Troy's community united across party lines to save its last birthing center
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Troy, New York residents—Democrats, Republicans, and community leaders including the local YWCA director—successfully challenged Trinity Health's plan to close the Burdett Birth Center, the county's last birthing center, securing $5 million in state funding to keep it open.
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