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Off-Broadway’s Golden Age Faces Financial Hurdles

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09/12/2017

... Financial Hurdles Producers and theatrical artists who try to make their living off-Broadway in New York City say this ... they are reaping financial rewards. Off-Broadway is home to nearly 40 theaters, which...

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Education Coalition Promises To Continue ‘Opt-Outs’

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09/14/2017

Education Coalition Promises To Continue ‘Opt-Outs’ Claiming the Next Generation ... Core, a coalition of parent and teacher groups is vowing to continue boycotting New York’s standardized tests. NYS ... for...

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The Fate of NYC’s Undocumented Bakers Could Change the Food Industry

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09/15/2017

... of Tom Cat Bakery are joining with worker advocates to urge the food industry to better protect immigrant workers under the Trump administration. Last Thursday, a group of several dozen...

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In Harlem, These Elders Devote Their Golden Years To Improving Local Schools

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09/18/2017

In Harlem, These Elders Devote Their Golden Years To Improving Local Schools In the eve of her 92nd birthday, Lottie Raukx wasn’t going to let the aches of arthritis or numbness of neuropathy slow ... education...

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

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09/25/2017

... view themselves as scrappy upstarts with good ideas to shake up the U.S. education system one school at a time. ... of the model say they have “lost the narrative” to bigger networks who sometimes attract...

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Minorities and Americans Without College Degrees Showed Greatest Gains In Wealth Since 2013, New Data Shows

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09/28/2017

... the wealthiest and most educated have been in a position to benefit even more because they began with such a ...

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Economic Security

Presidential Advisers on Black, Latino, and Asian Students Say Trump Admin. Ignoring Them

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10/03/2017

... Them Three long-standing presidential commissions designed to expand educational opportunities for non-white students are set to expire Saturday and members say months of silence from the White House has them...

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Policy Brief: NYC’s Looming Task of Property Tax Reform

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10/04/2017

... flawed. That consensus has not made it any easier to change the system, though. Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito convened a commission to explore ways to do so in early 2014, but it was...

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Housing and Homelessness

Buffett Says Government Should Do More to Combat Poverty

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10/04/2017

Buffett Says Government Should Do More to Combat Poverty Billionaire Warren Buffett says America will continue to prosper overall, but government and philanthropists should ... in Omaha. Buffett supports the...

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Long-Held Political, Ethnic Rivalries Heating Up Fight Over Brooklyn Pfizer Site

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10/10/2017

... On Tuesday, the City Council will hold what is expected to be a spirited and well-attended hearing on the latest ... far promise a healthy fight. The project developer, Rabsky Group , is planning a 1,146-unit...

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SUNY Revises Controversial Proposal to Let Some New York Charter Schools Certify Their Own Teachers

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10/10/2017

SUNY Revises Controversial Proposal to Let Some New York Charter Schools Certify Their Own Teachers A state group that oversees some New York charter schools has revised a hotly contested proposal to...

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House Gives Approval to $36.5 Billion Disaster Aid Package

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10/13/2017

House Gives Approval to $36.5 Billion Disaster Aid Package Despite opposition from ... a $36.5 billion disaster aid package Thursday to help states and U.S. territories rebuild in the wake of ... hurricanes and...

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More Training Needed to Fill New York’s ‘Middle Skill Jobs

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10/13/2017

More Training Needed to Fill New York’s ‘Middle Skill Jobs It’s widely known ... have a high school diploma. But less attention is paid to the workers in the middle – those who have some ... of Training &...

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LaVerne Evans Srinivasan named Program Director for Teaching and Human Capital Management at Carnegie Corporation

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03/25/2014

... Srinivasan , an expert on employing talent strategies to strengthen urban education, has joined Carnegie ... great teachers into high-needs schools and supporting them to be successful. Srinivasan brings a...

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Magui Rubalcava Announces Leadership Transition at Borealis Philanthropy

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05/19/2020

... Transition at Borealis Philanthropy I am writing today to share with you the news that I am transitioning from my ... having 30 staff members moving $30 million dollars to the communities we care about...

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Participation and Double Entendre

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06/07/2017

Participation and Double Entendre A message from PNY President Ronna Brown, published originally in the New ... connecting with colleagues you know, colleagues you want to know and people you’ll be glad chance...

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06 Jun 2023

Policy Core - Walking the Walk: Leveraging Philanthropic Power for a Thriving Nonprofit Ecosystem

Tuesday, June 6, 2023 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

... program is a part of the Policy Core from our PNY Core : May 5 - A Virtual Screening with Marlon ... * Advocacy 101 is a prerequisite for those who are new to philanthropic policy advocacy. The second and...

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26 Apr 2023

Preventing Youth Homelessness Series Webinar: Identifying Student Risks through Project Upstream - A Webinar Hosted by Funders Together to End Homelessness

Wednesday, April 26, 2023 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

**This program is hosted by our partner, Funders Together To End Homelessness, who has extended an invitation to PNY members. The prevention of youth homelessness requires ...

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