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Wanted: Hartford Change AGEnts with Red Pens

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03/13/2014

The John A. Hartford Foundation is seeking feedback on their Change AGEnts Initiative.

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Aging

Bloomberg Plans a $50 Million Challenge to the N.R.A.

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04/15/2014

Mayor Michael Bloomberg plans a $50 million challenge to the N.R.A., reports the New York Times.

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Flood-Resistant Neighborhood Would Be 80 Years in the Making

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05/22/2014

... towers and office buildings on landfill in the East River as part of a counter-intuitive plan to make the city more ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Disaster Relief

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Century Foundation Intern Discussion Series Kicks Off With Look At Regulating Marijuana Sales

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06/11/2014

The Century Foundation kicks off its annual policy forum for summer interns in NYC with a discussion about the challenges regulating the market for marijuana, a product that is legal in some states but still federally prohibited.

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Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

NYC Green Carts Expanding Access to Fresh Produce in Low-Income Neighborhoods

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06/11/2014

[Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund] New York City's Green Cart initiative has increased access to healthy food in otherwise underserved high-density and low-income neighborhoods, influenced customers' consumption of fruits and vegetables, and...

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NYCT Supports South Bronx Culture Trail

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10/03/2014

... the sites set to get markers that will designate them as part of the South Bronx Culture Trail. Ten sites have ... the South Bronx, said Kerry McCarthy, the NYCT's program officer for arts and historic...

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The New York Community Trust

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Arts

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Why Are the Rockefellers Moving From 30 Rock?

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11/24/2014

... their presence in the building by keeping one floor as a rented space. Now, they have decided to leave the ...

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Commonwealth Fund Survey Shows Adults Skip Doctor Visits Due to Cost

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01/01/2015

... avoid filling prescriptions and ration pills — much as the uninsured have done.... Commonwealth Fund Survey Shows ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Health

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Rockefeller Foundation-Funded Research Examines the Dearth of Youth Employment Opportunities

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05/28/2015

The study addresses the challenges that business have in filling entry-level positions with employees under the age of 25.

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Workforce Development

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'Investment Club' of Foundations Pays Off for Nonprofits

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06/05/2015

... local residents will get training and, eventually, jobs as software testers at Doran Jones, a business that will ...

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North Star's Hogan Calls for de Blasio to Give Acitivists a Bigger Role in Policymaking

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08/14/2015

North Star Fund Executive Director Hugh Hogan questions de Blasio's claims of grassroots governance.

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Ford Foundation Supports "The Devil Finds Work: James Baldwin on Film" Series

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09/11/2015

The Film Society of Lincoln Center will recognize James Baldwin with a film series titled "The Devil Finds Work: James Baldwin on Film," set for September 11-14.

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Arts

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Arcus and Other Organizations Shift Focus to Stop LGBTQ Violence and Intolerance

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10/02/2015

As same-sex marriage legalization come to the forefront, organizations have shifted away from fighting for marriage equality legislation.

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LGBTQ

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Novo Foundation Supports Transformation of Former NYC Prison Into 'Women's Building'

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11/16/2016

Finding affordable real estate in New York City can take forever. Just ask Gloria Steinem and other feminist activists who searched for decades before finding a building to house women's groups.

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Gender Justice

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Charles H. Revson and Stavros Niarchos Foundations Announce Launch of NYC Neighborhood Library Awards

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02/09/2017

... Charles H. Revson Foundation, Sarah Needham , Program Officer , Stavros Niarchos Foundation, and Roxana Benavides ...

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Charles H. Revson Foundation

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Education

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Commonwealth Fund Research Cited in NYTimes Piece on 'Fake Freedom' of GOP Health Plan

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03/20/2017

Last week the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated that the new Republican health plan would increase the number of uninsured Americans by 24 million people within a decade, mostly because changes in regulations, subsidies and Medicaid...

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Carnegie, Ford Give $1M to Free Legal Services Project for Immigrants

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03/27/2017

In response to the Trump administration’s immigration policies, Governor Cuomo announced an initiative on Friday that offers pro-bono legal services to immigrants regardless of their residency status. Coordinated by the state’s Office for New...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Immigration

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Supported by Sloan Foundation, Study Finds New Quantum Liquid Crystals May Play Role in Future of Computers

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04/21/2017

The Science study, titled "A parity-breaking electronic nematic phase transition in the spin-orbit coupled metal Cd2Re2O7," was funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Army Research Office's Defense University Research Instrumentation...

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