community health centers

Central New York nonprofits and community wellness organizations are worried for the future as threats of federal funding cuts loom.

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is looking for answers as community health centers across New York experience funding woes following a recent federal funding freeze.

Many immigrants and people with low incomes already saw preventive care as a luxury. Now, the coronavirus pandemic has created another barrier to their seeking and receiving health care.

Community health centers in central New York and across the country have been operating without long-term funding from the federal government since…