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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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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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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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18 Nov 2020

In Conversation with Dr. Torian Easterling, First Deputy Commissioner and Chief Equity Officer of the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

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... First Deputy Commissioner and Chief Equity Officer of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene ... Yorkers, from long-standing issues from chronic diseases to challenges of social determinants...

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Federica Mogherini and William Lee Join Rockefeller Brothers Fund Board of Trustees

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03/28/2022

... and William Lee , former chief investment officer for New York-Presbyterian Hospital, have joined the Rockefeller ... Bill bring an enormous range of experience and expertise to the Rockefeller Brothers Fund,...

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Betsy Edasery Appointed Philanthropy Analyst at TCC Group

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08/22/2013

... Organizing Fellow with Resource Generation, helping to mobilize young people of color with wealth to leverage their resources for progressive social change. She also conducted research and supported grantees...

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Soros' Support of Marijuana Legalization Leads Philanthropies to Increase Support for Opposition

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10/14/2014

... Support of Marijuana Legalization Leads Philanthropies to Increase Support for Opposition The story starts with ... transit countries like Afghanistan and Mexico. Soros’s Foundation to...

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JPMorgan and Citi-Backed Program is Bridge Between Youth Unemployment, Growing Skills Gap

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08/21/2015

... Growing Skills Gap This year, the jobs program sought to provide youth with skills to prepare them for future tech ... J.P. Morgan, Emerson, Ascension Health, Monsanto, Citi Foundation , Clark...

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