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Experts Analyze Mayor De Blasio's Jobs Plan

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09/21/2017

An expert panel convened at The New School on Wednesday by the Center for An Urban Future delved into Mayor Bill de Blasio’s plan to create 100,000 “good-paying” jobs in the next ten years, discussing the challenges of growing the city’s economy...

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Workforce Development

Jeffersonian Dinners: Using Food and Conversation to Draw In Donors

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09/21/2017

The intimate gatherings bring together eight to 12 people for an evening of conversation. Meaty questions that guests receive ahead of time guide the whole-table conversations. There are no fundraising requests at the dinners.

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Gates Commits $20 Million to Women's Groups

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09/21/2017

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will give $20 million during the next three years to strengthen women’s groups worldwide, Ms. Gates said Wednesday during an event in New York.

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International/Foreign Affairs

In Diller Island’s Demise, a Cautionary Tale of Donor Influence

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09/21/2017

Just like that, Pier 55, a $250 million floating park (cultural island? entertainment center? performing arts pier?) to be built over a dilapidated pier on the Hudson River, is no more.

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Twenty Years After Suffragists Statue Victory, The Quest Continues For A National Women's History Museum

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09/20/2017

Earlier this year, a bill was introduced in the House by Reps. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.) and Edward R. Royce (R-Calif.) to create "a comprehensive women's history museum" within the Smithsonian. The group is trying to get support for a companion...

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Gender Justice

Cuomo Warns New Yorkers To Ready for Federal Health-Care ‘Punch’

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09/20/2017

Gov. Cuomo warned New York is about to take a “frightening” hit from federal health care cuts - which will get much worse if the revived Republican effort to repeal Obamacare succeeds.

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Health

NYC Councilman to Propose Free Babysitting for Community Meetings

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09/20/2017

New York City’s growing government may soon add one more service to the mix: free child care.

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Children, Youth and Families

Mark-Viverito Arrested During DACA Protest At Trump Tower

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09/20/2017

City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito was arrested as part of a protest at Trump Tower Tuesday in defense of undocumented immigrants whose families brought them to the United States as young children.