NYC making a big investment in maternal health in Coney Island
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NEW YORK -- On the eighth floor of NYC Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health, elected officials used a sledgehammer to hit an old wall, beginning work on a new integrated women's health center in Coney Island.
For some local leaders, like state Sen. Jessica Scarcella-Spanton, the fight is personal.
"When I first gave birth to my daughter, Emily, who is now 10 years old, I almost hemorrhaged. And it was a midwife who made sure that that didn't happen," Scarcella-Spanton said.
