Mrwa Abbas
@mrwaabbas.bsky.social
Health and Science Reporter
MA Candidate
MA Candidate
New story for @healthbeat.org! Thoroughly enjoyed reporting this one.
Lack of social connection can have serious health effects on older adults. India Home's co-living apartments in Queens give South Asian seniors a place to bond and vent about children who don't visit.
South Asian seniors in Queens are aging together through 'co-living'
Lack of social connection can have serious health effects on older adults. India Home's co-living apartments in Queens give South Asian seniors a place to bond and vent about children who don't visit.
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July 15, 2025 at 5:18 PM
New story for @healthbeat.org! Thoroughly enjoyed reporting this one.
My first story with @healthbeat.org
A senior care center serving South Asian elders in NYC is losing federal funding for the very programs that help them connect to their culture and community. Read more here:
A senior care center serving South Asian elders in NYC is losing federal funding for the very programs that help them connect to their culture and community. Read more here:
NYC senior care provider loses federal funding over its programs that help immigrants feel at home
India Home operates five senior care centers serving South Asian and Indo-Caribbean immigrants in Queens, New York. A Trump executive order impacting culturally sensitive programs has eliminated $1 mi...
www.healthbeat.org
July 3, 2025 at 2:13 PM
My first story with @healthbeat.org
A senior care center serving South Asian elders in NYC is losing federal funding for the very programs that help them connect to their culture and community. Read more here:
A senior care center serving South Asian elders in NYC is losing federal funding for the very programs that help them connect to their culture and community. Read more here:
Reported and wrote this with my colleagues at CUNY Journalism School on how this Bushwick community is still feeling the impacts of Hurricane Ida almost four years later.
www.nycitynewsservice.com/2025/05/21/i...
www.nycitynewsservice.com/2025/05/21/i...
Its a Race Against Time to Protect a Bushwick Community from Flash Floods
President Trump’s executive orders leave the city’s climate change projects facing uncertainty.
www.nycitynewsservice.com
May 21, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Reported and wrote this with my colleagues at CUNY Journalism School on how this Bushwick community is still feeling the impacts of Hurricane Ida almost four years later.
www.nycitynewsservice.com/2025/05/21/i...
www.nycitynewsservice.com/2025/05/21/i...
My first profile! I wrote about Clarisa Alayeto's run for City Council District 8, which spans both East Harlem and the South Bronx.
www.nycitynewsservice.com/2025/05/16/c...
www.nycitynewsservice.com/2025/05/16/c...
Clarisa Alayeto Hopes To Take Her Advocacy From Patterson Houses to City Hall
Clarisa Alayeto is the only District 8 City Council candidate from the South Bronx.
www.nycitynewsservice.com
May 16, 2025 at 6:02 PM
My first profile! I wrote about Clarisa Alayeto's run for City Council District 8, which spans both East Harlem and the South Bronx.
www.nycitynewsservice.com/2025/05/16/c...
www.nycitynewsservice.com/2025/05/16/c...
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I had the opportunity to speak to CUNY journalism's @mrwaabbas.bsky.social about the recent @povertycenter.bsky.social report on child poverty in NYC.
www.nycitynewsservice.com/2025/04/29/n...
www.nycitynewsservice.com/2025/04/29/n...
City Child Poverty Rate Jumps to 26 Percent, Nearly Twice the National Average
The end of pandemic-era support programs has made things more difficult for some New York families.
www.nycitynewsservice.com
May 1, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I had the opportunity to speak to CUNY journalism's @mrwaabbas.bsky.social about the recent @povertycenter.bsky.social report on child poverty in NYC.
www.nycitynewsservice.com/2025/04/29/n...
www.nycitynewsservice.com/2025/04/29/n...