on the risk of West Nile Virus was sent to us by the Department of Health: To reduce mosquito activity and the risk of...
View ArticleCity Launches MenuStat, Featuring Nutrition Data For Your Soon-To-Be Least...
When I sit down to eat a sloppy tower of meat by-product stacked on soggy bread with wilted lettuce and questionable “secret” sauces, the last thing I really want to know is the awful, shudder-inducing...
View ArticleDi Fara Pizza Faces $1,600 Fine For Having Too Many Seats, Vows Fight On...
Legendary Midwood establishment Di Fara Pizza (1424 Avenue J) took to Facebook late last week and over the weekend, vowing to fight a $1,600 fine from the Department of Health for having too many...
View ArticleSheepshead Resident Ariel Jasper Leads Fight To Legalize Ferret Ownership
by Vanessa Ogle There are dog people. There are cat people. And, now, there are ferret people. For the first time since 1999, New York City is considering reversing a ban on ferret ownership in all...
View ArticleYour Kid’s Park May Be Sprayed With Cancer-Causing Pesticide, Study Says
In their battle against weeds and vermin, the New York City Parks Department is using a common pesticide that a new study suggests is associated with non-Hodgkin lymphoma and breast cancer. The new...
View ArticleWest Nile Spraying In Our Area Tomorrow: What To Do
The Department of Health is warning residents of the Sheepshead Bay area that they will be spraying pesticides throughout parts of the neighborhood tomorrow night, between 8:15 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. The...
View ArticleWest Nile Spraying Happening In Our Area Tonight
The city Department of Health will be spraying mosquito-killing pesticides throughout parts of our neighborhood tonight, between 8:15pm and 6am – which was supposed to happen last week but ended up...
View ArticleFollowing Rabies Scare, Area Raccoons To Be Vaccinated
After a raccoon tested positive for rabies in Bensonhurst last month, the city announced today that vaccine-treated bait will be placed around Southern Brooklyn to prevent the potential spread of the...
View ArticleSeveral Area Day Care Operators Charged For Lying About Health, Safety Problems
The operators of nine child care facilities – seven in Brooklyn and two in Staten Island – were charged last Friday with submitting false documents to the city to cover up a slew of health and safety...
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