Albany Charities Find It Hard to Tap Influx of Wealth
Release Date:
10/03/2017
Upper-income earners have been growing as a share of the Albany region’s population, according to the Pew Research Center.
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Robots Are Replacing Fast Food Workers At New Shake Shack
Release Date:
10/03/2017
Robots will replace humans and cash won’t be accepted at a soon-to-open Shake Shack in the East Village, reps for the popular burger chain said Monday.
DOE Expands Comfort Dog Program In NYC Schools
Release Date:
10/02/2017
After a successful year, the Department of Education (DOE) will be expanding its Comfort Dog Program by adding 30 new schools across the city — nine of them in Brooklyn
Follow a Community Organizer Teaching Undocumented Immigrants Their Rights
Release Date:
10/02/2017
With President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown sending shock waves through communities of undocumented New Yorkers, Saul Lopez understands the fears they face.
Did You Get Free SUNY Tuition? NY Reveals Figures
Release Date:
10/02/2017
John Taylor was miffed when his daughter Alyssa signed up for New York's free college tuition program, but found out she was ineligible.
Jewish Group Slams Mayor De Blasio’s Free School Lunch Plan for Not Offering Kosher Foods
Release Date:
10/02/2017
Mayor de Blasio's free school lunch plan isn’t kosher — and that’s left many in the city’s Jewish community bellyaching about a program they want their kids to receive.
New York Charity With Large Stake in China’s HNA Group Rethinks Tax Status
Release Date:
10/02/2017
Chinese conglomerate HNA Group Co. is rethinking whether to seek tax-exempt status for a New York foundation that the company said would become its biggest shareholder, raising questions about its plans for the charity.
NYCHA Plans Market-Rate Brooklyn Units
Release Date:
10/02/2017
The New York City Housing Authority is planning a new development that would include market-rate housing on the grounds of a lower-income housing development in the rapidly gentrifying Brooklyn neighborhood of East Williamsburg.
Is ‘Housing Not Warehousing’ Next?
Release Date:
10/02/2017
The fight to compel landlords to return their properties to productive use is by no means a new one, but the discussion has a new urgency given the current severity of the homelessness crisis as well as the ongoing debates regarding the de Blasio...
Schools’ Response to Bullying Is Questioned After Fatal School Stabbing
Release Date:
10/02/2017
Details are still emerging about what led Cedeno to allegedly draw a switchblade and plunge it into two of his classmates, but he had faced persistent bullying in a school that some parents say struggled to maintain order.
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