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Ford Foundation's $190M Revamp Receives Landmarks Approval

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04/21/2016

... planned revamp of its iconic Midtown building, after the city 's Landmarks Preservation Commission unanimously approved ... The $190 million undertaking will bring the building up to city code, and make it...

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Carnegie Attends Gathering to Discuss Launch of NYCitizenship Services

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04/25/2016

... launch the start of NYCitizenship services across New York City with a press conference at New York Public Library’s ... that gathered to discuss what the program means to the city ’s immigrant community.....

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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With Surdna and Open Society Support, Equitable Economic Development Fellowship Launches

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06/29/2016

Six cities were chosen to participate in the inaugural year of the fellowship: Boston, Charlotte, Houston, Memphis, Milwaukee, and Minneapolis.

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Novo Foundation Supports Transformation of Former NYC Prison Into 'Women's Building'

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11/16/2016

... Building' Finding affordable real estate in New York City can take forever. Just ask Gloria Steinem and other ... to begin to transform a former women's prison in New York City into the Women's...

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De Blasio Derided by Sergeants Union for Deportation Stance

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02/28/2017

... criticized Mayor Bill de Blasio for not requiring the city ’s police force to act as immigration enforcers as the ... Cats Roundtable” radio program on 970 AM, said the city ’s top brass have a “moral obligation...

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Con Edison, Bank of America, Mertz Gilmore, Howard Gilman Support New Programming at Queens Theatre

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03/10/2017

... of America and Delta Air Lines as well as the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and the New York State ...

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Bank of America [Corporate]

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Bloomberg Urges World Leaders Not to Follow President Donald Trump’s Lead On Climate Change

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04/24/2017

... a presidential bid after serving three terms as New York City ’s mayor, addressed his intensifying focus on climate ...

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United Hospital Fund Expands its Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship Initiative

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04/28/2017

... antibiotic prescribing for outpatients across New York City , working with seven hospitals and health systems ... from 31 clinics across nine health systems in New York City , revealing considerable variation in...

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Darren Walker Writes on Lessons Learned from Rikers Island

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05/15/2017

... Several weeks ago, the Independent Commission on New York City Criminal Justice and Incarceration Reform—of which I ... East River of New York. While the decision made New York City headlines, the issue is...

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Bloomberg, NYS Fund a 9/11 Rescue, Recovery Workers Memorial

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05/31/2017

... recovery workers will get a permanent tribute at New York City 's 9/11 memorial, officials said at a ceremony of honor. ... Cuomo, 9/11 Memorial Board Chair and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg...

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The Rockefeller Foundation Announces Grants to Organizations Supporting and Defending LGBTQ Community

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06/23/2017

... it will be making grants of $100,000 each to the New York City LGBT Community Center, the Sylvia Rivera Law Project and ... Rockefeller Foundation’s $100,000 grant to the New York City LGBT Community Center...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Helmsley Funds Research Collaborative around Type 1 Diabetes

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08/18/2017

... 1 Diabetes Scientists at the Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope have received over $300,000 from The Leona M. ... Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDKD) and coordinated by City of Hope. The goal of the...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Mayor De Blasio Signs Bills Designed to Protect Tenants From Landlord Harassment

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08/31/2017

... penalties for it. “Sometimes it feels like in New York City that this city is only for developers or landlords, or the very wealthy ...

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NYPD Expected To Announce Drop In Violent Crime Tuesday

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09/05/2017

... To Announce Drop In Violent Crime Tuesday NYPD and city officials are scheduled to announce Tuesday a continuing ... said. Through Sunday, there were 182 homicides in the city compared with 239 in the same...

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Landing High-Profile Employers Is Nice, But of Little Help to Those Who Need Opportunity The Most

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09/05/2017

... created at a rapid clip, with no recession in sight. The city has a 4.7% unemployment rate, which is lower than last ...

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Mayor De Blasio: NYC Will Continue to Support People Who Rely on DACA Even As Trump Axes The Program

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09/06/2017

... Trump: Don't mess with your fellow New Yorkers. As a city , we do not take kindly to anything that affronts our ... United States, but especially in New York — the ultimate city of immigrants — this isn...

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NYC and Studio Team Up to Keep Music Industry Humming

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09/07/2017

... New York recording studio, bolstered by $6 million in city funding. The recording industry has been shrinking globally in recent years. City officials said they made the investment to help keep ...

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Off-Broadway’s Golden Age Faces Financial Hurdles

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09/12/2017

... who try to make their living off-Broadway in New York City say this is a golden age for their small-scale brand of ... Breger, the alliance’s chairman. “Is there another city in the world where you have 130...

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Mayor's Affordable Housing Not Helping People Who Need it Most, Study Says

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09/18/2017

... Not Helping People Who Need it Most, Study Says With the city ’s homelessness crisis unabated, housing advocates are ... de Blasio’s affordable housing plan fail to target the city ’s low-income New Yorkers who...

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