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Patricia Era Bath (November 4, 1942 – May 30, 2019) was an American ophthalmologist and humanitarian. She became the first female member of the Jules Stein Eye Institute, the first woman to lead a post-graduate training program in ophthalmology, and the first woman elected to the honorary staff of the UCLA Medical Center.
Graffiti in the New York City Subway system in the early 1980s. In 1985, the New York City Transit Authority hired George L. Kelling, the author of Broken Windows, as a consultant. [23] Kelling was later hired as a consultant to the Boston and the Los Angeles police departments.
New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai (NYEE) is located at East 14th Street and Second Avenue in lower Manhattan, New York City. Founded on August 14, 1820, NYEE is America's first specialty hospital and one of the most prominent in the fields of ophthalmology and otolaryngology in the world, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] providing primary inpatient and ...
Since 1982, Orbis capacity-building programs have enhanced the skills of 325,000 eye care personnel and provided medical and optical treatment to more than 23.3 million people in 92 countries. [3] Orbis is a registered 501(c)(3) tax-deductible non-profit charity in the United States. [4]
The goal of Vision 2020 was to reduce the projected number of blind people in 2020 from 75 million to 25 million, by disease prevention and control, personnel training, eye care infrastructure improvement, use of appropriate and affordable technology and mobilisation of resources.
Area codes 212, 646, and 332 are area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for most of the borough of Manhattan in New York City. By area, it is one of the smallest numbering plan areas (NPAs). [ 1] The three area codes form an overlay numbering plan, and are also overlaid by area code 917 of a numbering plan area that comprises ...
Poughkeepsie, Middletown, Newburgh, West Point, Goshen and southeastern New York; overlaid by 329 in 2023 914: 1947 Westchester County: 917: 1992 New York City: all; overlays with 212, 332, 347, 646, 718, and 929 929: 2011 New York City: all except Manhattan; overlays with 347, 718, and 917 934: 2016 Suffolk County; overlay of 631 [1]
Outdoor dining spaces will only be permitted in New York City between April 1 and November 29 under the new regulations NYC’s outdoor dining era is over: Fewer than 3,000 restaurants apply for ...