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Mellon Foundation Awards Nearly $3.8 Million for Theater Program

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04/11/2017

... Awards Nearly $3.8 Million for Theater Program The New England Foundation for the Arts has announced a ... National Dance Project , NTP has supported forty-three new theater works with grants totaling more...

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Supported by JPB Foundation, Harvard Study Finds Illinois Soda Tax Could Cut Health Costs, Raise $561 Million in Revenue Annually

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04/26/2017

... beverages could raise $561 million a year in new revenue for Illinois, while also saving millions in ... costs associated with obesity and diabetes, according to a new study released Tuesday by the Harvard T.H...

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Freedom Together Foundation

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Race Forward Announces Roster of Participants for NYCT-funded Racial Equity in the Arts Innovation Lab

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06/09/2017

... Center for Racial Justice Innovation has selected 59 New York City arts and cultural organizations to participate ... Together, they represent a wide swath of the New York City arts and culture sector in terms...

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The New York Community Trust

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To Improve Global Health, Bloomberg Looks to Cities to Lead

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07/05/2017

... to curb greenhouse gas emissions. Bloomberg not only made New York City a leader in this area as mayor, but funded and ... the world's population now lives. As Bloomberg now gives new attention to non-...

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The Mertz Gilmore Foundation Funds Contemporary Dance

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08/11/2017

... its audience in ways that are delightful to audiences new to contemporary dance and those who follow it with a ... Landscape is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural...

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Rockefeller’s ‘Resilient Cities’ Noted in Article on Climate and Cities

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08/17/2017

... but also socially and economically. From Miami to New York, Houston to Oakland, the term "climate ... The idea: That coordinated efforts to redevelop or build new structures to withstand climate change...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Tree-Killing Beetles Spread into Northern U.S. Forests as Temperatures Rise

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08/29/2017

... fuel for wildfires as they kill the trees they infest. A new study shows the insects' range could reach Nova Scotia by ... range, which will allow them to multiply and spread into new territory quickly,...

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NY State Health Foundation Report: FQHC Utilization of State & Federal Loan & Scholarship Programs to Support Clinician Recruitment

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08/31/2017

... prepared by the Community Health Care Association of New York State (CHCANYS), outlines state and federal ... or income. Operating at more than 650 service sites in New York State, FQHCs are a critical safety-...

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New York Health Foundation

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Trump Plans to Phase Out DACA, Administration Officials Say

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09/05/2017

... announced later today: The administration won't consider new applications for legal status dated after Sept. 5. If you ... But officials insist that even if Congress fails to enact new protection for the...

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Immigration

Yes, It Can Be Done: A Philanthropist on Transforming Rural Communities Through the Arts

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09/06/2017

... Finn can relate. In 1998, the couple founded the Hunter, New York-based Catskill Mountain Foundation (CMF), an ... the Catskills region to improve facilities and to finance new programs to support the arts...

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Community Development

Forecasting the Upcoming City Council Gender Imbalance

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09/11/2017

... Imbalance There are currently only 13 women in the 51-seat New York City Council, a troubling 25 percent. The number is ... ago. With the city’s quadrennial elections upon us, a new Council class will be...

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Gender Justice

Prodded by Advocates, City Unveils District-Wide Integration Plan for Lower East Side

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09/13/2017

... District-Wide Integration Plan for Lower East Side The New York City education department on Tuesday revealed a plan ... who leads school integration efforts for the nonprofit New York Appleseed, adding that...

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Education

With DSH Cuts Looming, Cuomo Must Decide How to Allot Fewer Dollars

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09/13/2017

... to decide how to apportion a much smaller pot of money. New York stands to lose $329 million in federal payments, ... for Medicare and Medicaid Services. That’s 16 percent of New York’s total allotment and the...

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De Blasio Fails To Give Public School Teachers Maternity Leave

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09/13/2017

... Fails To Give Public School Teachers Maternity Leave The New York City Department of Education (DOE) does not offer ... issue last week in calling for paid maternity leave for New York City schoolteachers. “...

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Gender Justice

43% of City Students Not Getting Required Sex Ed Courses, Comptroller Says

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09/18/2017

... the state, according to a report released on Thursday by New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer. The findings come ... For those students in the 13 to 19 age range in New York City, the rate of gonorrhea...

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Amid Global Crises, UNGA Will Show Development Community Rising To The Challenges

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09/18/2017

... Challenges President Donald Trump's twin appearances in New York this week — chairing a session on U.N. reform ... stepping up in a time of trouble. Friday I went to see the new and outspoken U.N. Deputy...

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Opinion: The Risky Consequences Of Inclusionary Housing At Brooklyn’s Pfizer Site

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09/19/2017

... Pfizer Site The power to zone is a key mechanism New York City has to leverage private financial resources ... of affordable housing for low and moderate income New Yorkers. That’s the mechanism being used at...

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Housing and Homelessness

Hometown Hope: How Amazon is Paying Attention to Homelessness in Seattle and Beyond

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09/20/2017

... Amazon’s real estate and facilities VP, to the New York Times after an announcement this spring that the ... people roughing it in the streets, funders are looking to new methods—like permanent supportive...

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If Congress Doesn’t Act Fast on Children’s Health Insurance, Millions Could Be at Risk

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09/21/2017

... for their children or facing soaring premiums. “Here in New York, we’re all waiting with bated breath, because ... of health policy for the Children’s Defense Fund– New York . . . If Congress Doesn’t Act Fast...

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