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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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More Than Half of City's 1.1M Students Attend Overcrowded Schools: Watchdog

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09/21/2017

... school students attend overcrowded schools, according to a new report from the watchdog group Class Size Matters. ... getting worse as existing seats are being chipped away due to lost leases...

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Education

Red Tape, Frustration Pushing Out Applicants for Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Program, Report Shows

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09/26/2017

... droves from the city’s Build It Back recovery program, new data shows. An analysis by City Controller Scott Stringer ... exit the program since 2014. The biggest drop was in New Dorp and Midland Beach on...

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As Deaths Mount, Scrutiny of NYPD Response to ‘Emotionally Disturbed Persons’

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09/27/2017

As Deaths Mount, Scrutiny of NYPD Response to ‘Emotionally Disturbed Persons’ At a recent hearing, New York City Council members discussed the effectiveness of NYPD responses to “emotionally...

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Justice Reform

12 Innovative Post-Sandy Projects Built to Withstand Future Storms

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10/03/2017

12 Innovative Post-Sandy Projects Built to Withstand Future Storms As sea level rise increases the impact severe storms like Superstorm Sandy have on New York, the city’s architects are designing buildings .....

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Success Academy Founder Eva Moskowitz: ‘We Are Making Progress, but It’s Frustratingly Slow’

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10/04/2017

... CEO Eva Moskowitz has more in common with her longtime foe New York Mayor Bill de Blasio than you might think, she told ... is a level of injustice in the city, around the state of New York, around the country...

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City Council Members Still Navigating Outside Income Divestment Ahead of Deadline

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10/05/2017

... 1, forcing several sitting and incoming Council members to make tough decisions about their side jobs. The regulations, which were linked to a significant pay increase for all city elected officials, ... City...

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ABNY Releases The Second Season of ABNY Talks

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01/23/2018

ABNY Releases The Second Season of ABNY Talks ABNY is proud to release the second season of ABNY Talks , an education series delivered by experts to give New Yorkers insight into how and why...

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Working with Vendors

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03/2012

Foundation administrators work with all types of vendors from facilities to IT to benefits to legal counsel to staffing. At this FAN ... an internal committee when the foundation was putting a new 401K plan in place. They recruited consultants to ...

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From Katrina to the “Next Sandy”: Disaster Preparedness, Relief and Recovery for Older Adults

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04/03/2013

Altman Foundation Program Officer Rachael Pine served as moderator ... in the comments section of her blog post. From Katrina to the “Next Sandy”: Disaster Preparedness, Relief and ...

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Advocacy Funding: The Philanthropy of Changing Minds

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07/2005

Grantmakers tend to be cautious about funding advocacy, and for good reason - yet advocacy can play a crucial role in advancing a foundation 's mission. In this guide, contributors explain that advocacy includes a lot of opportunities to improve public policy through work that is well within the .....

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Philanthropy 50—No. 39: Jon Stryker

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02/10/2013

... the top 50 donors of 2012 with the $30.1 million he gave to the Arcus Foundation , which he founded 13 years ago. Mr. Stryker is an architect and heir to the Stryker Corporation fortune. The...

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President, Again, Attacks Charitable Deduction

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04/11/2013

... from Michael Peterson, President of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation . President Barack Obama’s federal budget ...

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Philanthropy as Field Builder

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04/25/2013

The second in a series of Rockefeller Foundation President Judith Rodin’s reflections on the ... can crowd in with their own resources and carry the work to scale. A second point of difference and an equal...

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Our Schools, Cut Off From the Web

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06/16/2013

An op-ed on the need for all people to have access to a fast and open Internet by Ford Foundation President Luis Ubiñas. ON June 6, at a middle ...

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