The 10 Companies with the Best CSR Reputations in 2017
Release Date:
09/15/2017
A recent analysis of 170,000 company ratings from respondents in 15 countries sheds light on which are perceived by consumers as the most socially responsible.
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Google Bows out of the “Bidding for Addicts” Business
Release Date:
09/15/2017
Google Bows out of the “Bidding for Addicts” Business As addiction has grown, so have for-profit rehab centers, from those sponsored by massive corporations to little fly-by-night endeavors. Many of them, to judge by recent...
MCC Signs $500M Compact with Nepal to Improve Power and Roads
Release Date:
09/15/2017
The Millennium Challenge Corp. signed a $500 million compact with Nepal on Thursday, the agency’s first compact in South Asia and a symbol, said some at the ceremony, of Nepal’s progress toward democracy.
Watchdog Group Claims MTA Mistakenly Signed off on $42M Towers with No Use
Release Date:
09/15/2017
The MTA is facing accusations that it unwittingly funded “decorative” towers worth $42 million at bridges and tunnels, as part of Gov. Cuomo’s open-road tolling project.
MTA Boss Joe Lhota Still Wants De Blasio to Provide Half of $836M Subway Fix Costs
Release Date:
09/15/2017
Despite the subway mayhem Thursday morning, MTA Chairman Joe Lhota says he’s started to see a reduction in delays now that his transit turnaround plan has been underway for about two months.
Northeast Needs Trump Commitment to Gateway Project
Release Date:
09/15/2017
After decades working in New York City real estate, Trump likely knows the two deteriorating, century-old train tunnels between New York and New Jersey threaten economic disaster and paralysis for the region and the nation.
Report Finds U.S. Racial Wealth Gap Still Growing at an Alarming Pace
Release Date:
09/15/2017
According to a new study coauthored by two Washington, D.C. nonprofit think tanks, Prosperity Now (formerly CFED) and the Institute for Policy Studies, America’s already large racial wealth gap, far from narrowing, will grow ever wider in the years...
Success Academy Ratchets up Pressure on City to Give It Space
Release Date:
09/15/2017
In a rally outside City Hall and in a private email to reporters, Success Academy’s CEO Eva Moskowitz is ramping up pressure on Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration to provide space for several new middle schools she plans to open next year.
In Harlem, These Elders Devote Their Golden Years to Improving Local Schools
Release Date:
09/15/2017
That has been the mission of the Harlem Council of Elders, a group of 20-or-so seniors who have dedicated their golden years to Harlem schools. They have held the education department to task for dragging their feet on public records requests and...
NYC Schools Are Inadequate on Sex Education, Stringer Says
Release Date:
09/15/2017
The New York City comptroller’s office said not all middle and high school students are being taught sex education as required by law.
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