Is Universal Voting an Idea Whose Time is Coming?
Release Date:
11/17/2022
... of voters is deeply skewed and far less representative of young people, voters of color, and lower-income voters. The ...
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NYCHA Plans Market-Rate Brooklyn Units
Release Date:
10/02/2017
The New York City Housing Authority is planning a new development that would include market-rate housing on the grounds of a lower-income housing development in the rapidly gentrifying Brooklyn neighborhood of East Williamsburg.
Seven Reasons Why Your Foundation Should Pay Attention to Fracking
Release Date:
05/16/2013
... specifics of the law, read this summary by the National Resources Defense Council . 5) It’s eroding ... of fracking on health, environments and communities are working together at the Health &...
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... with any questions. In collaboration with Resources Suggested background reading materials: Beyond ...
Number of Latinos with Insurance Surges with Affordable Care Act, According to Commonwealth Fund Report
Release Date:
09/25/2014
Commonwealth Fund Report examines effects of Affordable Care Act on historically underinsured communities.
PNY Members Funding LGBT Senior Care
Release Date:
10/30/2014
NYCT and the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation are addressing the needs of older LGBT adults.
Verizon Foundation Supports National Survey of Americans’ Health App Use
Release Date:
11/04/2015
... at NYU Langone Medical Center, 58 percent of 1,604 adult smartphone users had downloaded one of the estimated ...
Tow Foundation Touted as Prime Example of Funder Helping Turn the Tide for Juvenile Justice Reform
Release Date:
11/19/2015
The Tow Foundation touted as a primary force for Juvenile Justice Reform in Connecticut and New York.
Commonwealth Fund Survey: Healthcare Unaffordable for Many Even With Insurance
Release Date:
11/20/2015
More Americans have health insurance now, but many are finding that even with coverage they cannot afford the deductibles, co-payments and surprise medical bills, according to a national survey.
Crotona Park East and Morrisania Have City's Highest Rate of Jailed Residents, Data2Go.NYC Shows (Helmsley Charitable Trust)
Release Date:
01/20/2016
... On average, 371 of every 100,000 of the neighborhoods’ adult residents were locked up in a city jail on any given ...
NCRP Reviews New York Community Trust
Release Date:
04/13/2016
... from New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to remove minors from adult prisons and the state's legalization of same-sex .....
Commonwealth Fund Survey Finds U.S. Healthcare System Failing High-Need Patients
Release Date:
12/09/2016
The U.S. healthcare system is failing patients with complex medical needs, many of whom struggle to access the coordinated medical, behavioral, and social services they need to manage their conditions and avoid costly hospital visits, an issue brief...
Research to Prevent Blindness Supports Study Finding 1 In 4 ER Visits for Eye Problems Aren’t Actually Emergencies
Release Date:
02/15/2017
A new study finds that nearly one in four people who seek emergency care for eye problems have mild conditions, and recommends ways to help those patients get the right level of care.
Commonwealth Fund Issues Brief on the Effect of the Affordable Care Act on Health Care Access
Release Date:
05/08/2017
The Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) coverage provisions have extended health insurance coverage to millions of Americans. While the effects of the Medicaid expansion and marketplace establishments on coverage have been well studied, the resulting...
Commonwealth Fund: How the Affordable Care Act Has Helped Women Gain Insurance and Improved Their Ability to Get Health Care
Release Date:
08/31/2017
... numbers lost insurance coverage. The percentage of adult women under age 65 without insurance climbed from 13 ...
Fat Bias Starts Early and Takes a Serious Toll
Release Date:
09/05/2017
A new study by researchers at Duke University, for example, found that “implicit weight bias” in children ages 9 to 11 was as common as “implicit racial bias” is among adults.
NY State Health: Medicare Snapshot - Stories from the Helpline - Improving New York State Access to Medicare Savings Programs
Release Date:
09/26/2017
A new NYSHealth-supported issue brief by Medicare Rights Center examines the difficulties in enrollment and offers recommendations for State and local agencies to increase access to MSPs in New York State.
New Research Supported by Research to Prevent Blindness Finds New Biomarker for Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Release Date:
01/29/2019
Researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, along with collaborators from the University of Iowa, have discovered a genetic biomarker that is associated with age-related macular...
New York Life Foundation Pledges $1.7 Million to Help Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
Release Date:
04/08/2020
... prepare for possible impacts of the Coronavirus on our own workforce . How our workforce is helping For all donations that our employees and ...
With Support from the Leon Levy Foundation, New York Philharmonic Opens the Toscanini Archives, Providing Digital Access for Maestro’s 150th Birthday
Release Date:
04/04/2017
... Humanities, has focused on digitizing the remainder of the paper materials from 1842 to 1942... With Support from ...