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Education Coalition Promises To Continue ‘Opt-Outs’

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09/14/2017

... of Common Core, a coalition of parent and teacher groups is vowing to continue boycotting New York’s standardized ...

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Education

Opinion: After Primary Win, Accountability Begins For Eric Gonzalez

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09/14/2017

... handily, faces no opponent in that race. In effect, this is the beginning of Gonzalez acting as our elected ...

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Justice Reform

Mayor Targets 14,500 Buildings to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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09/15/2017

... improvements, including retrofitting heating and cooling systems , roofs and windows in order to reach ...

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Charter-School Operators, Feeling Pressured, Seek New Direction at Symposium

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09/25/2017

Independent charter schools view themselves as scrappy upstarts with good ideas to shake up the U.S. education system one school at a time. But some backers of the model say they have “lost the narrative” to bigger networks.

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How Much Time Was Spent on Subway? M.T.A. Can Now Tell You

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09/26/2017

... the public about the reasons for the problems. It is an acknowledgment that the way the transportation ...

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Community Development

12 Innovative Post-Sandy Projects Built to Withstand Future Storms

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10/03/2017

As sea level rise increases the impact severe storms like Superstorm Sandy have on New York, the city’s architects are designing buildings that are more resilient than even building codes require.

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With Federal Cuts to Hospitals, Cuomo Suggests New York City Step Up

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10/03/2017

After weeks of warning about its possible consequences, a federal cut to New York’s hospitals took effect on Sunday, adding stress to the state’s already overworked public health care system.

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De Blasio Taps Acting Commissioner Vincent Sapienza To Head Department of Environmental Protection

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10/03/2017

... ago with the agency that runs the city’s water and sewer systems , quipped in an interview with the Daily News. . . De ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Former Microsoft CEO and Wife Pledge $60 Million to Fight Social Inequality

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10/05/2017

... success and improving partnerships among school systems , education service organizations, and other groups ...

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Economic Security

New York City Students Are Getting Younger

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10/05/2017

... Are Getting Younger New York City's preschool expansion is not happening in quite the same blitz as its massive ... 3-year-olds. The first phase of expanding preschool is taking shape in District 7 in the...

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Education

City Signs Exclusive Deal With Pharmaceutical Firm for Anti-Overdose Drug

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10/10/2017

The city and state announced Monday that they entered into an exclusive one-year deal with the makers of an anti-overdose drug to quicken the time it takes to get the medication into the hands of first responders.

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Delaware Juvenile Justice Reforms Signed into Law

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10/13/2017

Gov. John Carney, D-Delaware, signed three bills Thursday that aim to divert juveniles away from the criminal justice system in Delaware—where about 3,000 juveniles are arrested per year.

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Art for Justice Fund, in Partnership With Ford and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Announces First Grant Recipients

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11/16/2017

... the Ford Foundation and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, is a five-year initiative that uniquely connects the ...

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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Arts

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Funded by The Tiffany & Co. Foundation, Scientists Develop Sun Shield to Prevent Coral Bleaching

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03/27/2018

... Funded by The Tiffany & Co. Foundation, the project is still in its initial stage and has been tested in a ...

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Ralph Wilson's Biggest Gift Yet: $100m to Transform Lasalle Park, Trails

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10/17/2018

... to develop a completed regional trail system. The timing is no accident: The $100 million announcement comes on what ...

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Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation

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Community Development

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NY State Health Foundation Releases New Resource on Health Behaviors in New York and the United States

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12/05/2018

Using national survey data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a new NYSHealth data snapshot profiles New Yorkers' health behaviors, focusing on important indicators for population health outcomes: obesity, diabetes, physical...

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New York Health Foundation

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Ingrid Rasmussen Joins Unbound Philanthropy as Chief Operating Officer

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06/05/2019

... Philanthropy as Chief Operating Officer Ingrid Rasmussen is Chief Operating Officer at Unbound Philanthropy, where she ... Ingrid’s family immigrated to the US from Italy, and she is passionate about Unbound’s...

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Study Reveals The Hidden Lives of America’s Poor and Middle Class (Citi and Ford Foundations)

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01/06/2016

... It hardly bears repeating that there has been massive change in the factors that affect US household finances in ... 1970s, economic mobility varies widely, wealth inequality is increasing, and the middle...

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Economic Security

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Peterson Foundation and Ford Foundation Announce Grants for US 2050 Initiative

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08/21/2018

... link to the country's fiscal and economic health. "America is rapidly changing and we know that our population, ... economy will look very different by 2050. What isn't clear is how these...

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