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Opinion: Vacant Lots And Properties Could House New York City’s Homeless

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08/29/2017

... shortage in affordable housing. The city’s population of unsheltered homeless people has risen a staggering 40 percent since last year, according to the most recent annual count. New York is now home ...

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Regents Approve Plan to Evaluate and Improve New York Schools

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09/12/2017

Regents Approve Plan to Evaluate and Improve New York Schools The New York State Board of Regents on Monday approved a plan laying out the state’s ...

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The Back-of-the-Envelope Guide to Communications Strategy

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09/12/2017

The Back- of -the-Envelope Guide to Communications Strategy In an ... And how can you help others in your organization get on board with your more-focused direction? When you think about ...

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New York’s Most Controversial Teacher Certification Exam Is Now a Little Easier To Pass

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09/13/2017

... Teacher Certification Exam Is Now a Little Easier To Pass Just years after New York began requiring prospective ... classroom. The move could open the door to more teachers of color, who have...

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Education Coalition Promises To Continue ‘Opt-Outs’

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09/14/2017

Education Coalition Promises To Continue ‘Opt-Outs’ Claiming the Next Generation standards approved this week by the Board of Regents are “little more than a rebranding” of...

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Northeast Needs Trump Commitment to Gateway Project

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09/15/2017

Northeast Needs Trump Commitment to Gateway Project After decades working in New York City ... on infrastructure and job growth, the president has yet to commit to federal funding for half...

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Buffalo School Administrators Get New Contract Amid Fiscal Warning

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09/21/2017

... caution for the cash-strapped school district. The Buffalo Board of Education Wednesday approved, 8-0, a three-year deal with the Buffalo Council of Supervisors and Administrators, the union...

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Push for Gender Equality in Tech? Some Men Say It’s Gone Too Far

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09/26/2017

... Twitter. They argue for everything from male separatism to an end to gender diversity efforts. Silicon Valley has for years accommodated a fringe element of men who say women are ruining the...

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MTA May Cut Back On $836M Emergency Subway Repair Work If De Blasio Doesn’t Pay Up

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09/28/2017

... Blasio Doesn’t Pay Up The big subway fix may be in a bit of a fix. An ambitious MTA plan to rescue the subway from collapse may get scaled back for ... Chairman Joe Lhota said he’ll tell transit agency...

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Can Redevelopment of the Bedford Union Armory Be Saved?

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10/04/2017

Can Redevelopment of the Bedford Union Armory Be Saved? A land use proposal to redevelop the 138,000-square-foot, publicly-owned Bedford ... been rejected by community advocates, the local community board...

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It Didn’t Hit $1 Billion, but Rockefeller Sale Still Set High

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05/14/2018

... considerably shy at nearly $833 million. But the treasures of David and Peggy Rockefeller still set a high for the most ... the vigorous buying this week for everything from a Monet to a money clip...

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One year after Sandy, are we prepared for another superstorm?

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10/31/2013

... Sandy work was cited in a CNN op-ed by Lori Bertman, Board Chair of the Center for Disaster Philanthropy. FORTUNE -- A burning ... "What would happen if a catastrophic event hit the island of...

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One year after Sandy, are we prepared for another superstorm?

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10/31/2013

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There's Something Rotten in the State of Development Funding

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11/16/2015

This Insights piece originally appeared on The Rockefeller Foundation blog . It is reposted here with the permission of The Rockefeller Foundation . There's Something Rotten in ... Managing...

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Philanthropic Groups Sign on to Raise the Age Campaign

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03/06/2015

Philanthropic Groups Sign on to Raise the Age Campaign A coalition of philanthropic organizations on Friday released a letter to ... the David Rockefeller Fund, the Andrus Family Fund, Tiger...

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Alfred P. Sloan and Simons Tapped to Offset Federal Budget Cuts in Science Funding

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03/17/2015

Alfred P. Sloan and Simons Tapped to Offset Federal Budget Cuts in Science Funding An ... ambitious funding drive aims to funnel a billion dollars of private donor money into basic scientific...

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2016 Grantmakers Salary Survey Benchmarking Now Available

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10/03/2016

... this year. This is the most comprehensive study of its kind. The benchmarking reports cover 35 distinct ... custom comparison groups you create you can compare your foundation 's salaries to...

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How Should Philanthropies Respond to Emergencies?

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05/13/2014

... funders bailing out Detroit, does the funding commit them to a long-term engagement or is it a one-time rescue mission? Ford Foundation discussed in The Atlantic. Earlier this year, ... committed $366 million...

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New York Community Trust Ranked Number Three In Total Assets

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07/15/2014

... and the Council on Foundations, also found that assets of the 285 community foundations surveyed grew to $66 billion from $58 billion a year earlier. The climb ... community foundations by asset size are the...

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