Jul 31, 2018 | Economic Equality, Media Coverage
Pittsburgh City Council voted Tuesday to approve a University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) plan to build a vision and rehabilitation center in the city’s Uptown neighborhood, part of a $2 billion expansion the hospital giant announced last year. The vote came...
Jul 31, 2018 | Economic Equality, Media Coverage
Amid opposition from local activists Pittsburgh City Council approved UPMC’s expansion plan on Tuesday by a 7-2 vote with council members Deb Gross and Darlene Harris voting against it. Paul Wood, chief communications officer of UPMC, wrote in a statement: “UPMC...
Jul 18, 2018 | Economic Equality, Media Coverage
Nurses, activists and local seniors packed themselves into Pittsburgh’s City Council chambers Tuesday afternoon to speak out against a controversial proposed expansion of UPMC Mercy in downtown Pittsburgh in an exhaustive four-hour hearing. More than 150 people...
Jul 17, 2018 | Economic Equality, Media Coverage
A march is scheduled on Tuesday ahead of a public hearing at Pittsburgh’s city council about a proposed UPMC vision and rehabilitation hospital in Uptown. A coalition of Pittsburgh community organizations say they’re concerned with the health care system’s plan to...
Jul 17, 2018 | Economic Equality, Media Coverage
Pittsburgh City Council’s hearing on UPMC’s $2 billion expansion plan, which had 160 speakers registered and more in attendance, adjourned on Tuesday after four hours with no vote. Council president Bruce Kraus and the majority of council members said they would...
May 29, 2018 | Economic Equality, Media Coverage
“If they won’t tell you what it is, it can’t be good,” Eugene Puryear, an author, organizer, and member of the Movement for Black Lives D.C., told a crowd. More than 100 were gathered in front of him, drawn to a D.C. church last Tuesday to protest the lack of...
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