Caroline Lewis

Welp, we’ve finally made it official. Today’s my first day on staff at @WNYC/@Gothamist as a health and science reporter! It’s already been a home for much of my reporting over the years. Moving forward you can reach me at [email protected] (or hop in my DMs).

“We planned to have a family. I was hoping to progress further in my career.” I wrote about how some NYers with long COVID are drastically changing their expectations for their lives and careers. (radio feat coming soon!) gothamist.com/news/shrinking…

Kim Quidone went viral on TikTok for being a hilarious storyteller. Then her followers encouraged her to get sober... and she recently celebrated a year. Radio story in link h/t @J__Velasquez for putting me on to Kim months ago. gothamist.com/news/a-bushwic…

Hitting the pavement in Harlem with one of NYC’s street psychiatrists gothamist.com/news/hitting-t…

The U.S. Supreme Court is giving religious organizations in New York another chance to challenge state regulations requiring employers to provide no-cost insurance coverage for medically necessary abortions. From @clewisreports: gothamist.com/news/supreme-c…

SNAP theft has run rampant in NY. Now victims are suing the state to try to force an update to outdated EBT cards they say put them at risk. gothamist.com/news/victims-o…

A reminder not to sleep on nyc's free fitness classes this summer... I just realized there are a bunch in my neighborhood. gothamist.com/news/a-guide-t…

"They were studying ways to stem the spread of HIV, combat vaccine hesitancy, and develop treatments for conditions like autism and schizophrenia. Then their funding was suddenly cut off." (via @clewisreports for @gothamist) gothamist.com/news/soul-crus…

Fed up with seeing cops staring at their phones in the subway system, Mayor Adams had a request for New Yorkers who spotted the same thing: send him a photo. See what he got in response, thanks to a three-year old FOIL request that was finally answered: hellgatenyc.com/mayor-adams-co…

Everyone's always talking about how to treat NYers with serious mental illnesses. OnTrackNY catches young ppl right after symptoms start and offers team-based care. One OnTrack program in LI is now closing bc federal funding is up in the air. gothamist.com/news/li-progra…

As of April 9, 32k home care consumers still had to complete the process of registering with PPL, and 36k workers in the program still weren’t able to log their hours with the company, per the state health dept. gothamist.com/news/ny-offici…

Last summer, I received an intriguing tip. I heard the largest health care union in the U.S. — 1199SEIU — had spent over $60,000 on travel and lodging for the union president's daughter to accompany him on business trips as his caregiver. Thread incoming... 🧵

Buy Nothing rules, honestly. I've given away a ton of stuff and gotten a microwave, a mirrored bar cart, skeins of yarn, curtains, overalls... gothamist.com/arts-entertain…

Sam Mellins at NY Focus reports that, after city retirees successfully blocked a plan to switch them to Medicare Advantage to save $ on health costs, the city now has a $600M-a-year hole to fill -- and the costs could fall on current city workers. nysfocus.com/2025/03/31/nyc…

CM @Lynn4NYC just asked for a neighborhood level breakdown of MMR vaccination rates for 2 year olds across the city. Here you go:

Almost all NYC kids enter kindergarten with 2 doses of the measles vaccine. But the share of 2 year olds with their first dose ranges from 65% to 99%, depending on the zip code, per data shared with Gothamist. I mapped the measles vax rates: gothamist.com/news/how-well-…

Planned Parenthood is looking to sell its 26 Bleecker St building and close its only clinic in Manhattan to shore up finances, but will need state approval first gothamist.com/news/planned-p…