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Crotona Park East and Morrisania Have City's Highest Rate of Jailed Residents, Data2Go.NYC Shows (Helmsley Charitable Trust)

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01/20/2016

... — Crotona Park East and Morrisania — are more likely to be spending the night behind bars than people who live in any other part of the city. The South Bronx ... mapping and data site. On average, 371 of every...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Justice Reform

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An Analysis of Bloomberg Philanthropies Boost for Disadvantaged Students at Top Schools

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12/22/2016

... Disadvantaged Students at Top Schools Many funders want to ensure college access for disadvantaged and ... number of high-achieving low- and moderate-income students in the nation’s most prestigious public and...

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Research to Prevent Blindness Supports Study Finding 1 In 4 ER Visits for Eye Problems Aren’t Actually Emergencies

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02/15/2017

Research to Prevent Blindness Supports Study Finding 1 In 4 ER Visits ... by University of Michigan researchers, looks at nearly 377, 000 eye-related emergency room visits by adults with private...

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Commonwealth Fund Issues Brief on the Effect of the Affordable Care Act on Health Care Access

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05/08/2017

... of health reform like the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is to expand insurance coverage and, ultimately, to increase ... Among its reforms, the ACA expanded Medicaid coverage in participating...

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Commonwealth Fund Study Explores Burden of High Out-of-Pocket Costs on Medicare Beneficiaries

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05/12/2017

... of High Out-of-Pocket Costs on Medicare Beneficiaries To inform discussion of possible changes to Medicare, this issue brief looks at beneficiaries’ ... below 200 percent of the poverty level (just under $24...

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Tree-Killing Beetles Spread into Northern U.S. Forests as Temperatures Rise

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08/29/2017

... could reach Nova Scotia by 2020 and cover more than 270, 000 square miles of forest from the upper Midwest to Maine and into Canada by 2080. Winter cold snaps that once killed the beetles in...

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A Brooklyn Food Festival Dishes Out Extra Helpings of Culinary Theory

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09/11/2017

... of the year, New Yorkers have no shortage of food events to attend. But Taste Talks, a culinary showcase that wrapped ... co-founder Daniel Stedman. Mr. Stedman added that about 6, 000 attended this year’s...

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Food Systems

Harrowing Journeys: Children and Youth on The Move Across The Mediterranean Sea, At Risk of Trafficking and Exploitation

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09/12/2017

... and Exploitation Young migrants and refugees set out to escape harm or secure better futures – and face staggering risks in the process. For 17-year old Mohammad, who traveled ... for Migration (IOM) analysis...

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Playing Chicken with Maryn McKenna

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09/14/2017

Playing Chicken with Maryn McKenna In her 2015 TED Talk, “What Do We Do When Antibiotics ... diseases we do now, but of simple injuries that led to infections. Antibiotics changed all that and yet, as ... sold...

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Bemoaning Budget Cuts, Health Care Navigators Say Feds Don't Get It

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09/22/2017

... says many of the organizations that help people enroll in health plans on the federal insurance marketplaces don't ... bang for the buck, sometimes costing thousands of dollars to sign up each customer...

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Rockefeller Supported Program Signs Up More Than 100 Schools To Teach Health Risks Of Climate Change

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09/26/2017

... Program Signs Up More Than 100 Schools To Teach Health Risks Of Climate Change The Global Consortium ... member schools and programs representing an estimated 90, 000 students from 15 countries on 6 continents...

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Environment and Climate Change

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United Hospital Fund Report on CHIP Finds Sharp Increase in NYS Enrollment

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09/29/2017

United Hospital Fund Report on CHIP Finds Sharp Increase in NYS Enrollment United Hospital Fund just issued a ... July 2016 and July 2017 after four years of declines. to a total almost 350, 000...

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New Initiative Aims to Have Every New York City Public School Student See a Broadway Show

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10/10/2017

New Initiative Aims to Have Every New York City Public School Student See a ... accessible by offering $10 tickets to tenth grade students in high schools in all five boroughs...

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Commonwealth Fund Survey Reveals Just How Little Access to Healthcare Americans over 65 Have

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12/11/2017

Commonwealth Fund Survey Reveals Just How Little Access to Healthcare Americans over 65 Have A survey, produced by the Commonwealth Fund, included more than 23, 000 people from 11 developed countries, and revealed...

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Aging

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Supported Research Finds Bacteria Play Critical Role In Driving Colon Cancers

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02/02/2018

... Supported Research Finds Bacteria Play Critical Role In Driving Colon Cancers Research supported by Bloomberg ... colon cancer harbor two bacterial species that collaborate to encourage development of the...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Supported Research Yields Promising Results for Genetic Weapons Against Malaria

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02/16/2018

... Promising Results for Genetic Weapons Against Malaria In separate studies, researchers test bacteria that ... against malaria, a disease that kills more than 400, 000 people each year, mostly children age 5...

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Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program Announces 31 Winners of Fellowships for Important Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences

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04/25/2018

... Announces 31 Winners of Fellowships for Important Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences In keeping with its ... extraordinary scholars and writers will each receive up to $200,...

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UJA-Federation Study Examines Role of Synagogue Top Job Nationwide

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05/31/2018

... director/administrator role is increasingly critical to helping synagogues manage mounting challenges to fiscal ... and operational stability. Fewer than half of the nearly 2, 000 synagogues...

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Major Data Release From Sloan Digital Sky Survey Includes Galaxy Maps, New Data Access and Visualization Tools, and a Huge 'Stellar Library'

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01/29/2019

... the internal structure and composition of nearly 5, 000 nearby galaxies observed during the first three years of ... MaNGA uses a technique called resolved spectroscopy to study galaxies in...

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