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Billionaire Diller’s Plan for Elaborate Pier in the Hudson is Dead

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09/14/2017

... in the Hudson is Dead Diller Island is dead. After years of toe-to-toe battling with a small band of critics and a fellow billionaire, Barry Diller said ... fizzling end to a grand scheme that aimed to create...

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Obama Foundation to Host Global Summit in Chicago

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09/14/2017

... in Chicago Former President Barack Obama announced in a new video Wednesday that he will gather together civic ... and empower people to change the world," Obama says at the end of his...

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Opinion: Irma, Harvey and Sandy - We Need a Marshall Plan for Future Disasters Like These

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09/14/2017

... Like These When superstorm Sandy struck my home state of New York in 2012, it dealt a severe blow to communities ... unprepared for a major flooding event — even though many of them were...

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Mayor's Affordable Housing Not Helping People Who Need it Most, Study Says

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09/18/2017

... crisis unabated, housing advocates are asking why most of the units created or preserved under Mayor Bill de ... housing plan fail to target the city’s low-income New Yorkers who need help the most. The de...

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Some NYC K-12 Schools Cross $50,000-a-Year Mark

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09/19/2017

... when the price for attending some private K-12 schools in New York City hit $40,000 a year. Now, a few have crossed the ... parents say they have become resigned to fast-rising bills at elite schools that...

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Former Success Academy Lawyer Hoping to Start Own Charter Network Wants to ‘Take It To The Next Level’

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09/20/2017

... Academy, Emily Kim had a hand in almost every aspect of New York City’s largest and most controversial ...

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A Start-Up Slump Is a Drag on the Economy. Big Business May Be to Blame.

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09/21/2017

... recession been so tame, with sluggish productivity and, at least until recently, anemic wage growth? Economists say ... be found in a start-up slump — a decline in the creation of new...

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Whitney Museum Wants To Bring A Permanent Art Installation To The Hudson River

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09/21/2017

... that he was pulling his support for a “floating park” at Pier 55 designed by Thomas Heatherwick, the Whitney Museum ... far from where Pier 55 would’ve taken shape, reports The New York Times. The commission,...

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Gates Commits $20 Million to Women's Groups

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09/21/2017

... worldwide, Ms. Gates said Wednesday during an event in New York. While details are still forthcoming, the foundation ... said the money will support research, training, and groups of other donors already...

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Report: Most NY Colleges Comply with Sex Assault Law

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09/22/2017

... Most NY Colleges Comply with Sex Assault Law A majority of New York’s colleges and universities are handling ... or not compliant following the review, which looked at whether campuses were...

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Chefs Learn to Influence Food-Systems Policy

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09/25/2017

... Policy The 14 American chefs who gathered last week at Shelburne Farms have collectively earned an impressive list of awards, starred restaurant reviews, media features and TV ... Foundation Chefs Boot Camp...

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Sustainable Innovation: 5 Questions Every Company Should Ask Itself

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09/25/2017

... Steve Vassalo quotes John Arnold, who taught a course at Stanford in the early ‘60s called ‘How to Ask a Question’: “Each of man’s advances was started by a question….Knowing what ... important than the...

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Most States Plan To Use Student Absences To Measure School Success

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09/27/2017

... good a school is? Test scores? Culture? Attendance? In the new federal education law (the Every Student Succeeds Act, or ESSA) states are asked to use five measures of student success. The first four are...

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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

... nannies 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...

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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 ... nearly a dozen candidates around the country for the post, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has opted to keep acting ... as deputy...

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General Motors Is Going All Electric

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10/03/2017

... all-electric, zero-emissions future. That starts with two new , fully electric models next year—then at least 18 more by 2023. That product onslaught puts the company at the forefront ...

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Albany Charities Find It Hard to Tap Influx of Wealth

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10/03/2017

Albany Charities Find It Hard to Tap Influx of Wealth Upper-income earners have been growing as a share of this region’s population, according to the Pew Research ... technology companies have moved to the region...

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

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10/04/2017

... study from financial site Bankrate.com. People who use out- of -network ATM fees are often hit with two fees -- the charge ... are up a staggering 55 percent, Bankrate.com says. And New Yorkers have it worse...

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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 highly effective but pricey drugs. The...

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

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10/04/2017

NYPD: Serious 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...

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