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Opinion: Irma, Harvey and Sandy - We Need a Marshall Plan for Future Disasters Like These

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09/14/2017

The federal government should identify communities most at risk of flooding and launch a major infrastructure initiative that creates good jobs for a pressing purpose.

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Opinion: After Primary Win, Accountability Begins For Eric Gonzalez

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09/14/2017

Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez has said he wants to make his office the most progressive in the country. We’re delighted to hear this, and our work now begins in holding him accountable.

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Northeast Needs Trump Commitment to Gateway Project

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09/15/2017

... Needs Trump Commitment to Gateway Project After decades working in New York City real estate, Trump likely knows the ...

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Google Sued by 3 Female Ex-Employees Who Say It Pays Women Less Than Men

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09/15/2017

Three women who worked at Google are suing the company over its salary practices, accusing the search giant of discriminating against its female employees by systematically paying them less than men who do similar jobs.

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Mayor's Affordable Housing Not Helping People Who Need it Most, Study Says

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09/18/2017

With the city’s homelessness crisis unabated, housing advocates are asking why most of the units created or preserved under Mayor Bill de Blasio’s affordable housing plan fail to target the city’s low-income New Yorkers who need help the most.

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DACA Recipients Scramble to Reapply, But Not All are Eligible

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09/21/2017

At a meeting in Jackson Heights, under the rumble of the 7 train, about 40 DACA recipients learned that their fate in this country depends on one date: March 5, 2018.

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With A New School Year Underway, Hundreds of Teaching Positions Remain Unfilled In New York City

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09/26/2017

Hundreds of schools are missing teachers and support staff two weeks into the school year, with many of the openings in high-poverty districts and struggling schools that are typically the hardest to staff, according to postings on a city database...

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How Did Marriage Become a Mark of Privilege?

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09/26/2017

... Currently, 26 percent of poor adults, 39 percent of working -class adults and 56 percent of middle- and ...

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Push for Gender Equality in Tech? Some Men Say It’s Gone Too Far

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09/26/2017

Silicon Valley has for years accommodated a fringe element of men who say women are ruining the tech world.

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

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09/28/2017

... a very different morning drop-off routine going on. Many working parents leave their children with a relative or at ...

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How a Quirky Art Prize Tied to the DeVos Family Went Political

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09/28/2017

Patricia Constantine thought hard about whether to use an image of the education secretary, Betsy DeVos, in her entry to this year’s ArtPrize contest. The mixed-media painting depicts Ms. Constantine as a carnival freak suffering for the perceived...

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Atlantic Theater Company Names Amy Staats Tow Playwright-in-Residence

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09/28/2017

Atlantic Theater Company has announced that Amy Staats will be the 2017–2018 playwright-in-residence as well as the lineup for its upcoming Amplified Reading Series and two new commissions. The Tow Foundation supports the playwright-in-residence...

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Ford Funds at the Crossroads of Immigration and Artistic Activism

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09/29/2017

The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) has received a two-year grant from Ford Foundation to support the expansion of its Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program to Detroit, MI; Newark, NJ; Oakland, CA; and San Antonio, TX.

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Mellon Foundation Makes the Business Case for Humanities Education

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09/29/2017

... recognized that labor skill shortages and demography are working against the economic vitality of the state and ...

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'Massive Anxiety' As Turkey Cracks Down On International NGOs

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10/02/2017

Just before Ramadan in late spring 2017, the full might of the Turkish state descended on a foreign aid agency in the border town of Gaziantep. Six different government agencies, among them the migration directorate and the gendarmerie, had come to...

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De Blasio Taps Acting Commissioner Vincent Sapienza To Head Department of Environmental Protection

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10/03/2017

Mayor de Blasio will officially name Vincent Sapienza commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection, more than a year after the last permanent head left.

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General Motors Is Going All Electric

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10/03/2017

... the American automotive giant announced that it is working toward an all-electric, zero-emissions future. That ...

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Can Redevelopment of the Bedford Union Armory Be Saved?

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10/04/2017

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 housing and a state-of-the-art recreation center has seen successive setbacks in recent months.

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United Hospital Fund Recognizes Four New Yorkers For Their Leadership to Improve Health and Health Care

Release Date:

10/04/2017

United Hospital Fund paid tribute tonight at its annual gala to leaders in philanthropy, banking, and health care—James H. Simons, PhD, Priscilla Almodovar, Robert Gore, MD, and James R. Tallon, Jr.—in recognition of their important contributions to...

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Opinion: What’s Holding Philanthropists Back?

Release Date:

10/06/2017

... and led by leaders of color, immigrants, rural leaders, working organizers and activists and program developers who ...

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