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Opinion: ‘Fair Share’ Reform – An Essential Step to Solving the City’s Homelessness Crisis

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08/29/2017

... and taking the path of least resistance. This isn’t how it’s always been in our city. When the city passed the historic Fair Share Criteria in 1989, officials finally said enough to the...

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Scientist Asked To Remove ‘Climate Change’ From Grant Blames ‘The Ongoing Politicization Of Science’

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08/29/2017

... that asked her to eliminate references to climate change in an application for federal funds. Bowen’s project aims to explore how environmental factors such as climate change affect the ... “I have been asked...

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Editorial: Unemployment in Black and White

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08/30/2017

Editorial: Unemployment in Black and White The recent finding by The New York Times ... nation’s top colleges and universities is one sign of how little the country has managed to do to close racial ... of white...

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Ordering Review of Statues Puts de Blasio in Tricky Spot

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08/31/2017

Ordering Review of Statues Puts de Blasio in Tricky Spot Elected to lead the biggest city in the nation, Mayor Bill de Blasio often seems to hunger for ... situation. He has been peppered with questions about...

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NY State Health Foundation Report: FQHC Utilization of State & Federal Loan & Scholarship Programs to Support Clinician Recruitment

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08/31/2017

... status or income. Operating at more than 650 service sites in New York State, FQHCs are a critical safety-net system of ... the relevant State and federal programs that FQHCs can tap in their efforts to...

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Canada Wants a New NAFTA to Include Gender and Indigenous Rights

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08/31/2017

... minister, Chrystia Freeland, told a university audience in Ottawa on Monday morning, “are how we guarantee that the modernized Nafta will not only be ...

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Opinion: Why Can’t We Get Cities Right?

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09/05/2017

... Why Can’t We Get Cities Right? The waters are receding in Houston, and so, inevitably, is national interest. But ... a huge amount of wreckage behind, some of it invisible. In particular, we don’t yet know...

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Here's What's In Bernie Sanders' 'Medicare For All' Bill

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09/14/2017

Here 039 ;s What 039 ;s In Bernie Sanders 039 ; 039 ;Medicare For All 039 ; Bill The Capitol Hill ... (Meanwhile, some members are also...

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Sustainability Starts Within: Meet NYC’s Green City Force

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09/14/2017

... Starts Within: Meet NYC’s Green City Force Growing up in Brownsville, Brooklyn, Edna McKay never expected she would one day have a full-time job in the sustainable energy industry. She lived in...

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Report Finds U.S. Racial Wealth Gap Still Growing at an Alarming Pace

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09/15/2017

... wealth gap, far from narrowing, will grow ever wider in the years to come, absent policy change. The two ... report bears the ominous title “The Road to Zero Wealth: How the Racial Wealth Gap is Hollowing Out...

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In New Memoir, Eva Moskowitz Offers a Look Behind The Curtain At Success Academy — And Tries to Reshape Her Reputation

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09/18/2017

In New Memoir, Eva Moskowitz Offers a Look Behind The Curtain ... make fundamental reforms [to schools], I didn’t see how anybody else could.” But it’s clear that the goal for ... empire as a springboard back into...

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J.J. Watt's Hurricane Relief Fundraising Closes at More Than $37 Million

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09/18/2017

... out of desperation when he couldn 039 ;t be there to help in person. And in the end, it can be stated with authority — J.J. Watt 039 ;s ... could get on with the business...

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New Release From NY Foundation's 'Engage to Change' Series on Neighbors Together

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09/19/2017

... by the way some of our grantee partners were changing how they saw the people they serve, who are commonly seen as ... groups worked with their program participants as partners in making change in...

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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

... been donated to the country by the National Women 039 ;s Party in February 1921, a year after the passage of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote, and placed in the Crypt, on...

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Nursing Home Evacuations Should Not Be “All or Nothing,” Says GSA Member in Senate Testimony

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09/21/2017

... Should Not Be “All or Nothing,” Says GSA Member in Senate Testimony Speaking before the U.S. Senate Special ... living communities to better serve their residents in times of disaster — and noted that...

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Jeffersonian Dinners: Using Food and Conversation to Draw In Donors

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09/21/2017

Jeffersonian Dinners: Using Food and Conversation to Draw In Donors Rhea Wong never felt comfortable using elevator ... participants into the mission by eliciting their ideas on how the nonprofit can solve a...

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Making Kids Into “Makers”

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09/22/2017

... skills by building something to address a problem in their community. In many traditional classroom settings, students do not spend ... of time honing their problem-solving skills or considering how...

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High-Level UN Dialogue on Harnessing Africa's Demographic Dividend

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09/22/2017

... CEOs and other development partners, the event explored how smart investments in health, empowerment, education and employment can reduce ...

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Senators Revise Health Bill in Last-Ditch Effort to Win Votes

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09/25/2017

Senators Revise Health Bill in Last-Ditch Effort to Win Votes With time running short, ... repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act shifted money in the bill to Alaska and Maine, which are represented by .....

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Bloomberg and Gates Back A $225 Million Effort to Save 100 Million Lives Over Five Years

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09/26/2017

... and stroke are the number one cause of death worldwide. In 2015 alone, nearly 18 million people died from CVDs which ... worldwide, with 80 percent of those deaths occurring in low- and middle-income countries...

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