Russell Sage Foundation Celebrates 110th Anniversary
Release Date:
04/20/2017
... early years, RSF undertook major projects in low-income housing , urban planning, social work, and labor reform, ...
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Gay Rights Group Turns Down Bank of America’s Money Over HB2 Compromise
Release Date:
05/09/2017
The nation’s largest gay rights group plans to reject $325,000 in Bank of America sponsorships to protest the role bank executives played in brokering a replacement for North Carolina’s House Bill 2 - known as "the bathroom bill."
Tiffany & Co. Makes Its Point: Presidents Come and Go, But Climate Change is Forever
Release Date:
05/11/2017
As the firing of FBI Director James Comey swamps the news cycle, an amazing public statement by Tiffany & Co. still glitters through the muck. On Tuesday morning, the legendary American jeweler issued a terse but vehement pitch in favor of the...
Commonwealth Fund: CBO Score on Senate Health Bill: 22M Americans Uninsured & Sharp Increases in Premiums for Elderly
Release Date:
07/03/2017
The CBO has released its report on the impact of the Better Care Reconciliation Act, the Senate bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. If the bill were to become law, CBO projects that 22 million people would lose health insurance by...
Ford, ConEd: Bronx Children’s Museum Construction Begins
Release Date:
07/24/2017
The Bronx is finally getting its own children’s museum! NYC Parks and NYC Department of Design and Construction joined elected officials and community leaders in breaking ground for the long-awaited Bronx Children’s Museum.
Landing High-Profile Employers Is Nice, But of Little Help to Those Who Need Opportunity The Most
Release Date:
09/05/2017
... Those Who Need Opportunity The Most The sky-high cost of housing has understandably been at the top of the list of ...
Trump's Nominee To Be USDA's Chief Scientist Is Not A Scientist
Release Date:
09/05/2017
The chief scientist of the U.S. Department of Agriculture is typically a low-profile job in any presidential administration. But President Trump's nomination of his former Iowa campaign manager for the post is raising concern in the scientific...
Opinion: Nonprofits Aren’t Doing What It Takes to Protect Civil Society in the Trump Era
Release Date:
09/07/2017
Party politics and constant Twitter barbs aside, the vast tidal changes in Washington are sweeping away decades of collaboration and interdependence that ties the U.S. government to America’s millions of nonprofits.
Opinion: Want to Fix America’s Health Care? First, Focus on Food
Release Date:
09/13/2017
Food is the number one cause of poor health in America.
Record Level of Job Openings Doesn’t Mean the Labor Market is Tight
Release Date:
09/14/2017
... than the late days of the tech-boom or last decade’s housing -fueled expansion. . . Record Level of Job Openings ...
JP Morgan Chase Investing $40M in Chicago's Underserved Neighborhoods
Release Date:
09/15/2017
... that pledge to $150 million to build so-called affordable housing , fund small businesses and train workers... JP Morgan ...
New Pre-K Center Slated to Open on Upper East Side in 2019, Officials Say
Release Date:
09/19/2017
A universal pre-kindergarten center with 180 seats is coming to East 76th Street, providing spots in a neighborhood clamoring for more pre-K options, DNAinfo New York has learned.
The GOP Tax Plan: Tough Choices With Limited Room to Maneuver
Release Date:
09/26/2017
Republicans face a daunting challenge as their tax plan comes into sharper focus: They are trying to fit more than $5 trillion of tax cuts inside a $1.5 trillion box.
Trump Plans 45,000 Limit on Refugees Admitted to U.S.
Release Date:
09/27/2017
President Trump plans to cap refugee admissions at 45,000 over the next year, according to current and former government officials briefed on the decision, setting a historically low limit on the number of people who can resettle in the United...
De Blasio’s ‘Homeless Hotels’ Plan Is Way Behind Schedule
Release Date:
09/28/2017
... announced a plan to create 15,000 units of supportive housing to deal with the homelessness crisis, just 48 units ...
Mayor De Blasio Eyes 'Ideal' Queens Site For New Jail As Rikers Shuts Down
Release Date:
10/03/2017
Mayor de Blasio is eyeing a now-shuttered Queens jail as an “ideal” spot to house prisoners as Rikers Island shuts down.
Ford Foundation Supports Progress on Impact Investing
Release Date:
10/13/2017
Ford Foundation supports an experimental rating process aimed to hold large fund managers acuntable for delivering on wide range of impacts.
De Blasio Says No Notice Needed from City when Entire Hotels Get Rented to Shelter the Homeless
Release Date:
10/13/2017
... uses hotels — qualifying that as temporary or emergency housing , even when the Department of Homeless Services rents ...
Ford Foundation's Darren Walker, One of Rolling Stones 25 People Shaping the Future
Release Date:
11/22/2017
... of climate change." Walker began his career redeveloping housing in Harlem, then spearheaded the Rockefeller .....
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Awards More than $2.5 Million to South Florida Nonprofits in 2017
Release Date:
11/28/2017
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation announced today that 125 nonprofits in South Florida have collectively been awarded more than $2.5 million in grants in 2017.