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Mixed Feelings as Board Takes up Mayor’s Jerome Avenue Rezoning Bid

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09/13/2017

... vote on the de Blasio administration’s proposed rezoning of Jerome Avenue in the western Bronx. It’s the first stage of the seven-month Uniform Land Use Review Procedure through ... proposal is opposed in its...

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High-Profile Philanthropy Contests Take Hold, Raise Concerns

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09/14/2017

... Award, first given in 2012, announced its second round of prizes last year. The top winner, a group from India that developed a wristband for detecting ... tough to do that," says Rolf Huber, managing...

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These Companies Support Climate Action, So Why Are They Funding Opposition To It?

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09/19/2017

... accord would be bad for business, top executives from Bank of America and Coca-Cola argued. When President Donald Trump ... would these 27 business powerhouses also support a GOP group that’s fought to undo a...

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Into Battle: The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Steps Up Its Advocacy Giving in a Big Way

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09/19/2017

... structure. The LLC is a much better vehicle for the kind of multi-faceted approach to big problems that Chan and ... the start, CZI has sought to pull several major levers of change: It makes grants to 501(c)3...

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Twenty Years After Suffragists Statue Victory, The Quest Continues For A National Women's History Museum

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09/20/2017

... The Quest Continues For A National Women's History Museum Of all the excuses given for why a statue of three suffragettes could not be moved into the Capitol ... women, as depicted, were rather...

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Gender Justice

With Its 'No Dancing' Law Verging On Repeal, New York Legitimizes Its Nightlife

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09/21/2017

... Last night, at the nightclub and circus-arts space House of Yes in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn, Mayor Bill de Blasio signed into law legislation ... hope to have." The Office of...

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In Diller Island’s Demise, a Cautionary Tale of Donor Influence

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09/21/2017

In Diller Island’s Demise, a Cautionary Tale of Donor Influence Just like that, Pier 55, a $250 million ... dilapidated pier on the Hudson River, is no more. A lot of people are very upset about its demise, angry...

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Bemoaning Budget Cuts, Health Care Navigators Say Feds Don't Get It

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09/22/2017

... Say Feds Don't Get It The Trump administration says many of the organizations that help people enroll in health plans ... enough bang for the buck, sometimes costing thousands of dollars to sign up each...

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New Order Indefinitely Bars Almost All Travel From Seven Countries

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09/25/2017

... to the United States from seven countries, including most of the nations covered by his original travel ban, citing ... office. But officials said his new action was the result of a deliberative, rigorous...

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Immigration

After So Many Disasters, Nonprofit Relief Organizations Struggle Against ‘Donor Fatigue’

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09/25/2017

... California. Early in Mother Nature’s most recent season of discontent, donations from everyday folks and Fortune 500 ... contributions continue? Bob Ottenhoff is president and CEO of the Center for Disaster...

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A Well-Intentioned City Redevelopment Plan Hits the Skids

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09/26/2017

... gleaming new development in the Willets Point section of Queens—a mall, a hotel, and hundreds of new apartments near Citi Field—and soon began helping a group of auto-repair...

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Here’s How the Trump Administration Is Quietly Undermining Food Safety

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10/04/2017

... to tend to, he can’t find time?) After just nine months of controlling policy, he’s already gotten angry letters from almost every influential watchdog group — the Center for Science in the Public Interest,...

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Nonprofits Initiate Recall as Mayor Cuts Their Funding

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10/05/2017

... Initiate Recall as Mayor Cuts Their Funding A coalition of nonprofit leaders and community activists have launched a recall campaign against the new mayor of Fitchburg, Wisconsin, a suburb of...

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ArtNet News Details Joan Mitchell Foundation 2017 Grant Recipients

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11/15/2017

... The Joan Mitchell Foundation announced the recipients of its 24th annual Painters & Sculptors Grants on Tuesday. ... discourse. Grantees are awarded an unrestricted stipend of $25,000 and made eligible to...

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Commonwealth Fund Survey Reveals Just How Little Access to Healthcare Americans over 65 Have

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12/11/2017

... are more likely to go without needed health care because of costs. Why should this be? For one thing, Americans are more likely to enter the 65-and-up age group with chronic diseases — heart disease, diabetes...

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Russel Sage Foundation Study Reveals Increased SNAP Benefits Can Move Families to Food Security

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03/09/2018

... study published in the Russell Sage Foundation Journal of Social Sciences looks at how much additional income in ... become food secure. Craig Gundersen, a professor in the U of I Department of...

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With Support from Citi and The Rockefeller Foundation, Boston University Releases “Cities Joining Ranks—Policy Networks on the Rise”

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04/23/2018

... the activities, visibility, value, and membership of city-to-city policy networks, and provides the first evaluation of city peer groups based on joining behavior. Report findings show big cities on average...

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Commonwealth Fund Study Reveals State Rankings on the Nation’s Best Health Care

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05/08/2018

... health care systems. The non-profit health care advocacy group , The Commonwealth Fund, released a state-by-state ... care to its residents. The study broke down over 40 areas of health care from access, to the...

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Mellon Foundation Grant to USC Libraries and USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance to Support Digital Collection for Dance Heritage

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06/08/2018

... Grant to USC Libraries and USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance to Support Digital Collection for Dance Heritage ... area, the USC Libraries and the USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance will create a new home for...

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