Carnegie, Ford Give $1M to Free Legal Services Project for Immigrants
Release Date:
03/27/2017
... Governor Cuomo announced an initiative on Friday that offers pro-bono legal services to immigrants regardless of ...
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Mellon Foundation Gives $1.02 Million to New Critical Theory Initiative
Release Date:
03/30/2017
Using a $1.02 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Northwestern will collaborate with worldwide professionals to develop a curriculum on critical theory, a stream of philosophy that critiques the ways culture is formed and discussed.
NYSHealth to Provide Funding For Free Health And Wellness Programming at Randall’s Island Park
Release Date:
04/21/2017
... Harlem and the South Bronx. The 330-acre waterfront park offers a wide range of sports venues, cultural events and ...
Darren Walker Writes on Lessons Learned from Rikers Island
Release Date:
05/15/2017
The NYC jail is a microcosm of everything wrong with America’s criminal-justice system—but may also offer a model for how it can be righted.
NYS Health Foundation Releases Snapshot of Veterans and Health in New York State
Release Date:
07/13/2017
... portrait of New York State's veterans. This snapshot offers timely information and statistics on the State's .....
Rockefeller Foundation Backs Nonprofit ETF Startup
Release Date:
08/01/2017
The Rockefeller Foundation is helping to finance a startup hoping to build exchange-traded funds for nonprofit organizations and direct the profits back to their causes.
As Coding Boot Camps Close, the Field Faces a Reality Check
Release Date:
08/28/2017
Successful schools, analysts say, will increasingly be the ones that expand their programs to suit the changing needs of employers.
Tesla, Farmingdale State Announce Student Job Training Plan
Release Date:
08/30/2017
Luxury electric carmaker Tesla Inc. and Farmingdale State College announced an agreement on Tuesday to offer students training and career opportunities in the rapidly growing company.
Brooklyn District Attorney Candidates Differ on Immigration Policy
Release Date:
09/06/2017
Acting District Attorney Eric Gonzalez defended his decision to consider immigration status when offering plea agreements and bringing charges, during an interview with WNYC's Brian Lehrer.
Smashing the Stigma: Deputy Mayor Richard Buery On ThriveNYC and Treating Mental Health
Release Date:
09/08/2017
ThriveNYC is a coordinated system of 54 initiatives, estimated to cost $850 million over four years.
Commonwealth Fund: Indecision on ACA Cost-Sharing Reduction Payments Creates Confusion for States
Release Date:
09/11/2017
To date, the Trump administration has offered states only uncertainty about what to expect in 2018, which has made it difficult to set premium rates, writes the Commonwealth Fund.
NYC Councilman to Propose Free Babysitting for Community Meetings
Release Date:
09/20/2017
New York City’s growing government may soon add one more service to the mix: free child care.
With A New School Year Underway, Hundreds of Teaching Positions Remain Unfilled In New York City
Release Date:
09/26/2017
... schools are missing teachers and support staff two weeks into the school year, with many of the openings in ...
Mellon Grant Funds Stanford University Press Pioneering Digital Academic Publishing Program
Release Date:
09/26/2017
Stanford University Press’s digital publishing program gives scholars an extraordinary opportunity to publish and peer review their interactive scholarship.
Tumult After AIDS Fund-Raiser Supports Harvey Weinstein Production
Release Date:
09/26/2017
... a New York-based charity that works to cure AIDS. The offers — a sitting with a famous fashion photographer and a ...
Opinion: New York’s Republicans Must Resist The Obamacare Repeal And Replace Effort
Release Date:
09/27/2017
The latest effort, Graham-Cassidy, is by far the worst for New York: it completely eliminates the Basic Health Plan (renamed the Essential Plan in New York), which offers excellent coverage for $46 or less to 700,000 New Yorkers.
New York City Students Are Getting Younger
Release Date:
10/05/2017
New York City's preschool expansion is not happening in quite the same blitz as its massive scale-up of classes for 4-year-olds, when the city added nearly 50,000 full-day pre-k seats to the school system over the course of two years.
The Simons Foundation Awards “Science Everywhere” Grants to Teachers
Release Date:
11/03/2017
As part of a campaign to bring science and math outside the classroom, The Simons Foundation and Overdeck Family Foundation join forces to award five teachers $5,000 each for innovative projects.
Century Foundation Fellow Addresses How this Higher Education Bill Will Only Increase Inequality
Release Date:
12/12/2017
Anti-poverty activists are urging Gov. Andrew Cuomo to veto a bill that would allow students at for-profit colleges to get the same kind of tuition assistance being offered to their non-profit counterparts.
Pamela Shifman of NoVo Foundation on the Responsibility of White People in Philanthropy to Dismantle Racism
Release Date:
02/23/2018
... of color. Shifman, Executive Director of NoVo Foundation, offers three ways white people in philanthropy can begin to ...