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Amid Global Crises, UNGA Will Show Development Community Rising To The Challenges

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09/18/2017

... The Challenges President Donald Trump's twin appearances in New York this week — chairing a session on U.N. reform Monday and addressing the General .....

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Long Delays Cloud Police Department Disciplinary Trials

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09/19/2017

... Cloud Police Department Disciplinary Trials When the New York City police officer who tackled the former tennis star James Blake steps into a dim departmental trial room this week, Mr. Blake will have .....

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Justice Reform

Opinion: The Risky Consequences Of Inclusionary Housing At Brooklyn’s Pfizer Site

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09/19/2017

... Housing At Brooklyn’s Pfizer Site The power to zone is a key mechanism New York City has to leverage private financial resources ... That’s the mechanism being used at the Pfizer site in...

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Housing and Homelessness

Bloomberg Among Top Donors Who Give Largest Share of Wealth to Charity

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09/19/2017

... the three most generous donors among the 10 richest people in America, according to new analysis by The Chronicle of Philanthropy. Out of those ... and the wealthiest person on the Forbes list, with a...

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Hometown Hope: How Amazon is Paying Attention to Homelessness in Seattle and Beyond

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09/20/2017

... Hope: How Amazon is Paying Attention to Homelessness in Seattle and Beyond “It’s permanent until homelessness ... Amazon’s real estate and facilities VP, to the New York Times after an announcement this spring...

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Health-Care Titan Centene Will Try to Duck Contraceptive Coverage With Pickup Of Church-Linked Provider, Manhattan Pol Warns

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09/21/2017

... Pol Warns Manhattan state Sen. Brad Hoylman has written a letter to state regulators expressing concern that the ... announced earlier this month it would be buying Fidelis, a New York health...

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Gender Justice

If Congress Doesn’t Act Fast on Children’s Health Insurance, Millions Could Be at Risk

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09/21/2017

... the Senate Finance Committee announced it had reached a bipartisan agreement to extend funding for the national ... can draft, pass, and reconcile the actual legislation in less than two weeks, families...

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Opinion: How Parks Lose Their Playfulness

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09/25/2017

Opinion: How Parks Lose Their Playfulness A few years ago, the Hudson River Park Trust floated an idea for a new island. Called Pier 55, it was to be a ... most of the...

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Community Development

Commentary from The Century Foundation: Women’s Underrepresentation in Politics: No, It’s Not Just an Ambition Gap

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09/25/2017

... from The Century Foundation: Women’s Underrepresentation in Politics: No, It’s Not Just an Ambition Gap Last week, the New York Times Editorial Board ran an editorial discussing ... the Senate. Indeed, the...

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Opinion: Construction Safety Bill Would Hurt Minority Workers

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09/26/2017

... Construction Safety Bill Would Hurt Minority Workers I am a NYCHA resident who has spent my career advocating for our ... and brown construction workers, including those living in public housing. For months, I...

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Workforce Development

Name-Dropping: Donors Get Tired. Models Do, Too

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09/28/2017

... campaigns began to stagnate, she assumed the cause was a factor other than the list. Of course, the ADA wasn’t ... lapsed donor file, and mailed a six-figure quantity of the new selection of...

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U.S. Quietly Announces Plan To Monitor Immigrants’ Social Media Accounts, Search Histories

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09/28/2017

... and internet search history of legal immigrants as part of a new tracking system set to roll out next month. The policy ... reported by BuzzFeed, the new rule was quietly published in...

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Immigration

State Officials: N.Y. Will Help Enroll People in Insurance through Obamacare

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09/29/2017

State Officials: N.Y. Will Help Enroll People in Insurance through Obamacare ALBANY — The recent ... through the Affordable Care Act will not affect New York, the head of the state’s online exchange said ... of...

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Nations Urged to Reject Phillip Morris Funds for Antismoking Efforts

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10/03/2017

... International announced it would fund and help set up a new body called the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World. The ... their first-quarter reports showing a tenfold increase...

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International/Foreign Affairs

Bloomberg Philanthropies Funded Studies Make Progress In Fight Against Malaria

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10/05/2017

Bloomberg Philanthropies Funded Studies Make Progress In Fight Against Malaria Two new strategies show promise in battling malaria, a disease that kills more than 400,000 people...

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Documents Show NYC’s Education Department Failed to Answer 526 Public Records Requests Over Past 3 Years

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10/05/2017

... Requests Over Past 3 Years At the start of December 2014, New York Post reporter Susan Edelman sent an intriguing ... both to and from Farina,” Edelman said, according to a Department of Education summary...

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Education

The Heavier Baggage of Immigrating while Black

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10/06/2017

... while Black Not only are people of African descent a large part of the immigrant and refugee population, they ... for removal. The Pew Research Center reports that, in 2016, 32 percent of all refugees that...

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Immigration

Citi Community Development Is Partner in NYC’s First Citywide Community Land Trust

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10/25/2017

A citywide collaborative of nonprofit affordable housing ... the surrounding community, and one-third professionals in real estate, property management, housing, finance or ... Center for NYC Neighborhoods (CNYCN...

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Wallace Foundation President Explains Foundation’s “Unified Approach”

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12/20/2017

... President Explains Foundation’s “Unified Approach” In an interview with the Funder’s Forum, Wallace Foundation ... underlies the foundation’s initiatives and describes how a focus on continuous improvement...

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