Gates Commits $20 Million to Women's Groups
Release Date:
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
Release Date:
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.
New STARS Community, Funded by Josiah Macy Foundation, Will Focus Wise Choices And Value in Health Care
Release Date:
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...
Commonwealth Fund: What Are the Potential Effects of the Graham-Cassidy ACA Repeal-and-Replace Bill? Past Estimates Provide Some Clues
Release Date:
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...
At Rockefeller Forum, Companies Commit to Simplify Food Date Labels Worldwide by 2020, Reducing Food Waste
Release Date:
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.
Twenty Years After Suffragists Statue Victory, The Quest Continues For A National Women's History Museum
Release Date:
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...
Cuomo Warns New Yorkers To Ready for Federal Health-Care ‘Punch’
Release Date:
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.
NYC Councilman to Propose Free Babysitting for Community Meetings
Release Date:
09/20/2017
New York City’s growing government may soon add one more service to the mix: free child care.
Mark-Viverito Arrested During DACA Protest At Trump Tower
Release Date:
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.
At the City Council, Better Gender Balance Among Chiefs of Staff
Release Date:
09/20/2017
Of the 50 sitting Council members, 24 have women serving as their chiefs of staff, the highest ranking aide.
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