A Letter to the Editor of the NY Times in May, 2015 offers a solution to the diminishing number of public housing for the disabled and the elderly in Roosevelt Island. To the Editor: Re “To Save New York’s Public Housing” (editorial, May 26): I’ve been watching public...
This op-ed piece, published in The New York Times on December 4, 2011, recounts the benefits of treating patients at home for both the patients and the government and calls for carrying out of a delayed policy change that, when put into effect, would give...
March 18, 2010 – The New York Academy of Medicine presents “Health Care Reform and Access to Health”...
Nancy and Tom Brown moved from Goldwater Hospital into a Roosevelt Island apartment in 1976. Click here to read their front page story. Then read Dr. Resnick’s guest editorial on Page Two of that issue to learn how the Island’s remarkably successful experiment in...
New York State provides low cost health insurance for those whose income is too high to qualify for Medicaid.
If you are enrolled in regular Medicare, this site will help you pick the right Part D Drug Plan
The US Government site for information for travelers on vaccinations, etc.
New York’s site for finding free or low cost health and social services
The FDR HOPE MEMORIAL COMMITTEE is working to design and build a memorial to President Roosevelt that focuses on him as a disabled person who lived in the mainstream. Its mission statement reads: [blockquote show_quote_icon="yes" text="President Franklin D Roosevelt is the inspiration for all who strive...