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Mixed Feelings as Board Takes up Mayor’s Jerome Avenue Rezoning Bid

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09/13/2017

... ticking. Community Boards 4, 5 and 7 have until October 30 to vote on the de Blasio administration’s proposed rezoning of Jerome Avenue in the western Bronx. It’s the first stage ... and does not come with...

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Standing Up For Housing Equality

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09/13/2017

... headlines and ending in deadly violence as a result of white nationalists, neo-Nazi and Ku Klux Klan members ... own multi-day tent city sit-in and demonstration march to call attention to...

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Housing and Homelessness

Opinion: Libraries Can Be More Than Just Books

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09/19/2017

Opinion: Libraries Can Be More Than Just Books For all of Sunset Park’s celebrated taquerias, dim sum parlors and ... popular destination in that neighborhood might just be the local branch of...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Housing and Homelessness

With Its 'No Dancing' Law Verging On Repeal, New York Legitimizes Its Nightlife

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09/21/2017

... Last night, at the nightclub and circus-arts space House of Yes in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn, Mayor Bill ... and city employees, de Blasio joked that the soon- to -be-appointed...

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Opinion: A Cash Guarantee for All Has Philanthropy Buzzing

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09/27/2017

... Guarantee for All Has Philanthropy Buzzing These days, to achieve maximum buzz, a policy idea needs the right combination of utopian promise and real-world possibility. You can make ... basic income has...

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In The Battle For Trans Equality In North Carolina, This Teen Is On The Front Lines

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09/28/2017

... for transgender rights, and Rory Philbrick is one of the faces working behind the scenes of this community’s ... activities, sends Philbrick and others as representatives to events in...

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Gender Justice

Assemblyman Peter Lopez Picked as New EPA Regional Administrator

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09/29/2017

... top official in a region that reaches from the Adirondacks to the storm-wracked Caribbean. The Schoharie County ... was named Thursday morning as the new administrator of the EPA's Region 2, which covers...

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Environment and Climate Change

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East Harlem Rezoning Approved by Planning Commission, Moves to City Council

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10/03/2017

East Harlem Rezoning Approved by Planning Commission, Moves to City Council On Monday, the City Planning Commission ... the De Blasio administration’s proposed rezoning of East Harlem. There was one abstention and...

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Immigration Agents Arrest Hundreds in Sweep of Sanctuary Cities

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10/03/2017

Immigration Agents Arrest Hundreds in Sweep of Sanctuary Cities Federal agents arrested 498 people from ... Immigration and Customs Enforcement said give sanctuary to undocumented immigrants who have committed...

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Nonprofits Initiate Recall as Mayor Cuts Their Funding

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10/05/2017

... Initiate Recall as Mayor Cuts Their Funding A coalition of nonprofit leaders and community activists have launched a ... The mayor has proposed cutting city funding for several local nonprofits that serve the...

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Forest, Forest Everywhere. But Not an Acre to Touch.

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10/10/2017

Forest, Forest Everywhere. But Not an Acre to Touch. Here in the heart of the Adirondacks, the slender Schroon River, meandering ... the river by car here can take up to 10 minutes more. ...

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Bloomberg Supported Cities of Service Announces the Winners of Inaugural Engaged Cities Award

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05/17/2018

Bloomberg Supported Cities of Service Announces the Winners of Inaugural Engaged Cities ... three winners of the Engaged Cities Award, a new effort to elevate cities that are...

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23 Jun 2022

Language Matters: The Power of Narrative Change in Advancing Criminal Legal Reform

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2:00pm to 3:00pm

... offenders and other derogatory terms, we are referred to as inmates, convicts, prisoners and felons—all terms devoid of humanness which identify us as “things” rather than as ... Reform Working Group The...

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Social Justice

03 Dec 2019

Moving Justice Forward: Perspectives from Manhattan DA Cyrus R. Vance, Jr.

Tuesday, December 3, 2019 -

8:30am to 10:00am

What is the role of a 21 st century prosecutor? Join us for a conversation ... Executive Director of the CUNY Institute for State and Local Governance, which serves as the technical assistance...

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Children, Youth and Families

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A Sense of Urgency: Promoting Child and Family Well-being for Homeless Families

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05/30/2018

A Sense of Urgency: Promoting Child and Family Well-being for ... are spending their childhoods homeless. The future health and well-being of the next generation of New Yorkers...

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Citizen's Committee for Children of New York, Inc.

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A New Way to Sustain the Campaign — BMAFunders.org

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03/28/2013

... created its Campaign for Black Male Achievement to address the economic, political, social and educational exclusion of black men and boys from American society. We’re pleased ... web portal BMAfunders.org,...

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Movement Building and System Change

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05/17/2012

... (co-sponsored by the North Star Fund, The New York Women's Foundation , The Daphne Foundation and the Rockefeller ... Fund) that focused on strategies that funders can pursue to help...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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Albany Dysfunction: Is Change Possible?

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07/30/2010

... held a members briefing (sponsored by the Mertz Gilmore Foundation , The New York Community Trust, and The Clark ... in the New York State legislature, how it affects the work of the nonprofit sector, and how...

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The New York Community Trust

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Proactive Support Pays Off: The American Art Renewal Fund

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04/11/2012

... clear that the economic downturn was forcing many museums to concentrate on basic operations instead of new programs, the Henry Luce Foundation decided to temporarily shift...

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