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Nonprofit Linked To NYCHA Creates Crowdfunding Portal For Sustainability Projects

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09/25/2017

Nonprofit Linked To NYCHA Creates Crowdfunding Portal For Sustainability Projects The Fund for Public Housing, a nonprofit established last year to supplement the New York City Housing Authority’...

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Housing and Homelessness

Sustainable Innovation: 5 Questions Every Company Should Ask Itself

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09/25/2017

... early ‘60s called ‘How to Ask a Question’: “Each of man’s advances was started by a question….Knowing what ... important than the eventual answers.” When it comes to new products and services, this design-...

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Tumult After AIDS Fund-Raiser Supports Harvey Weinstein Production

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09/26/2017

... 2015, the entertainment producer Harvey Weinstein arranged for two items to be auctioned off at a fund-raiser for amfAR, a New York-based charity that works to cure AIDS. The offers ... a...

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By Age 3, Inequality Is Clear: Rich Kids Attend School. Poor Kids Stay with a Grandparent

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09/28/2017

... drop off 3- and 4-year-olds every weekday morning at New York City's most exclusive preschools. Tuition is more ... Just a few subway stops away in the Bronx, home to one of America's poorest...

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After Months of Searching, De Blasio Promotes Acting Corrections Chief to Permanent Post

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10/03/2017

After Months of Searching, De Blasio Promotes Acting Corrections Chief to ... considering nearly a dozen candidates around the country for the post, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has opted...

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Justice Reform

NYers Face Harsher ATM Fees Than Nearly Anyone in Nation, Study Finds

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10/04/2017

... ATM fees across the nation hit a record high for the 11th straight year, according to the latest study from financial site Bankrate.com. People who use out- of -network ATM fees are often hit with two fees --...

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Economic Security

FDA's Approval Of A Cheaper Drug For Hepatitis C Will Likely Expand Treatment

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10/04/2017

FDA's Approval Of A Cheaper Drug For Hepatitis C Will Likely Expand ... for the Medicaid program's criteria for treatment with a new class of...

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NYPD: Serious Crime Drops at Record-Breaking Pace In September

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10/04/2017

... Crime Drops at Record-Breaking Pace In September Crime in New York City fell at a record-breaking rate in September, ... offenses dropping to the lowest level in the modern era of record keeping. There were 15...

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Justice Reform

Opinion: What’s Holding Philanthropists Back?

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10/06/2017

... I wonder what’s holding us back. Improving the capacity of funders to invest more equitably will involve larger, ... introductions and connective relationships. Collaboration. New and straightforward...

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Community Development Lenders Go Where Amazon Goes When It Needs Cash

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10/06/2017

... in the U.S. with a mission to make capital meet the needs of poor communities have a foothold in the bond market. ... world. Corporations have ready access to those dollars. For example, when Amazon needed $16...

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Should We Be Worried That Foreclosure Sales Are Near Recession Levels?

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10/10/2017

... Near Recession Levels? Reports last week that the number of home foreclosures in New York City had returned to levels last seen at the onset ... savings banks together made $3.5 billion worth of...

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Housing and Homelessness

De Blasio Says No Notice Needed from City when Entire Hotels Get Rented to Shelter the Homeless

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10/13/2017

... Queens press conference. The city does provide 30 days of notice for the opening of a new shelter, but has not done so when it uses hotels — ...

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Johnson & Johnson Joins the Coalition for the American Dream

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01/05/2018

Johnson & Johnson Joins the Coalition for the American Dream Johnson & Johnson is joining the ... American Dream—not only to advocate for the protection of America’s Dreamers and find a...

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Learn About The Isivivana Centre, An Atlantic Philanthropies Grantee

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01/22/2018

... organizations, including many Atlantic grantees. Members of the local community can also access the library, watch ... free legal advice centre . This short film tells the story of this vital and unique...

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Pfizer: Joins AMP Health Partnership to Increase Access to Care in Africa

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02/02/2018

... to healthcare in Africa. AMP Health is a partnership of cross-sector organizations that resides at the Aspen Institute and works with ministries of health (MOH) to scale up national networks of...

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Children, Youth and Families

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President of Casey Family Programs on Family Access to Prevention Services to Address Opioid Crisis

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02/09/2018

President of Casey Family Programs on Family Access to Prevention ... Address Opioid Crisis William Bell, PhD, president and CEO of Casey Family Programs, a Seattle organization that aids ... services and are not...

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The Commonwealth Fund Finds that Middle-income Americans are Paying More for Health Insurance

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12/10/2018

... Fund Finds that Middle-income Americans are Paying More for Health Insurance Cost and price variations between areas aren't anything new . A recent Network for Regional Healthcare...

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