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As Speaker Race Heats Up, Gender Disparity in The City Council Is On Display

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08/28/2017

As Speaker Race Heats Up, Gender Disparity in The City ... at least eight candidates in the race to replace current New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, who is ... her decision to step down at the...

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Closing a Racial Divide, One Swim Lesson at a Time

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08/28/2017

... children are finding their way into the water. And in New York City, they are helped in part by a growing array of free lessons, such as those at Roberto Clemente. . . Closing a Racial Divide, ...

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Children, Youth and Families

Skoll, Hilton, Ford, Rockefeller Among Backers of The Guardian’s Nonprofit Arm that Will Support Its Journalism

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08/28/2017

... international expansion, is fully embracing a new moneymaking strategy in the face of industrywide revenue ...

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Clarity Needed In Clean Labeling

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08/30/2017

... The “why” and “how” behind a product have become as important as the product itself, according to new research from the Nielsen Co. Nearly 4 in 10 U.S. ...

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Food Systems

Cuomo Says Penn’s ‘Summer Of Hell’ Was Prevented

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08/31/2017

... at every level, you can deliver for the people of New York.” Cuomo Says Penn’s ‘Summer Of Hell’ Was ...

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Community Development

To Change The World, “Eat What You Buy, And Stop Buying More Than You’ll Eat”

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08/31/2017

... President for Sodexo, will be speaking at the inaugural New York City Food Tank Summit, “Focusing on Food Loss and ...

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Mayor De Blasio Revives Push To Convert Former Greenpoint Hospital Into Affordable Housing

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08/31/2017

... on the site, but expects proposals that could include as many as 600 — depending on whether the plans seek to rehab ... that are currently inside a former hospital buildings into new...

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Housing and Homelessness

Landing High-Profile Employers Is Nice, But of Little Help to Those Who Need Opportunity The Most

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09/05/2017

... days leading up to the primary election on Sept 12. But as we prepare to head to the polls, voters should also realize that New York is a tale of two cities when it comes to jobs. From ...

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After Blasting Success’s Board Chair, Chancellor Rosa To Visit Success Academy On First Day Of School

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09/05/2017

... Success Academy On First Day Of School To ring in the new school year, Chancellor Betty Rosa picked a seemingly ...

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Education

A Top State Education Policymaker Benefited From Integration. Now, He Wants To Bring It Back.

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09/06/2017

... Against that backdrop, Brown’s hometown of Kingston, New York began efforts to integrate schools. For Brown, then ...

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LGBT History Gets Short Shrift in Schools. There's an Effort to Change That

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09/06/2017

... icon Bayard Rustin. There's his 1987 obituary in The New York Times, which avoids any mention of his sexual .....

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States Sue To Block DACA Termination, Citing Trump's 'Racial Animus'

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09/07/2017

... terminating the program protecting young immigrants known as DREAMers. The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in the Eastern District of New York, was brought by the attorneys general of 15 states ...

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Immigration

A Helpful Tool to Combat the Opioid Crisis

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09/11/2017

... controlled substances have been dispensed to patients. A new analysis shows that prescription drug monitoring programs ...

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Editorial: A Promising Idea To Fight Opioids

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09/12/2017

... together, researchers and clinicians hope to discover new treatments and better tailor existing treatments to ...

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Major Gifts Follow When Fundraisers Adhere to a Research Plan Consistently, Study Says

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09/12/2017

... using a system erratically or not at all, according to a new survey. While that may seem like common sense, the study ...

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Exxon Loses Bid to Keep Auditor Files Secret in Climate Fraud Investigation

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09/13/2017

... Investigation Brushing aside objections by ExxonMobil, New York's highest court has opened the door for state ... oil giant's outside auditor immediately turn over records as part of a fraud...

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Top White House Official to Discuss Climate Change at U.N.

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09/13/2017

... the White House confirmed Tuesday. The breakfast in New York next Monday will be held against a backdrop of ... been made more ferocious by warming trends. It also comes as the Trump administration is...

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Opinion: Want to Fix America’s Health Care? First, Focus on Food

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09/13/2017

... Food The national debate on health care is moving into a new , hopefully bipartisan phase. The fundamental underlying ...

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Patrick Gaspard, Former U.S. Ambassador to South Africa, to Serve as Acting Leader at Open Society Foundations

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09/13/2017

... Gaspard, Former U.S. Ambassador to South Africa, to Serve as Acting Leader at Open Society Foundations Billionaire ... a former U.S. ambassador to South Africa will become the new acting president of his...