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Deutsche Bank Gives USD 1 Million to Address Homelessness in New York City

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12/04/2015

Deutsche Bank Gives USD 1 Million to Address Homelessness in New York City The Deutsche Bank ... City shelters nightly in October 2015, with more than 40% of them children, according to the...

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Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation

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New Biomarker Identifies Uveal Melanoma Patients At High Risk For Metastasis (Research To Prevent Blindness)

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03/07/2016

... Melanoma Patients At High Risk For Metastasis (Research To Prevent Blindness) A study by J. William Harbour, M.D., associate director for Basic Research and leader of the Eye Cancer Site Disease Group at...

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NYS Health Foundation President Calls For Proper Veteran Care

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05/09/2016

... President Calls For Proper Veteran Care The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is again under fire for the dangerously ... of the problem. Veterans are waiting weeks and even months ...

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New York Health Foundation

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Torres: Federal Section 8 initiative would cripple thousands of New York City families

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08/22/2016

... Federal Section 8 initiative would cripple thousands of New York City families It has been said that history ... itself. For New Yorkers who have seen record levels of homelessness on the streets, in the...

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Rockefeller Foundation and New York City Join Forces to Fund Internships at Cultural Organizations

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09/09/2016

Rockefeller Foundation and New York City Join Forces to Fund Internships at Cultural Organizations The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs is beginning an initiative to...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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With Support from the Rockefeller Foundation, This New Orleans Neighborhood Is Fighting Flooding By Welcoming It

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03/09/2017

... Flooding By Welcoming It For decades, New Orleans fought to keep water out of the city. In the city's new resilience district, with ... year, the city was awarded $141.3 million through the U.S. ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Bloomberg Backed “Global Street Design Guide” Now Available Free Online

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05/22/2017

... Street Design Guide” Now Available Free Online As of this week, the Global Street Design Guide, a handbook for cities around the world to design safe, sustainable streets, is available to the...

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Commonwealth Fund: What Might a Medicaid Work Requirement Mean?

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05/31/2017

... Trump administration has made work requirements a hallmark of its Medicaid policy proposals, including the idea in the just-released 2018 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)...

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The Blaustein Foundation Focuses on Mental Health Diversion

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07/28/2017

... K. and Jane Blaustein Foundation funds $150,000 pilot to pair Baltimore police officers with social workers on calls that involve people in the throes of a mental health crisis in an effort to...

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NYPD Boss James O’Neill Vacated Guilty Verdict Against Officer Accused Of Using Banned Chokehold: Sources

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08/29/2017

... O’Neill Vacated Guilty Verdict Against Officer Accused Of Using Banned Chokehold: Sources The secret is out — at ... overturned a guilty verdict against an officer in a department misconduct trial. Then the...

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Bad Landlords Poised To Profit On De Blasio Plan To Turn Rent-Stabilized Buildings Into Long-Term Homeless Shelters

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08/30/2017

Bad Landlords Poised To Profit On De Blasio Plan To Turn Rent-Stabilized Buildings Into Long-Term Homeless Shelters The Department of Homeless Services is quietly finalizing...

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A Former Felon Leads The Way In Criminal Justice Reform

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08/31/2017

... correctional facility after serving six months of a one-year prison sentence. She was 30 and suffering from ... policy advisor for corrections and reentry at the U.S. Department of Justice...

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Will New Rockefeller Foundation President Break or Reinforce its Mold?

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09/08/2017

... Break or Reinforce its Mold? Rajiv Shah, president of the Rockefeller Foundation, shared his vision for the New ... growth and leveraging the foundation’s influence to create new public-private collaborations...

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NYS Health Foundation Finds Uninsured Rate Fell by 36 Percent After ACA Implemented

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09/15/2017

... non-elderly veterans fell by 36% after the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Prior to ACA implementation, nearly 1 in 10 non-elderly veterans ... lacking access to both...

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Health-Care Titan Centene Will Try to Duck Contraceptive Coverage With Pickup Of Church-Linked Provider, Manhattan Pol Warns

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09/21/2017

Health-Care Titan Centene Will Try to Duck Contraceptive Coverage With Pickup Of Church-Linked Provider, Manhattan Pol Warns Manhattan state Sen. Brad Hoylman has written a letter to state...

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Gender Justice

A Well-Intentioned City Redevelopment Plan Hits the Skids

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09/26/2017

... gleaming new development in the Willets Point section of Queens—a mall, a hotel, and hundreds of new apartments ... a group of auto-repair shops that occupied the land move to...

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Community Development

U.S. Quietly Announces Plan To Monitor Immigrants’ Social Media Accounts, Search Histories

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09/28/2017

U.S. Quietly Announces Plan To Monitor Immigrants’ Social Media Accounts, Search Histories The Department of Homeland Security intends to monitor the social media ...

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Thousands March For Black Women And Racial Justice In D.C., Around The Country

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10/02/2017

... you serve? Who do you protect?” “Puerto Rico is part of America!” On Saturday, chants rang out as thousands ... at 15 sister marches across the country, demanding an end to race-based discrimination and...

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