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EPA Now Requires Political Aide’s Sign-Off for Agency Awards, Grant Applications

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09/05/2017

EPA Now Requires Political Aide’ s Sign-Off for Agency Awards, Grant Applications The ... role, John Konkus reviews every award the agency gives out , along with every grant solicitation before it is issued. ... in...

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New Bloomberg-backed Report Highlights Opportunities to Finance Urban Water Projects

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09/05/2017

... its worst rainfall in 100 years, are now building out urban water infrastructure to boost resilience through ...

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States Sue To Block DACA Termination, Citing Trump's 'Racial Animus'

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09/07/2017

States Sue To Block DACA Termination, Citing Trump' s 'Racial Animus' Several states are suing the Trump ... Columbia. All are Democrats. It follows the administration' s announcement Tuesday...

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Democrats Look To Trump On DREAM Act After He Puts Expiration Date On DACA Program

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09/11/2017

... funded until early December. Democrats hope the president' s apparent willingness to work across the aisle will extend ... Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Trump is phasing out the Obama-era...

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In Rural Kenya, Escaping A Deadly Disease Sometimes Takes A Little Luck

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09/11/2017

... the treatment, and I was very scared,” he said, pointing out the scattered incisions, each about half an inch long. When Pkorkor’ s stomach began to swell and his body shivered with periodic ...

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International/Foreign Affairs

‘Brooklyn Prime’ Campaign Aims To Bring Amazon Headquarters To NYC

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09/13/2017

... Campaign Aims To Bring Amazon Headquarters To NYC Amazon' s announcement last week that is seeking proposals for siting ... of their “Brooklyn Prime” campaign by broadly laying out the borough’ s...

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Workforce Development

'Hand In Hand' Telethon Raises More Than $44 Million For Hurricane Survivors

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09/13/2017

... Million For Hurricane Survivors A-list celebrities came out in droves on Monday night to take part in the "Hand in ... $500,000, would match any professional basketball player' s donation up to $20,...

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Opinion: Living The Mitchell-Lama Dream

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09/21/2017

... developers looking to cash-in. As a pillar of the city’ s most critical affordable housing stock, Mitchell-Lama is in ...

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

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09/21/2017

More Than Half of City' s 1.1M Students Attend Overcrowded Schools: Watchdog More than half of the city’ s 1.1 million public school students attend overcrowded ... — with nearly 8,000 seats — are expected to...

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States Team Up To Fight Climate Change

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09/21/2017

... Climate Change A group of states adhering to the initial U. S . commitment to the Paris climate accord are on track to ... targets, despite the federal government planning to pull out the global pact, New York...

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Report: Most NY Colleges Comply with Sex Assault Law

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09/22/2017

... Comply with Sex Assault Law A majority of New York’ s colleges and universities are handling instances and ... of sexual assault in accordance with the state’ s “Enough is Enough” law, according to the...

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Voters Pick Women Over Men in Primary for All Six Brooklyn Judicial Seats

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09/25/2017

... guaranteed election in November given the borough’ s Democratic tilt. With 12 candidates vying for six civil ... screening panel approvals. Ignoring a bitter feud playing out between the Kings County...

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Mellon Grant Funds Stanford University Press Pioneering Digital Academic Publishing Program

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09/26/2017

... million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, came out of press director Alan Harvey’ s desire to “break the box of publishing.” “I wanted to ...

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Jewish Group Slams Mayor De Blasio’s Free School Lunch Plan for Not Offering Kosher Foods

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10/02/2017

Jewish Group Slams Mayor De Blasio’ s Free School Lunch Plan for Not Offering Kosher Foods Mayor de Blasio' s free school lunch plan isn’t kosher — and that’ s left ... program they want...

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City Council Members Still Navigating Outside Income Divestment Ahead of Deadline

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10/05/2017

... businesses, and each is still in the process of figuring out divestment as mandated by the new law... City Council ...

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For the Disabled, New York’s Sidewalks Are an Obstacle Course

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10/10/2017

For the Disabled, New York’ s Sidewalks Are an Obstacle Course Dustin Jones must navigate an obstacle course every time he goes out . Mr. Jones, who uses a wheelchair, gets stuck at sidewalk ... rights advocate who...