New York Stem Cell Foundation HQ is a Linchpin for Biotech
Release Date:
05/05/2017
... will attract biotech startups. Since its launch in 2005, the nonprofit has become a pillar of the life ...
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"Demonization" of George Soros Recalls Old Anti-Semitic Conspiracies
Release Date:
05/16/2017
... of George Soros Recalls Old Anti-Semitic Conspiracies In most nations, having a billionaire financier and ... aimed at de-legitimizing projects that Soros has supported in Central and Eastern Europe's...
Supported by WT Grant Foundation, Research Finds School Choice Policies Impact Segregation
Release Date:
05/23/2017
... A Supreme Court decision a decade ago eliminated the use of certain types of district policies that had been ... the new generation of school choice policies adopted in response to legal decisions may actually...
The Rockefeller Foundation Announces Grants to Organizations Supporting and Defending LGBTQ Community
Release Date:
06/23/2017
... the Campaign for Southern Equality. The organizations will use the funds at their discretion to provide a variety of ...
Macquarie Announces $100,000 Social Innovation Award Recipient
Release Date:
08/11/2017
... inclusion within Australia. Cerebral Palsy Alliance will use the $100,000 Award to fund its 'Remarkable Accelerator .....
New York State Health Foundation Funding Holistic Health in NY State
Release Date:
08/30/2017
New York State Health Foundation Funding Holistic Health in NY State The New York State Health Foundation has plowed ... health and wellness challenges. “Health happens not just in the doctor’s office,” Sandman...
Mayor De Blasio Signs Bills Designed to Protect Tenants From Landlord Harassment
Release Date:
08/31/2017
... of 18 bills aimed at protecting tenants whose landlords use construction as a form of harassment Wednesday. The bills ... who owe the Department of Buildings more than $25,000 in fines from pulling new...
Manhattan DA Lightens Marijuana Penalties in New Policy
Release Date:
09/06/2017
Manhattan DA Lightens Marijuana Penalties in New Policy Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance announced ... Donald Trump's immigration policies — specifically the use of courts to identify and deport...
Review Board Recommends Departmental Charges Against N.Y. Police Officer in Eric Garner Case
Release Date:
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...
Peter G. Peterson Foundation CEO Comments On Federal Debt Passing $20 Trillion For First Time
Release Date:
09/12/2017
"Surpassing $20 trillion in debt is the latest indicator of our nation's dire fiscal condition," said Michael A. Peterson, President and CEO of the fiscally conservative Peter G. Peterson Foundation.
Diverse Charter Schools In New York City to Get Boost from Walton Money
Release Date:
09/14/2017
Diverse Charter Schools In New York City to Get Boost from Walton Money The Walton ... Tuesday to invest $2.2 million over the next two years in new charter schools in New York City that aim to...
Gates Commits $20 Million to Women's Groups
Release Date:
09/21/2017
... groups worldwide, Ms. Gates said Wednesday during an event in New York. While details are still forthcoming, the ... training, and groups of other donors already active in the field. It will also be used to...
The NYPD's Growing DNA Database Raises Concern
Release Date:
09/26/2017
... investigative leads and given prosecutors ammunition in court. But as the police have gotten more aggressive about ... without any laws and little oversight over how they can use it. As the science advances...
Rezoning a Block in Harlem, Respecting an African Burial Ground
Release Date:
09/27/2017
Rezoning a Block in Harlem, Respecting an African Burial Ground For not quite two centuries starting in the mid-1660s, when a Dutch village was established under ... on a zoning framework to put the same land to...
Ford Funds at the Crossroads of Immigration and Artistic Activism
Release Date:
09/29/2017
... with mentors and strengthen immigrant artist communities in those four cities, using NYFA's Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program in New York, NY as an impactful model for replication. NYFA, ... with a...
Republicans Are Reconsidering Full Repeal of State and Local Tax Deduction
Release Date:
10/04/2017
... elimination of the provision has emerged as a flash point in the nascent debate over the plan, with Republicans in high-tax states worried about backlash from residents who ...
Can Redevelopment of the Bedford Union Armory Be Saved?
Release Date:
10/04/2017
... Redevelopment of the Bedford Union Armory Be Saved? A land use proposal to redevelop the 138,000-square-foot, publicly-owned Bedford Union Armory in Crown Heights to create a mix of different types of .....
New York State Health Foundation releases new data snapshot "Health Care Spending Trends in New York State"
Release Date:
10/04/2017
... releases new data snapshot "Health Care Spending Trends in New York State" This NYSHealth-produced data snapshot ... care spending overall and per capita are among the highest in the nation. Health...
Four Communities Are to Receive Smart Growth Funds, Cuomo Announces
Release Date:
10/05/2017
... Smart Growth Funds, Cuomo Announces Four communities in Western New York will receive up to $2.5 million in state funding apiece to enhance their assets and help ... announced the funding during a news...
For the Disabled, New York’s Sidewalks Are an Obstacle Course
Release Date:
10/10/2017
... said Mr. Jones, 29, a disability rights advocate who lives in the Bronx. “I believe it’s very unfair. These types of things should not be happening in a city like this.” . . . For the Disabled, New York’s ...