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Kessler Foundation Awards Reeves-Reed Arboretum with Grant to Complete Accessibility Project

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10/03/2017

The Kessler Foundation, of East Hanover, NJ, has just awarded Reeves-Reed Arboretum a grant for $8,000 towards the completion of the first phase of this ambitious project.

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Century Foundation President's Commentary Explains Why Teachers Deserve a Break on Student Debt

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10/03/2017

Yes, it's expensive. And Trump wants to eliminate the program. But helping public sector workers with their student loans is the right thing to do.

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The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation: Our Compelling Interests

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10/03/2017

In this video, Our Compelling Interests series co-editors Nancy Cantor and Earl Lewis ask: What is at stake if America does not embrace diversity?

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DOE Expands Comfort Dog Program In NYC Schools

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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

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Follow a Community Organizer Teaching Undocumented Immigrants Their Rights

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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.

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Immigration

Did You Get Free SUNY Tuition? NY Reveals Figures

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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.

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Jewish Group Slams Mayor De Blasio’s Free School Lunch Plan for Not Offering Kosher Foods

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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.

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New York Charity With Large Stake in China’s HNA Group Rethinks Tax Status

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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.

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NYCHA Plans Market-Rate Brooklyn Units

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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.

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