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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

... site program into homeless shelters, and maintain six more as cluster sites for at least the next three years. These ... housing and provide residents with tenant protections, as Mayor Bill de Blasio pledged...

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Housing and Homelessness

New Research Links Increased Minimum Wage to Reduced Child Maltreatment

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09/13/2017

A new study contends that a rise in wages could reduce child maltreatment.

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City Council Examines Effectiveness of Domestic Violence Courts

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09/19/2017

... single court, with a single judge handling a couple’s or family ’s multiple cases, including criminal, custody, and ... of the legal system on victims of domestic violence, as well as their...

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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

... at least a year of not providing contraceptive and other family planning service coverage. St. Louis-based Centene ... sale — the departments of financial services and health as well as...

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Harlem Women Honored for Leadership by New York Women’s Foundation

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09/22/2017

... and Melba Wilson were recognized for their accomplishments as community leaders. Each, in her own way, has been ...

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Aetna Foundation President Discusses What it Will Take to Solve the Opioid Crisis

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06/29/2018

... the Aetna (AET, -0.12%) Foundation. Every community, every family , and every person facing opioid addiction faces a ...

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Philanthropy Should Focus on the Assets of Aging

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04/22/2016

by Teresa Bonner, Director of Programs, Aroha Philanthropies Teresa was a ... 55+ population. Ageism causes us to think of old people as simply that: old, cut from the same piece of cloth, with ... by age, a...

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Reimagining Learning (From This Moment and With Each Other)

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10/21/2020

... This Moment and With Each Other) By: Yi-Ching Lin, Senior Director , Learning Services, Philanthropy New York. As a classically trained musician and artist, there is no ... face that same challenge and...

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Open Society Foundations Announce 2021 Soros Justice Fellows

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03/31/2022

... of issues at the core of the Open Society’s work such as mass incarceration, surveillance, immigration, asylum, and ... has long been in crisis,” said Tom Perriello, executive director of Open Society-U.S. “We...

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29 Jan 2025

Using Philanthropic Assets beyond Grantmaking: Shareholder Engagement as a Tool to Drive Change

Wednesday, January 29, 2025 - 5:30pm

... and social issues philanthropy seeks to address. As asset owners and investors, foundations have a powerful ... work of grantee partners Speakers Stacey Fayella , Director of Paralegal Services, Woodcock...

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27 Apr 2021

Strategies for Housing Equity in Greater New York - A Webinar Hosted by Asset Funders Network

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1:00pm to 2:30pm

... New York, housing can even require financial juggling as financially vulnerable families struggle to afford rent ... COVID-19 has only exacerbated housing insecurity as many face a looming evictions crisis and...

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The Philanthropic Community Can Help 250,000 New Yorkers Access $10 Billion in Loan Forgiveness: A Conversation on Public Service Loan Forgiveness

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08/11/2022

... off those loans for 20 years before they got forgiven, as was the same with those around me. My sister is 15 years ... numerous times that we have had to make decisions for our family based on the amount of...

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With Support from the Arcus Foundation, Study of Transgender Preschoolers Assesses Preferences and Identity

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04/25/2017

... a new study has found that these children were just as likely as nontransgender children to have preferences associated with their gender, and to have as strong and clear a sense of their...

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Inside Philanthropy Looks at The Helmsley Charitable Trust Work to Improve Stroke Outcomes in Rural America

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09/11/2018

... and philanthropic dollars can be hard to come by, as well. The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable ...

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John A. Hartford Foundation Awards $5.2 Million for Dementia, Senior Care

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12/11/2018

The John A. Hartford Foundation in New York City has announced grants totaling more than $5.2 million in support of evidence-based approaches to better care for older adults who have dementia, need hospital care, experience elder mistreatment, or...

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Pfizer Invites Proposals for Psoriatic Arthritis Educational Projects

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05/15/2019

... disease state, including an understanding of comorbidities as well as unmet needs in the treatment of PsA. Programs should also ... and measures can be used to monitor disease activity, as...

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Rita Allen Foundation Supports UC Berkley Research Findings that Could Improve Diagnosis, Treatment of Depression

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10/29/2019

... on, or upregulated, in mice that show reduced motivation as a result of chronic stress. This brain region in mice is ...

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Atlantic Philanthropies Awards $3.25 Million to Expand Children's Access to Health Coverage

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02/01/2013

The grant to the National League of Cities will help increase children's access to health insurance.

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