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Most public bathrooms at NYC parks are gross, new study finds

A new City Council study finds that New York's park toilets are in utterly terrible condition. Nearly two-thirds of public park toilets inspected across the five boroughs were locked or had health and safety hazards, including urine-splattered floors, litter and a lack of soap or toilet paper. The report released by lawmakers on Thursday. The […]

Nonprofits Are Throwing Left-Wing Investment Policies Overboard, Study Reveals

A 2023 report by the Council of Foundations and the Commonfund Institute found that nonprofits are abandoning environmental, social and governance (ESG) policies at an alarming rate. The percentage of community foundations that plan to adopt ESG policies in the next 12 months fell from 34% in 2022 to 16% in 2023, while private foundations […]

Has NYC ‘lost its fashion luster’? NYFW under ‘threat,’ study says

Is New York Fashion Week over already? A new report says rising costs, a shrinking fashion industry and low enrollments at local design schools threaten to cause Gotham to lose its place as a global fashion capital. It was released on Wednesday, just a few days before NYFW. Nonprofit research Partnership with New York City […]

Weight-loss drugs could reduce COVID-related deaths: Study

A recent study found that patients who took the weight-loss drug semaglutide were less likely to die from COVID-19. According to Dr. Benjamin M. Sirica, one of the authors of the study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC), patients who contracted COVID-19 while taking 2.4 mg of semaglutide, the active […]