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Eva Moskowitz, Practiced de Blasio foe, Weighs a Mayoral Challenge

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09/14/2015

... Moskowitz delivered a campaign-style speech to hundreds of the city's wealthiest business leaders. "I realize ... picked on unfairly," she said, to laughter from the crowd of Manhattan Institute...

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Are Student Debt Forgiveness Scams The Next Mortgage Meltdown?

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09/22/2015

... by student debt relief scammers. These scammers, which promise students they can cut their student loan payments by 50 percent or more, take advantage of students’ lack of knowledge about...

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Ford’s Walker Weighs in on New Rules Allowing Pension Funds to Invest with Conscience

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10/22/2015

... Conscience "Today’s announcement from the Department of Labor to allow pension funds to consider the full-range of risks that affect investment decisions – including ... benefits. Today is an important...

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Commonwealth Fund Offers Guidance on the Creation of a High-Performance Health System for the Sickest and Frailest

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11/10/2015

Commonwealth Fund Offers Guidance on the Creation of a High-Performance Health System for the Sickest and ... . Commonwealth Fund Offers Guidance on the Creation of a High-Performance Health System for the Sickest...

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In Chronicle OpEd, JM Kaplan’s Leaders Discuss Innovation Prize

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11/12/2015

... watching applications trickle in. Would we catch the eye of wildly inventive social innovators? As a family ... to find and fund those projects, priming the pump of future aid from other grant makers. But we’d...

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Pershing Square Awards $5.4 Million to Oxford MBA Scholarship Program

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02/16/2016

... Square Foundation has announced a supplemental gift of £3.7 million ($5.4 million) gift to the Oxford Pershing ... Square Graduate Scholars Program at the University of Oxford's Saïd Business School...

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The New York Community Trust Gives $5.4M to 45 Nonprofits Across the City and Nation

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04/12/2016

... foundation, has approved $5.4 million in grants for dozens of promising projects—from reforming the bail system to ... the city. The Trust is also supporting the expansion of a small business incubator for...

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As 12 Early Community Schools Face Funding Cuts, Advocates Question City’s Long-term Commitment

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06/17/2016

... City, an unexpected fight has flared up between proponents of social service-filled “community schools” and the administration of Mayor Bill de Blasio, one of the nation’s most outspoken...

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Policy Uncertainty over Affordable Care Act Means Less Time for Oversight of Premium Hikes, Commonwealth Fund Says

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05/23/2017

... over Affordable Care Act Means Less Time for Oversight of Premium Hikes, Commonwealth Fund Says Today, the Trump ... reductions, or CSRs). This is just one example of the continued uncertainty over critical...

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No Room on a Bike Rack? Not a Problem for These Smart Bikes

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08/29/2017

... Not a Problem for These Smart Bikes It promised a new way of bike riding in New York City — GPS-tracked smart bikes ... Spin’s unsuccessful effort comes as a new generation of tech-savvy bike companies are...

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Trump’s Threats on Health Law Hide an Upside: Gains Made by Some Insurers

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08/29/2017

... by Some Insurers It has not been a market for the faint of heart. Supporters of the Affordable Care Act achieved a major victory this past ... would stop offering coverage under the law in large parts ...

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Sixty Days Into MTA's 'State Of Emergency,' Critics Wonder What Happened To Review Plans

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08/30/2017

Sixty Days Into MTA's 'State Of Emergency,' Critics Wonder What Happened To Review Plans ... Sixty days ago Monday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo took to the stage of the Hammerstein Ballroom in Manhattan and...

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Forecasting the Upcoming City Council Gender Imbalance

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09/11/2017

... constituent services provided to the public. The dynamics of this year’s elections are not promising for improving the Council gender balance: five of the Council’s 13 women are not running for reelection,...

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Federal Judge Urges Trump Administration to Push Back DACA Deadline

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09/15/2017

... to fix the program through legislation. “The concern of the court is that Oct. 5 is three weeks away,” Judge ... Federal District Court in Brooklyn. “It would make a lot of sense from various vantage points to...

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The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation: Our Compelling Interests

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10/03/2017

... Interests In his essay for the first installment of the Mellon Foundation’s Our Compelling Interests book ... “I am convinced that the United States is in the midst of a pivotal period ushering in...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Funded Studies Make Progress In Fight Against Malaria

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10/05/2017

... Progress In Fight Against Malaria Two new strategies show promise in battling malaria, a disease that kills more than ... would reduce the need for repeated, continuous use of other malaria control measures,...

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The Whiting Foundation Announces The 2018 Whiting Award Winners

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03/22/2018

... Announces The 2018 Whiting Award Winners The winners of the 2018 Whiting Awards don't have much of a track record. None on this list has the laundry list of accolades you may be...

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Rita Allen Foundation Announces Its 2018 Class of Rita Allen Foundation Scholar

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07/10/2018

Rita Allen Foundation Announces Its 2018 Class of Rita Allen Foundation Scholar The Rita Allen Foundation has named its 2018 class of Rita Allen Foundation Scholars, recognizing seven young ... health. The...

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Study Supported by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Finds Antimicrobial Paints Have a Blind Spot

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05/13/2019

... Paints Have a Blind Spot Antimicrobial paints offer the promise of extra protection against bacteria. But Northwestern ... tested bacteria commonly found inside homes on samples of drywall...

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