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De Blasio unveils 30-member task force charged with overhauling NYC’s job-training and workforce-placement programs

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05/20/2014

... task force that will be charged with overhauling the city ’s job-training and workforce-placement programs. ... Brooklyn Army Terminal in Sunset Park, the mayor said the city ’s training and placement programs...

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IBM Corporation

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The New York Community Trust

Ford Foundation Heads Group of Philanthropic Leaders to Save Detroit

Release Date:

11/10/2014

... as Judge Gerald E. Rosen, the appointed mediator in this city ’s federal bankruptcy case, made an unheard-of request. ... He wanted the philanthropic groups, some with ties to the city , to help rescue Detroit...

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NYCT-Funded Initiative Has Taken on 424 Cases to Get Lawyers for Undocumented Immigrant Kids

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03/24/2015

... to Get Lawyers for Undocumented Immigrant Kids New York City ’s effort to supply lawyers for every unaccompanied, ... the public-private partnership, launched by the New York City Council following the flood of...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Launches $9 Million Mayors Challenge in Latin America, Caribbean

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01/22/2016

... on Jan. 20 from billionaire and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. The media and investment ...

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Technology

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Mentioned in Atlantic Article On School Discipline Reform

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06/30/2016

... nightmare. Roughly two dozen children at New York City schools were hit, kicked, and bullied by fellow students ... a clear and undeniable escalation of violence in New York City schools,” said Jim Walden, an...

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Supports Workshop To Further Innovation And Sustainability in New Jersey

Release Date:

12/20/2016

... in New Jersey From finding ways to better engage the city ’s youth to empowering the disenfranchised, a new ... group is working to establish solutions to keep the city moving forward. The new group is...

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After Cuts in Funding from DoE, Learning Leaders Shuts Down Despite Support from Funders Like NYCT, Pinkerton

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02/17/2017

... to work in hundreds of low-income schools across the city , will shut down next month because of difficulty obtaining enough money from the city Department of Education, the organization announced Feb. .....

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Surdna Funds Report Analyzing The Social Wellbeing of NYC's Neighborhoods: The Contribution of Culture and the Arts

Release Date:

05/22/2017

... the arts contribute to the social well-being of New York City residents and are a bright spot in many disadvantaged ... Funded in part by the Surdna Foundation and the New York City Cultural Agenda Fund at the...

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NYC Denies Nearly 9,000 Kids with Disabilities The Services They Need

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09/05/2017

... 9,000 Kids with Disabilities The Services They Need The city is illegally denying necessary services to thousands of ... physical therapy and counseling, according to figures the city Education Department...

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The New Corporate Recruitment Pool: Workers in Dead-End Jobs

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09/12/2017

... New Jersey-based software company went hunting for a U.S. city with a surplus of talented employees stuck in dead-end ... at AvePoint, Inc., struck gold in Richmond. Despite the city ’s low unemployment rate,...

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Mayor Targets 14,500 Buildings to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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09/15/2017

... a mandate Thursday that would force some of the city 's most inefficient buildings to curb their ... to reach energy-efficiency targets by 2030. If the City Council approves the requirements, they would...

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Euan Robertson Joins Simons Foundation As Chief Operating Officer

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04/01/2019

... most recently as chief operating officer of the New York City Economic Development Corporation. During his time in city government, he focused particularly on projects designed to grow the New York ...

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Atlantic Philanthropies Writes About Philanthropy’s Role in Promoting Positive Approaches to School Discipline

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01/07/2016

The widespread use of suspension and expulsion in schools reflects a national belief in "zero tolerance" to set a tone of academic focus and seriousness and to maintain order and safety. Yet, is this effective discipline?

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Rivian Hires Anisa Kamadoli Costa as First Chief Sustainability Officer

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04/14/2022

Rivian Automotive, Inc. today announced the hiring of Anisa Kamadoli Costa as the company’s Chief Sustainability Officer, effective April 18, 2022.

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Ambassador Edward P. Djerejian Returns to Carnegie Corporation of New York Board of Trustees

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06/09/2022

... to our country’s democratic ideals will be put to good use in representing the United States at a time of fierce ...

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NoVo Foundation Examines Unequal Funding for Women and Girls of Color

Release Date:

10/23/2015

NoVo Foundation’s Executive Director Pamela Shifman says that at NoVo, there is a recognition that there is a huge need to focus on support for girls of color.

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The Century Foundation Rallies Against "Turnkey Tyranny" With Presidential Transition

Release Date:

11/18/2016

With the election of Donald Trump, this warning is frighteningly close to becoming reality, as Trump has vowed to implement surveillance policies that “were frankly unthinkable a year ago.” Obama’s last challenge will be to do everything in his...

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Helmsley Charitable Trust Addresses Technology Gap in Rural Healthcare

Release Date:

04/28/2017

Patients at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center will soon benefit from access to the latest computed tomography (CT) diagnostic technology made possible through a grant from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust’s Rural Healthcare...

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13 Sep 2016

Intersections of Health and Justice: A Conversation on LEAD and New York’s Opioid Epidemic

Tuesday, September 13, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... program started in Seattle. According to the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, these types of ... program. Whether this model could be applied to other drug use issues or mental health...