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17 Sep 2025

NYC Charter Amendments on the Ballot: Housing, Democracy, and the Future of the City

Wednesday, September 17, 2025 -

10:00am to 11:30am

... on democracy and increasing voter turnout. Please join us to learn more about these key amendments, their potential ...

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Opinion: Does a Soda Tax Reduce Obesity? Ask Mexico (Bloomberg Philanthropies)

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02/23/2016

... prices by approximately 10 percent. More recently, a study published last month in the British Medical Journal ... of sugary drinks after the law's passage. That study was funded by Bloomberg...

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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

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New Biomarker Identifies Uveal Melanoma Patients At High Risk For Metastasis (Research To Prevent Blindness)

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03/07/2016

... Risk For Metastasis (Research To Prevent Blindness) A study by J. William Harbour, M.D., associate director for ... be monitored more closely for metastatic disease. The study was supported by the National...

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Research to Prevent Blindness

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Fund for the City of New York Supports Conceptualization of Underground Maps and Models

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02/15/2017

... from interested parties to inform a Concept Development Study (CDS) that will assess the current state and future ... interoperability project. The purpose of the study is to develop an in-depth understanding...

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Fund for the City of New York

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Community Development

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With Support from the Wenner-Gren Foundation, Fossil Hunters Discover New Primate Species

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02/28/2017

... the size of a house cat, said Patel, co-author of the new study in the Journal of Human Evolution... With Support from ...

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The Wenner-Gren Foundation

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Thousands of People With Autism Join Simons Foundation's SPARK Initiative

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04/04/2017

... Research for Knowledge (SPARK) is an online scientific study and community of individuals with autism and their ... With 25 clinical site partners around the nation, the study aims to ultimately enroll 50,000...

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Commonwealth Fund Issues Brief on the Effect of the Affordable Care Act on Health Care Access

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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...

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With Support from Pershing Square and Alfred P. Sloan Foundations, New Research Finds that Behavioral ‘Nudges’ Offer a Cost-Effective Policy Tool

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06/08/2017

... as ‘nudges,’ may be extremely cost effective. The new study , which examined the cost-effectiveness of nudges and ... University of Pennsylvania, one of the authors of the new study ... With Support from...

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Pershing Square Foundation

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Simons Foundation's SPARK Initiative is Calling on Dads With a New "Men of Action" Campaign

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07/11/2017

... their saliva to find answers for autism. While the SPARK study has already enrolled more than 50,000 individuals, including 20,000 individuals with autism, the study is falling short in terms of one crucial...

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Simons Foundation's Flatiron Institute Joins IBM and Others including Citizens in the Microbiome Immunity Project

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08/23/2017

... help is being enlisted in what's thought to be the biggest study of the human microbiome—the bacteria that live in and ... analysis of the microbiome in the digestive system. This study aims to help...

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The Commonwealth Fund Supports Tool to Encourage Patient Contribution to Clinical Notes

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12/08/2017

... improve relationships with their doctors, according to a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. In that ... on documentation, according to a UCLA press release on the study ... The Commonwealth...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Supported Research Yields Promising Results for Genetic Weapons Against Malaria

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02/16/2018

In separate studies, researchers test bacteria that suppresses development of malaria parasite, genetic modification that boosts mosquito immune systems

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