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The $2.7 Trillion Medical Bill

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06/01/2013

... Fund’s recent report on health care spending in 13 industrialized nations helps demonstrate that the U.S. ... (Fund President Dr. David Blumenthal is also quoted in this article.) Deirdre Yapalater’s recent...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Health

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The Commonwealth Fund

City Will Bring High-Speed Broadband to Digital Deserts in Brooklyn and Queens

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07/02/2015

City Will Bring High-Speed Broadband to Digital Deserts in Brooklyn and Queens City Hall may be stalled so far in its fight with Verizon over its FiOS deployment, but it is making progress on another front...

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Technology

NYC Social Impact Investment Fails to Meet Goal

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07/06/2015

... the Adolescent Behavioral Learning Experience was launched in 2012 and slated to run four years. Aimed at reducing ... recidivism among 16- to 18-year-olds who entered Rikers in 2013 by 10 percent or more, the...

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Elmezzi Foundation Supports Population Health Management Pilot Program at Mount Sinai Queens

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08/21/2015

... medical, behavioral and social health outcomes of people in Astoria, Long Island City, and throughout Queens.... ...

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Health

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Ford, Rockefeller, OSF and NY Women’s Foundation Leaders Appointed to Commission on NYC Justice Reform

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03/18/2016

Former chief judge Jonathan Lippman has announced the members of the Independent Commission on New York City Criminal Justice and Incarceration Reform.

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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The New York Women's Foundation

Scherman, Altman, Lily Auchincloss, NY Community Trust and Supporters Launch QueensWay Design Phase

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06/06/2016

... a $120 million public park, similar to the Highline in Chelsea, boasting trails and amenities. Plans call for the ...

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The New York Community Trust

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Staff at Open Society Foundations Just Voted to Join a Union. Is That a Good Thing?

Release Date:

07/22/2016

... the past few years. When George Soros hired Chris Stone in 2012 to lead OSF, he asked him to bring more order and ... and expressed,” which the board had “a meaningful role in shaping.” Those may sound like...

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2016 New York Community Trust Nonprofit Excellence Awards Finalists Announced

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10/07/2016

... York Community Trust Nonprofit Excellence Awards Program, in its 10th year, announced the nonprofit organizations in New York City and Westchester that have been chosen as finalists for $60,000 in...

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NPCC Announces Winners of 2016 New York Community Trust Nonprofit Excellence Awards

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11/08/2016

... the Columbia Business School Executive Education Programs in Social Enterprise. The three organizations will be honored ... awards of their kind recognizing and inspiring excellence in nonprofit management...

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JPMorgan Chase Announces $20M for New Skills for Youth Initiative

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01/11/2017

... and JPMorgan Chase & Co. today announced $20 million in grants to 10 U.S. states to dramatically increase the ...

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Charles H. Revson and Stavros Niarchos Foundations Announce Launch of NYC Neighborhood Library Awards

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02/09/2017

... the essential role of New York City's 207 public libraries in communities across the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, .....

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Charles H. Revson Foundation

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United Hospital Fund Honors 31 Health Care Trustees

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05/02/2017

The honorees were recognized for their extraordinary leadership and service to hospitals, nursing homes, and home care organizations throughout the five boroughs of New York City and neighboring Long Island, Westchester, and New Jersey.

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Rockefeller, Gates and Norway to Bolster ‘Doomsday’ Seed Vault Following Climate Change Flooding Fears

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05/22/2017

... stronghold, built to preserve the world’s crop supply in the event of global disaster, had flooded after permafrost ... under the snow on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen in the remote Arctic. It is...

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More Floods Are Coming And We're Making Them Worse

Release Date:

09/07/2017

... Making Them Worse When the Aztecs founded Tenochtitlán in 1325, they built it on a large island on Lake Texcoco. Its ... water and food. After the Spaniards conquered the city in 1521, they drained the lake...

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Review Board Recommends Departmental Charges Against N.Y. Police Officer in Eric Garner Case

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09/11/2017

... Departmental Charges Against N.Y. Police Officer in Eric Garner Case The Civilian Complaint Review Board ... the NYPD discipline the cop who used a banned chokehold in the death of Eric Garner in...

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Report: Job Gains In NY, But Not Everywhere

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09/11/2017

Report: Job Gains In NY, But Not Everywhere Unemployment rates are down for New ... state overall, but wide swaths of upstate had fewer jobs in 2016 than in 2011, according to a new report. New...

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

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09/26/2017

... Report Shows Hurricane Sandy victims have dropped out in droves from the city’s Build It Back recovery program, ... by City Controller Scott Stringer found steep declines in many of the 136 zip codes affected...

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City to Overhaul 11 More Parks on Restoration Program As Its Cost Grows to $318 Million

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09/27/2017

... from $285 million originally projected. The last 11 sites in the push targeting neglected parks were named Monday — ... Lane Playground, Joseph C. Sauer Park and Playground One in Manhattan; Prospect...

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

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10/03/2017

... into the department by Ponte after the two served together in the Maine Department of Corrections, where both forged ...

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