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Manhattan DA Lightens Marijuana Penalties in New Policy

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09/06/2017

... Donald Trump's immigration policies — specifically the use of courts to identify and deport undocumented immigrants. .....

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Review Board Recommends Departmental Charges Against N.Y. Police Officer in Eric Garner Case

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09/11/2017

The Civilian Complaint Review Board recommended the NYPD discipline the cop who used a banned chokehold in the death of Eric Garner in Staten Island three years ago.

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation CEO Comments On Federal Debt Passing $20 Trillion For First Time

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09/12/2017

... to borrow again on the open markets. For months, it had been using off-book extraordinary measures to keep ... Trump signed a bill including the debt lift Friday, it was able to start unwinding those measures...

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation

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Economic Security

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Diverse Charter Schools In New York City to Get Boost from Walton Money

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09/14/2017

... start of about seven mixed-income charter schools, which will be able to use the money to pay for anything from building space to ...

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Education

Rezoning a Block in Harlem, Respecting an African Burial Ground

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09/27/2017

... for streetcars and buses. On Wednesday, the City Council will vote on a zoning framework to put the same land to yet another use , a million-square-foot development with about 730 ...

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‘Interrupters’ Help Reduce Violence in New York City

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10/02/2017

... They walk neighborhood streets on a daily basis and use their connections to resolve disputes before they ...

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Can Redevelopment of the Bedford Union Armory Be Saved?

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10/04/2017

... Redevelopment of the Bedford Union Armory Be Saved? A land use proposal to redevelop the 138,000-square-foot, ... and the city-selected developer behind the project to make it acceptable, especially to Cumbo,...

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Four Communities Are to Receive Smart Growth Funds, Cuomo Announces

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10/05/2017

... Cuomo Announces Four communities in Western New York will receive up to $2.5 million in state funding apiece to ...

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

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10/10/2017

... rights advocate who lives in the Bronx. “I believe it ’s very unfair. These types of things should not be ...

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Disabilities

SUNY Revises Controversial Proposal to Let Some New York Charter Schools Certify Their Own Teachers

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10/10/2017

... original proposal remains in tact, prospective teachers will now be required to sit for significantly more hours of ...

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Education

IRS Audit Guides Inform Nonprofits about Review Criteria

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10/13/2017

... materials known as Audit Technique Guides (ATGs) it uses to guide its reviewers through looking at 501(c)(3) ...

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Rockefeller Focuses on Skills Gap in India

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12/08/2017

... India. Currently operating only in Karnataka, the firm will use the funds for capacity building across admissions, ...

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New Video From Chasing The Dream, Supported By The JPB and Ford Foundations

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02/21/2018

... is an organization that works with returning citizens to use the skills they already have and transform the way they ...

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Freedom Together Foundation

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Study Supported by Doris Duke Foundation Reveals Mumps Resurgence Due to Waning Vaccine Protection in Adults

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03/23/2018

... within 38 years. The researchers concluded that routine use of a third vaccine dose at 18 years of age, or booster ...

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Live Now From The Century Foundation: Diversity Matters: Getting Public School Choice Right

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05/15/2018

Tune into the webcast throughout the day to hear from speakers including former secretary of education John King , professor Melissa Harris-Perry , author Monique Morris , TCF experts, student...

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Supports Habitat for Humanity Worcester County Build

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10/26/2018

Habitat for Humanity of Worcester County has received a grant from The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation for its upcoming single-family home build in Bishopville, this fall.

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

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Housing and Homelessness

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funds Gene Editing Research to Identify Gene that Controls Butterfly Wing Color

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10/26/2018

Many Heliconius butterflies have wing patterns and colors that mimic other species to protect themselves from predators, and new research by scientists from the University of Chicago, funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, shows that in one...

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Westchester Community Foundation Awards Grant to Green Business Partnership

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12/14/2018

... business community to advance sustainable solutions that will make our community more resilient. We’re so pleased to ...

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