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Bloomberg, NYS Fund a 9/11 Rescue, Recovery Workers Memorial

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05/31/2017

... or 9/11 responders. The permanent memorial is expected to be installed on the southwest corner of an 8-acre plaza where the World Trade Center towers fell on Sept. 11, 2001. While a design has not ...

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Grown Men Are Exploiting Loopholes In State Laws To Marry Children

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08/30/2017

Grown Men Are Exploiting Loopholes In State Laws To Marry Children Loopholes in state laws are allowing child marriage to flourish in the U.S., despite research showing that the ... to a report...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Compromise Reached in Boycott of Native American School

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08/31/2017

... wanted a nation member who was a teacher at the school to become principal. The local school board, which operates ... she did not have the proper certification and experience to be principal. The board...

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Billionaire Diller’s Plan for Elaborate Pier in the Hudson is Dead

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09/14/2017

... Hudson is Dead Diller Island is dead. After years of toe- to -toe battling with a small band of critics and a fellow ... that he was pulling the plug on his family’s commitment to build and operate a $250...

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Feds Overrule New York's Natural Gas Pipeline Permit Denial

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09/18/2017

... Department of Environmental Conservation took too long to decide on the water quality permit needed to expand the Millennium natural gas pipeline in southeastern ... for Competitive Power Ventures' 650-...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Poverty Falls, Income Rises. Should De Blasio Get the Credit?

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09/20/2017

... Bill de Blasio talks about so often—the one he wants to help—are doing much better these days. The question is ... significantly for the second year in a row, according to data released by the U.S. Census...

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Economic Security

Billionaires, Bruised Egos and the Death of a Grand Project

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09/25/2017

... had tied up his plans for a $250 million park and cultural center in the Hudson River for more than two years. At the ... film and theater producer Scott Rudin, who he had enlisted to help plan the programming...

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Sustainable Innovation: 5 Questions Every Company Should Ask Itself

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09/25/2017

... Every Company Should Ask Itself In his book ‘The Way to Design,” Steve Vassalo quotes John Arnold, who taught a course at Stanford in the early ‘60s called ‘How to Ask a Question’: “Each of man’s advances was...

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High-Paying Jobs Alone Won't Save Big Cities

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09/28/2017

... of white worker angst and racial disparities that took center stage during the 2016 presidential election created conditions for a corporate hero to swoop in and make America great again. Enter Amazon CEO .....

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Mayor De Blasio Eyes 'Ideal' Queens Site For New Jail As Rikers Shuts Down

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10/03/2017

... eyeing a now-shuttered Queens jail as an “ideal” spot to house prisoners as Rikers Island shuts down. After eleven ... the idea. “Expanding and reopening the Queens Detention Center would be an ideal first...

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Can Redevelopment of the Bedford Union Armory Be Saved?

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10/04/2017

... of the Bedford Union Armory Be Saved? A land use proposal to redevelop the 138,000-square-foot, publicly-owned Bedford Union Armory in Crown Heights to create a mix of different types of housing and a state-of...

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Learn About The Isivivana Centre, An Atlantic Philanthropies Grantee

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01/22/2018

... The Isivivana Centre is a social justice and community center in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, South Africa. It was built to house activist organizations, including many Atlantic ...

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Westchester Teens Represent UJA-Federation of New York at Tree of Life Commemoration

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11/01/2019

... York at Tree of Life Commemoration J-Teen Leadership, and Center for Youth Philanthropy and Leadership represented ... UJA-Federation of New York as a teen delegation to Pittsburgh on Sunday, October 27, 2019...

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UJA-Federation of New York

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17 Nov 2022

State of Disaster Philanthropy 2022: COVID-19 and Beyond - A Webinar Hosted by CDP

Thursday, November 17, 2022 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

*This program is hosted by our partner, the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP), who has extended an invitation to PNY members. Space is limited and will be granted on a ... where funding comes from and how the...

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23 Feb 2021

Investing in Financial Coaching with a Racial Equity Lens - A Webinar Hosted by Asset Funders Network

Tuesday, February 23, 2021 -

12:00pm to 1:15pm

... Funders Network (AFN), who has extended an invitation to PNY members. As a result of COVID-19, economic insecurity ... and Latinx households. Organizations are exploring ways to deliver financial security...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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16 Feb 2022

Haitians and Afghans in Crisis: Lessons for Rapid Resettlement

Wednesday, February 16, 2022 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

... searching for safety and stability. New York City is home to the second largest concentration of Haitians in the United ... driving people from Haiti and Afghanistan, respectively, to flee their home countries...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Philanthropy New York's Policy Corner - October 2023

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10/25/2023

The Courage to Uphold Affirmative Action: A Call for Philanthropy to Stay the Course By: Marlon Williams, Vice President of ... like food and housing security, a living wage, and quality education...

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09 Oct 2012

Service for Impact Working Group Breakfast

Tuesday, October 9, 2012 -

9:00am to 10:30pm

Philanthropy New York, 79 Fifth Ave., 4th floor, NYC

Supporting strategic volunteerism is a critical component to strengthening grantees in this current economic climate. A ... effectiveness but it must be a funder supported capacity to achieve maximum results. At...

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Mass. Unveils Biggest U.S. ‘Pay for Success’ Effort

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01/30/2014

... will invest $18 million in a Massachusetts program to reduce recidivism among ex-convicts, the biggest "pay for ... calling the biggest pay-for-success effort in the country to date, using private...

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