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More Than Half of City's 1.1M Students Attend Overcrowded Schools: Watchdog

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09/21/2017

... school students attend overcrowded schools, according to a new report from the watchdog group Class Size Matters. ... the Department of Education’s addition of more seats and new buildings, many families feel...

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Education

Red Tape, Frustration Pushing Out Applicants for Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Program, Report Shows

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09/26/2017

... droves from the city’s Build It Back recovery program, new data shows. An analysis by City Controller Scott Stringer ... exit the program since 2014. The biggest drop was in New Dorp and Midland Beach on...

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How Much Time Was Spent on Subway? M.T.A. Can Now Tell You

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09/26/2017

... on Subway? M.T.A. Can Now Tell You Was the commute on New York City’s subway this month worse than last month? ... the Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced a new system for both tracking delays on...

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As Deaths Mount, Scrutiny of NYPD Response to ‘Emotionally Disturbed Persons’

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09/27/2017

... ‘Emotionally Disturbed Persons’ At a recent hearing, New York City Council members discussed the effectiveness of ... person” (EDP) calls, the slow pace of implementation for new NYPD crisis intervention...

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Justice Reform

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

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09/28/2017

... lineup for its upcoming Amplified Reading Series and two new commissions. Actor and playwright Staats’ plays include ... Off-Broadway theatre. Atlantic has also commissioned two new works via its Launch...

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Arts

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12 Innovative Post-Sandy Projects Built to Withstand Future Storms

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10/03/2017

... the impact severe storms like Superstorm Sandy have on New York, the city’s architects are designing buildings ... require. There’s even a homegrown rating system for New York’s coastal buildings called the...

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Study Finds Test-Score Growth at NYC Charter Schools Outpaces District Schools

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10/04/2017

... Growth at NYC Charter Schools Outpaces District Schools A new study says that on average, New York City charter school students show growth equal to 23 ...

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Success Academy Founder Eva Moskowitz: ‘We Are Making Progress, but It’s Frustratingly Slow’

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10/04/2017

... CEO Eva Moskowitz has more in common with her longtime foe New York Mayor Bill de Blasio than you might think, she told ... is a level of injustice in the city, around the state of New York, around the country...

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City Council Members Still Navigating Outside Income Divestment Ahead of Deadline

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10/05/2017

... City Council members, two of whom voted against the new restrictions, continue to be involved in their private ... the process of figuring out divestment as mandated by the new law... City Council Members...

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Economic Security

ABNY Releases The Second Season of ABNY Talks

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01/23/2018

... Talks , an education series delivered by experts to give New Yorkers insight into how and why policy decisions get ... civic issues from experts and leaders who are changing New York. The City Budget & How...

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15 Aug 2018

Erasing Representation: The Implications of the Census Citizenship Question on Reapportionment & Redistricting - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP

Wednesday, August 15, 2018 -

12:00pm to 1:00pm

The Census Bureau has proposed the addition of a Citizenship Status Question to the 2020 Census and indicated that data will be included in the transfer of census counts to states for the purposes of redistricting.

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In Memoriam: James McConnell Clark of Edna McConnell Clark Foundation

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11/04/2015

... he was general partner and CEO. He was as active in philanthropy as he was on Wall Street. "At a very young age he started thinking about philanthropy and that was one of his core interests in life,...

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

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NoVo Foundation Leaders Talk About Aversion to Measurement

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12/10/2015

... of the NoVo Foundation, wrote an op-ed in The Chronicle of Philanthropy , calling for a model of philanthropy that “leads from the heart.” As the ...

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Artstor President James Shulman Joins Mellon Foundation as Senior Fellow in Residence

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05/02/2016

... Among his projects, Shulman will write about high-impact philanthropy , the future of liberal arts colleges, and how ...

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18 Jan 2017

Homeownership and the Racial Wealth Gap – Webinar

Wednesday, January 18, 2017 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... Speakers Liza Cowan, South Region Executive, Global Philanthropy , JPMorgan Chase & Co. Maurice Jones, ...

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08 Jun 2017

21st Century Philanthropic Pipelines for Twentysomethings - Webinar

Thursday, June 8, 2017 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

*The National Center for Family Philanthropy limits attendance to private and family ... identity. Designed for The National Center for Family Philanthropy limits attendance to private and family ...

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Free To Fail? Foundations Face Few External Performance Pressures

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01/11/2017

... was originally published by the Center for Effective Philanthropy and is the sixth in a series of eight essays ... from the CEP research report, The Future of Foundation Philanthropy : The CEO Perspective ,...

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How Nathan Cummings and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund Are Shifting Grantmaking in the Trump Era

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05/26/2017

... they’re learning since November is, “How we do our philanthropy may prove to be just as important as what we do with our philanthropy .” A concrete way that’s taking shape is that ...

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Newman's Own Foundation Launches #Newmanitarian Campaign Asking People to Commit Acts of Kindness

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01/30/2018

... acts of kindness, we're hoping to spread the idea that philanthropy isn't just about money. It means that we can all ... something to make our world a better place." Encouraging philanthropy is...

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