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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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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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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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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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New STARS Community, Funded by Josiah Macy Foundation, Will Focus Wise Choices And Value in Health Care

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09/21/2017

The ABIM Foundation and the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation will support a new initiative by the Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin to identify and coach 50 student leaders from across the country with the goal of changing the way...

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Commonwealth Fund: What Are the Potential Effects of the Graham-Cassidy ACA Repeal-and-Replace Bill? Past Estimates Provide Some Clues

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09/21/2017

Last week, Sens. Lindsey Graham (R–S.C.) and Bill Cassidy (R–La.) unveiled congressional Republicans’ latest bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has indicated that it will not release a...

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At Rockefeller Forum, Companies Commit to Simplify Food Date Labels Worldwide by 2020, Reducing Food Waste

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09/21/2017

The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) - a network of 400 of the biggest consumer goods companies across 70 countries - along with Champions 12.3 has approved a Call to Action to standardize food date labels worldwide by 2020.

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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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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.