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Opinion: Living The Mitchell-Lama Dream

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09/21/2017

... once the egalitarian dream of urban planners in post-war New York City, uniting people from all walks of life in a ... and deliberate sabotage by predatory developers looking to cash-in. As a pillar of the...

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A Start-Up Slump Is a Drag on the Economy. Big Business May Be to Blame.

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09/21/2017

... Slump Is a Drag on the Economy. Big Business May Be to Blame. Unemployment has fallen, and the stock market has ... recently, anemic wage growth? Economists say the answer, to some degree, can be found in a...

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Workforce Development

States Team Up To Fight Climate Change

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09/21/2017

States Team Up To Fight Climate Change A group of states adhering to the initial U.S. commitment to the Paris climate accord ... federal government planning to pull out the...

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JCOPE Commissioners Again Rule Civil Liberties Group Must Disclose Donors

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09/21/2017

... and ethics watchdog panel again found on Tuesday that the New York Civil Liberties Union must disclose donors to its state lobbying efforts. Several times the ... rights group that such disclosure could...

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Report: Most NY Colleges Comply with Sex Assault Law

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09/22/2017

... Most NY Colleges Comply with Sex Assault Law A majority of New York’s colleges and universities are handling instances ... with the state’s “Enough is Enough” law, according to the findings of a statewide...

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Gender Justice

By Age 3, Inequality Is Clear: Rich Kids Attend School. Poor Kids Stay with a Grandparent

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09/28/2017

... drop off 3- and 4-year-olds every weekday morning at New York City's most exclusive preschools. Tuition is more ... Just a few subway stops away in the Bronx, home to one of America's poorest...

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After Months of Searching, De Blasio Promotes Acting Corrections Chief to Permanent Post

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10/03/2017

... of Searching, De Blasio Promotes Acting Corrections Chief to Permanent Post After considering nearly a dozen candidates around the country for the post, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has opted to...

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Justice Reform

NYers Face Harsher ATM Fees Than Nearly Anyone in Nation, Study Finds

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10/04/2017

... Study Finds If it feels like you're constantly paying more to withdraw your own money from an ATM not affiliated with ... hit a record high for the 11th straight year, according to the latest study from...

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Economic Security

FDA's Approval Of A Cheaper Drug For Hepatitis C Will Likely Expand Treatment

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10/04/2017

... Likely Expand Treatment Valerie Green is still waiting to be cured. The Delaware resident was diagnosed with ... for the Medicaid program's criteria for treatment with a new class of highly effective but...

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NYPD: Serious Crime Drops at Record-Breaking Pace In September

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10/04/2017

... Crime Drops at Record-Breaking Pace In September Crime in New York City fell at a record-breaking rate in September, ... homicides, shootings and other serious offenses dropping to the lowest level in the...

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Policy Brief: NYC’s Looming Task of Property Tax Reform

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10/04/2017

... states’ gun laws. Almost no one, however, denies that New York City’s property tax system is profoundly flawed. That consensus has not made it any easier to change the system, though. Council Speaker Melissa...

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Opinion: What’s Holding Philanthropists Back?

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10/06/2017

... holding us back. Improving the capacity of funders to invest more equitably will involve larger, longer, less ... introductions and connective relationships. Collaboration. New and straightforward structures...

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Community Development Lenders Go Where Amazon Goes When It Needs Cash

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10/06/2017

... It Needs Cash Nonprofit lenders in the U.S. with a mission to make capital meet the needs of poor communities have a ... markets around the world. Corporations have ready access to those dollars. For example,...

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Community Development

Researchers: Supporting Teenage Girls Requires More Than Pads

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10/06/2017

... “If you give a man a fish…” NHPR has a story with a new twist: “If you give a woman a menstrual pad…” In ... and women around the world is at stake, and according to reporter Courtney Columbus, the recent...

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Should We Be Worried That Foreclosure Sales Are Near Recession Levels?

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10/10/2017

... Reports last week that the number of home foreclosures in New York City had returned to levels last seen at the onset of the Great Recession left ... 2008 and is now just under 4%. Housing prices continue...

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De Blasio Says No Notice Needed from City when Entire Hotels Get Rented to Shelter the Homeless

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10/13/2017

... No Notice Needed from City when Entire Hotels Get Rented to Shelter the Homeless Despite criticism from local elected ... Mayor de Blasio said Thursday the city does not need to provide advance notice when it...

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Pfizer: Joins AMP Health Partnership to Increase Access to Care in Africa

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02/02/2018

Pfizer: Joins AMP Health Partnership to Increase Access to Care in Africa The Aspen Management Partnershipfor ... of tens of thousands of CHWs and expand its work to new...

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President of Casey Family Programs on Family Access to Prevention Services to Address Opioid Crisis

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02/09/2018

President of Casey Family Programs on Family Access to Prevention Services to Address Opioid Crisis William Bell, PhD, president and CEO ... services and are not isolated. He said that he worked in New...

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The Commonwealth Fund Finds that Middle-income Americans are Paying More for Health Insurance

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12/10/2018

... Cost and price variations between areas aren't anything new . A recent Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement ... spending growth. The slower cost growth is connected to fewer people receiving care...

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