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NYS Health Foundation Grant Supports NewYork Quality Care Roll Out of OpenNotes to 30,000+ Patients

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05/18/2017

... called OpenNotes, is funded in part by a grant from the New York State Health Foundation. “We believe in providing high-quality care with transparency for our patients,” said Dr. Paul Casale, executive...

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Michael Bloomberg Gives $75 Million to Shed Arts Center

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05/24/2017

... Gives $75 Million to Shed Arts Center The ambitious new arts center known as the Shed, rising in Hudson Yards, ... said in a prepared statement. “The Shed will help New York achieve all three goals.” . . ...

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JPMorgan Chase Focuses on Asset Building in Communities of Color

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05/26/2017

... can 039 ;t move faster to build earning power and wealth. A new partnership between CFED and JPMorgan Chase brings asset ... to multiple cities across the country, starting with New...

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NYC Youth Funders Accepting RFPs for 2017 Cycle

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06/02/2017

... Located in and serving primarily populations in New York, New Jersey, or Connecticut Annual local budget under $2.5 ... volume of inbound interest we are unable to connect with individual...

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IBM Turns to Artificial Intelligence to Solve Poverty, Hunger, and Illiteracy

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06/08/2017

... giant announced the launch of Science for Social Good, a new program that partners IBM researchers with postdoctoral academic fellows and nonprofits to take on societal issues through data. With...

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The Rockefeller Foundation Announces Grants to Organizations Supporting and Defending LGBTQ Community

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06/23/2017

... that it will be making grants of $100,000 each to the New York City LGBT Community Center, the Sylvia Rivera Law ... of a presidential campaign and election is being matched with increased physical threats;...

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Bloomberg, Tiffany Support Ocean Conservation and Climate Change Communications

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08/03/2017

... organization called The Ocean Agency. Vevers stars in a new documentary, Chasing Coral, which won the Sundance ... and debuted on Netflix in mid-July. He recently sat down with Adweek in New...

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Mayor De Blasio Signs Bills Designed to Protect Tenants From Landlord Harassment

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08/31/2017

... of Buildings more than $25,000 in fines from pulling new construction permits, measures that expand the definition ... the civil penalties for it. “Sometimes it feels like in New York City that this city is...

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F.D.A. Approves First Gene-Altering Leukemia Treatment, Costing $475,000

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08/31/2017

... expected to transform treatment in the coming years. The new therapy turns a patient’s cells into a “living ... the disease “devastating and deadly” and said the new treatment fills an “unmet need.” . . F.D.A...

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Bloomberg, Gateses, and Other Big Donors Race to Fill Void of Clinton Global Meeting

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09/05/2017

... of the nation’s major philanthropists will gather in New York next month to coincide with the United Nations General Assembly kickoff, as ... the year: the glittery Clinton Global Initiative, filled ...

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Poll: Majority of NY Voters Support Keeping Confederate Statues Up

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09/06/2017

... Support Keeping Confederate Statues Up A majority of New York voters believe Confederate statues or memorials should stay up, according to a new poll, amid pleas for statues of Southern Civil War icons .....

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USDA Invests $12.6 Million to Train More Than 100 Future Agricultural Science Professionals

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09/06/2017

... by the 2014 Farm Bill. “Agricultural science depends on new ideas and new perspectives,” said NIFA Director Sonny Ramaswamy. ...

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Ms. Foundation to Philanthropy: Grow Local Economies by Supporting Low Wage Workers and Childcare Access

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09/08/2017

... Supporting Low Wage Workers and Childcare Access Today, a new study released by the Ms. Foundation for Women validated ... sectors that are made up of up 50% women. 2. Support new and innovative campaigns that...

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City Council to Consider Expanding Stays at Shelters for Runaway and Homeless Teens, Young Adults

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09/08/2017

... able to stay longer in the city’s crisis shelters under new legislation that will be introduced in the City Council ... up from 30 days under current law. Another bill would let New Yorkers up to age 25 stay...

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What’s The [Data] Point? $66 Billion in School Funding

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09/11/2017

... Point? Episode 11 - $66 billion - a Back to School episode with CBC 039 ;s Dave Friedfel & Riley Edwards This week we 039 ;re ... to school and the data point is $66 billion: the amount...

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How Much Did These 90 Companies Add to Global Warming and Sea Level Rise?

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09/11/2017

... thermometer be attributed to specific energy companies? A new study attempts to do that, and says that more than a ... to account for their contributions to climate change. The new paper, published last week...

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NYSHealth 2018 Special Projects Fund Request for Proposals Available

Release Date:

09/11/2017

... Special Projects Fund Request for Proposals Available The New York State Health Foundation (NYSHealth) 2018 Special ... organizations will be invited to submit full proposals, with deadlines of November 30,...

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Off-Broadway’s Golden Age Faces Financial Hurdles

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09/12/2017

... artists who try to make their living off-Broadway in New York City say this is a golden age for their small-scale ... the off-Broadway theaters have welcomed a plethora of new shows—up to 130 a season, says...

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Education Coalition Promises To Continue ‘Opt-Outs’

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09/14/2017

... parent and teacher groups is vowing to continue boycotting New York’s standardized tests. NYS Allies for Public Education said the new standards do little to move away from the test-based ...

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