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    NORTH AMERICAN Newsline                                                  APRIL 03, 2026    |  The Indian Eye 27

              NYC Health + Hospitals/Gotham Health Receives

               over $1 Million from Queens Borough President

                          to Enhance Patient Care Across Queens

            Additional funding of $55,000 will support medication storage upgrade at Gotham Health, Lefrak

            OUR BUREAU
            Queens, NY
                  YC  Health  +  Hospitals/Go-
                   tham Health have announced
            Na  significant  investment  of
            over  $1  million  from  Queens  Bor-
            ough President Donovan Richards
            Jr. to support critical infrastructure
            upgrades and patient experience
            improvements across two Gotham
            Health centers in Queens: Roosevelt
            and Lefrak. This funding reflects the
            shared commitment of both Gotham
            Health and Borough President Rich-
            ards to advancing health equity and
            expanding access to high quality care
            for all Queens residents.
                $1 million of the allocation will
            support strategic renovations to op-
            timize Roosevelt’s layout and better
            meet the needs of patients and staff,
            including: converting a storage area
            into dental and pediatric examina-  NYC Health + Hospitals/Gotham Health CEO Michelle Lewis and Queens Borough President Borough President Donovan Richards Jr. celebrate
            tion rooms; creating two new offices
            for the nutritionist and social worker   over $1 million in city funds to support necessary infrastructure improvements and enhance patient services for Gotham Health sites in Queens
            in the waiting area; renovating the
            west-side waiting area to include two   ganized,  and  comfortable,  ensuring   of Infrastructure and Support Ser-  high-quality  preventive  care,  such
            legal offices; upgrading the women’s   that our patients receive high-quality   vices  at  NYC  Health  +  Hospitals/  as annual check-ups and immuniza-
            locker room with additional lockers   care and our teams have the resourc-  Gotham  Health.  “By  modernizing   tions. Health care teams are trained
            and a bench; enhancing the staff   es they need to succeed.”        our facilities and expanding critical   to help patients manage ongoing
            kitchen  with  counter  space,  seating,   “In  my  office,  we’re  focused  on   services,  we  are  creating  environ-  conditions, such as hypertension, di-
            and a full-size refrigerator; creating   expanding  healthcare  access  across   ments that better serve our patients   abetes, asthma, and heart disease.
            storage  for  cleaning  supplies  and   Queens,  especially  for  families  in   and empower our staff to deliver the   NYC  Health  +  Hospitals  is
            community outreach materials; add-  historically underserved and mar-  exceptional  care our  communities   the largest municipal health care
            ing a new secretary workspace; and   ginalized communities like Jackson   deserve.”                   system in the nation serving more
            providing a conference room for   Heights and Corona. A key pillar of   NYC  Health  +  Hospitals/Go-  than a million New Yorkers annu-
            staff collaboration and meetings.  that is expanding and enhancing pre-  tham Health is a Federally Qualified   ally in more than 70 patient care
                An  additional  $55,000  invest-  ventative  healthcare  services,”  said   Healthcare Provider formed in 2015   locations  across  the  city’s  five  bor-
            ment at Lefrak will reconfigure the   Queens Borough President Dono-  to enable individuals and families to   oughs. A robust network of outpa-
            medication alcove to allow for sep-  van Richards Jr. “That means fam-  address their health care needs in   tient,  neighborhood-based  primary
            arate  refrigerator  and  freezer  units,  ilies don’t have to utilize hospitals   their own neighborhoods. Serving   and specialty care centers anchors
            which currently share the same space   as places to seek preventative care   more than 100,000 New Yorkers an-  care coordination with the system’s
            with a copier.                    and, in turn, it lessens overcrowding   nually in Brooklyn, the Bronx, Man-  trauma centers, nursing homes, post-
               “These investments at Roosevelt   and improves the speed of care in   hattan,  Staten  Island,  and  Queens,  acute care centers, home care agency,
            and Lefrak will directly improve pa-  our hospitals. That’s why expanding   Gotham Health consists of 29   and MetroPlusHealth—all support-
            tient  care,  workflow,  and  staff  sup-  facilities like Gotham Health clinics   healthcare sites in all five boroughs   ed by 11 essential hospitals. Its di-
            port,” said Michelle Lewis, CEO of   are so vital, which I’m proud to part-  of  New  York  City.  Gotham  Health   verse workforce of more than 46,000
            NYC  Health  +  Hospitals/Gotham   ner with NYC Health + Hospitals in   provides easy-to-access, high-quality,  employees is uniquely focused on
            Health. “We are grateful to Borough   doing through this $1.05 million allo-  affordable health care services with a   empowering  New  Yorkers,  without
            President Donovan Richards Jr. for   cation.”                       focus on primary care. It is commit-  exception, to live the healthiest life
            his generous support. By upgrading   “This funding allows us to make   ted to promoting healthy lifestyles   possible. For more information, visit
            clinical spaces, staff areas, and essen-  meaningful improvements that di-  and  building  healthy  communities,  www.nychealthandhospitals.org and
            tial  infrastructure,  we  are  creating   rectly enhance the patient experi-  with a focus upon providing patients   stay connected on Facebook, Twitter,
            environments that are functional, or-  ence,” said Roman Ryniewski, Chief   and families convenient access to   Instagram and LinkedIn.

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