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Research to Prevent Blindness Celebrates 60th Anniversary

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02/05/2020

Research to Prevent Blindness Celebrates 60th Anniversary Today , Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) celebrates the ...

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State Authority Wants $1.5 Billion for Renewable Energy Boost

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06/04/2015

... Authority Wants $1.5 Billion for Renewable Energy Boost In a document released late Monday, the New York State Energy ... and finance and chairman of NYSERDA’s board. “This is for large-scale renewable energy...

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Commonwealth Fund Survey: Healthcare Unaffordable for Many Even With Insurance

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11/20/2015

... More Americans have health insurance now than at any time in the past decade, but many are finding that even with ... that even those with employer-sponsored insurance, which is the most common form of...

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Proteus Fund Serves as Fiscal Sponsor for LGBT Nonprofits and Initiatives

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01/26/2017

... the gap. Called the Emergent Fund, the pot of grant money is being overseen by the Solidaire Network and the Women ... Donors Network. The two fundraising networks, with offices in the Bay Area, launched the...

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Opinion: Why Can’t We Get Cities Right?

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09/05/2017

... Why Can’t We Get Cities Right? The waters are receding in Houston, and so, inevitably, is national interest. But Harvey will leave a huge amount of ... sites are flooded, but the Environmental Protection...

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Bedford-Union Armory Redevelopment Should Not Have Condos, Says Borough President

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09/05/2017

... voices” on the redevelopment of the Bedford-Union Armory in Crown Heights, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams ... his recommendations for the embattled project. His input is a necessary step in...

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Congress Rejects Trump Proposals to Cut Health Research Funds

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09/12/2017

... Rejects Trump Proposals to Cut Health Research Funds Back in March, when President Trump released the first draft of ... week providing $36.1 billion for the health institutes in the fiscal year that starts...

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New Order Indefinitely Bars Almost All Travel From Seven Countries

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09/25/2017

... by letting their citizens into the country. The new order is more far-reaching than the president’s original travel ... be banned from entering the United States, Mr. Trump said in a proclamation released...

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Bloomberg-supported Cities Work on Assembling the Open Government Puzzle

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09/27/2017

... Government Puzzle It can be hard to notice when something is missing, particularly in an age of such abundance. But amid the internet's vast and ... — the image of the future of truly open government...

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New York Landlord Fined $500,000 in Tenant Harassment Probe

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09/28/2017

New York Landlord Fined $500,000 in Tenant Harassment Probe A New York City landlord will have ... the company didn’t harass any of its tenants. Tenants in several Icon buildings in the East...

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Universal Deduction Bill Draws Measured Praise

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10/13/2017

Leaders of nonprofit advocacy organizations have applauded legislation introduced to create a universal charitable deduction for all taxpayers but note concerns about limiting it to a third of the standard deduction.

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The Commonwealth Fund Supports Tool to Encourage Patient Contribution to Clinical Notes

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12/08/2017

... Clinical Notes Funded by The Commonwealth Fund, OurNotes is an extension of the nationwide OpenNotes, a movement to ... with their doctors, according to a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine...

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Billionaires Wield Greater Power Through Charitable and Political Donations

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05/18/2014

... charitable causes and tackling policy-oriented issues like climate change, gun control, immigration, and public ... stirring controversy as they take a multi-faceted approach in pursuing their expanded agendas...

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Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund Providing Access to Better Food in Low-Income Neighborhoods

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12/02/2014

... M. Tisch Illumination Fund Providing Access to Better Food in Low-Income Neighborhoods The program was created by ... Fund and the city’s Health and Hospital Corporation. It is a startlingly simple idea to...

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Commonwealth Fund Weighs in on Health Tax Ruling

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04/07/2015

Commonwealth Fund Weighs in on Health Tax Ruling Researchers from the Commonwealth ... greater for women of color.... Commonwealth Fund Weighs in on Health Tax Ruling ...

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With Funds From Helmsley Charitable Trust, Researchers Target Fat to Treat Cancer

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09/20/2016

... to stifle cancer's growth, detailed September 19, 2016 in Nature Medicine. Like halting the delivery of supplies to a construction site, .....

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State’s Delay on Final Sea-Level Rise Projections Chided

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11/11/2016

... state agencies and planners develop resilient structures in the future are delayed and will likely not be in place until the end of March, despite a January 2016 ...

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Commonwealth Fund: Coverage Gains Among Lower-Income Blacks and Latinos Highlight ACA’s Successes & Areas for Improvement

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08/21/2017

... of four) — were also more likely to get needed care in 2016. . . Commonwealth Fund: Coverage Gains Among ...

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Did Climate Change Intensify Hurricane Harvey?

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08/28/2017

... preceded the storm. The entire Houston metropolitan region is flooding: Interstates are under feet of water, local ... and most of the streams and rivers near the city are in flood stage. Some models suggest...

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