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Commonwealth Fund Study Finds Obamacare Is Helping Millions Get Needed Healthcare

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05/25/2016

... are getting healthcare they couldn’t previously get, a new nationwide survey indicates. And consumers are broadly ... some cost challenges and an ongoing Republican campaign to discredit the law. Overall, 82%...

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Supported by Commonwealth Fund, Study Shows Diabetes, Depression Apps Are Failing the Usability Test

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07/18/2016

... Diabetes, Depression Apps Are Failing the Usability Test A new UCSF study finds that some of the most popular apps for diabetes, depression and caregivers are too difficult to use, especially by underserved...

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Supported by Rockefeller and Bloomberg, Climate Finance Project Finds Solutions for Low-Carbon Growth

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07/26/2016

... and implementation. The developed countries have committed to mobilizing $100 billion (PDF) a year by 2025. Keeping this pledge to the developing world requires dedicated work steering both ... to...

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A NYS Health-Funded Report in 'Consumer Reports' Offers National and Local Ratings of Health Cost Estimator Tools

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12/02/2016

... of health cost estimator tools, both nationally and New York State-specific, that help consumers make ... more analysis of the cost estimator tools available to New Yorkers, with user...

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Commonwealth Fund's Kathy Regan Makes City and State's Above & Beyond 2017 List

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03/29/2017

... president, millions of women marched in Washington, D.C., New York City and other cities across the country and around ... on the campaign trail, they came out in record numbers to rally for the rights of...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Gender Justice

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NYC Youth Funders Accepting RFPs for 2017 Cycle

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06/02/2017

... Located in and serving primarily populations in New York, New Jersey, or Connecticut Annual local budget ... $2.5 million (although if you don’t know it, no need to dig) Organizations that...

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Bloomberg, Tiffany Support Ocean Conservation and Climate Change Communications

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08/03/2017

... Publicis and IMP—before he’d had enough. He left to become an underwater photographer and shortly thereafter ... organization called The Ocean Agency. Vevers stars in a new documentary, Chasing Coral, which...

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Nonprofit Supporting NYCHA Adds to Early Fundraising & Programs

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08/29/2017

Nonprofit Supporting NYCHA Adds to Early Fundraising & Programs More than a year-and-a-half ... nonprofit has raised approximately $1.5 million, according to New York City Housing Authority...

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Housing and Homelessness

Mayor De Blasio Signs Bills Designed to Protect Tenants From Landlord Harassment

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08/31/2017

Mayor De Blasio Signs Bills Designed to Protect Tenants From Landlord Harassment Mayor de Blasio ... of Buildings more than $25,000 in fines from pulling new construction permits, measures that expand the...

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F.D.A. Approves First Gene-Altering Leukemia Treatment, Costing $475,000

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08/31/2017

... treatment that genetically alters a patient’s own cells to fight cancer, a milestone that is expected to transform treatment in the coming years. The new therapy turns a patient’s cells into...

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Bloomberg, Gateses, and Other Big Donors Race to Fill Void of Clinton Global Meeting

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09/05/2017

Bloomberg, Gateses, and Other Big Donors Race to Fill Void of Clinton Global Meeting Scores of the nation’s major philanthropists will gather in New York next month to coincide with the United...

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City Council to Consider Expanding Stays at Shelters for Runaway and Homeless Teens, Young Adults

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09/08/2017

City Council to Consider Expanding Stays at Shelters for Runaway and ... Young Adults Homeless and runaway youth would be able to stay longer in the city’s crisis shelters under new legislation...

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What’s The [Data] Point? $66 Billion in School Funding

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09/11/2017

... What's The Data Point? Episode 11 - $66 billion - a Back to School episode with CBC's Dave Friedfel & Riley Edwards This week we're back to school and the data point is $66 billion: the...

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How Much Did These 90 Companies Add to Global Warming and Sea Level Rise?

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09/11/2017

How Much Did These 90 Companies Add to Global Warming and Sea Level Rise? Can millimeters of sea ... of warming on the globe's thermometer be attributed to specific energy companies? A new...

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Off-Broadway’s Golden Age Faces Financial Hurdles

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09/12/2017

... Financial Hurdles Producers and theatrical artists who try to make their living off-Broadway in New York City say this is a golden age for their small-scale ... they are reaping financial rewards. Off-Broadway...

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The Fate of NYC’s Undocumented Bakers Could Change the Food Industry

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09/15/2017

... of Tom Cat Bakery are joining with worker advocates to urge the food industry to better protect immigrant workers under the Trump ... to protest the firing of 24 undocumented immigrants at...

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Refugees Rent Trump’s Childhood Home To Send Message To UN Leaders

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09/19/2017

Refugees Rent Trump’s Childhood Home To Send Message To UN Leaders President Donald Trump’s childhood home in New York had some new occupants over the weekend — refugees ...

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NYC Councilman to Propose Free Babysitting for Community Meetings

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09/20/2017

NYC Councilman to Propose Free Babysitting for Community Meetings New York City’s growing government may soon add one more service to the mix: free child care. The city would offer free ...

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Bed-Stuy’s Gentrification, Effects On Residents Analyzed In Comptroller’s Report

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09/20/2017

... and so, too, is its economy and real estate market. A new report released by state Controller Thomas DiNapoli ... its long-time residents. While there has been a surge in new businesses and employment growth,...

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