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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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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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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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NYC Councilman to Propose Free Babysitting for Community Meetings

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09/20/2017

... Propose Free Babysitting for Community Meetings New York City ’s growing government may soon add one more service to the mix: free child care. The city would offer free babysitting at public hearings and ...

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Children, Youth and Families

Poverty Falls, Income Rises. Should De Blasio Get the Credit?

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09/20/2017

... Get the Credit? The New Yorkers who live in that other city Mayor Bill de Blasio talks about so often—the one he ... by economist James Parrott of the Center for New York City Affairs. Real median family...

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De Blasio Wants To Install 1,000 Electric-Car Charging Stations By 2020

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09/21/2017

... as 1,000 new electric-car charging stations throughout the city by 2020. The plan, which aims to have one new charging ... 2018, is part of a larger effort to have one-fifth of all city vehicles be electric by...

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Opinion: Living The Mitchell-Lama Dream

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09/21/2017

... egalitarian dream of urban planners in post-war New York City , uniting people from all walks of life in a social ... developers looking to cash-in. As a pillar of the city ’s most critical affordable housing...

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NYC’s Fiscally Troubled Public-Hospital System Gets New CEO

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09/25/2017

... Bill de Blasio has chosen a new official to lead New York City ’s sprawling, fiscally troubled public-hospital system. ... official told The Wall Street Journal. The New York City agency has been without a...

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Red Tape, Frustration Pushing Out Applicants for Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Program, Report Shows

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09/26/2017

... Sandy victims have dropped out in droves from the city ’s Build It Back recovery program, new data shows. An analysis by City Controller Scott Stringer found steep declines in many ...

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As Deaths Mount, Scrutiny of NYPD Response to ‘Emotionally Disturbed Persons’

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09/27/2017

... Disturbed Persons’ At a recent hearing, New York City Council members discussed the effectiveness of NYPD ... for the proposed mayoral working group to assess the city ’s overall response to individuals in...

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Mayor De Blasio Eyes 'Ideal' Queens Site For New Jail As Rikers Shuts Down

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10/03/2017

... as Rikers Island shuts down. After eleven borough City Council members backed the Queens Detention Complex as a ... spokeswoman Natalie Grybauskas told the Daily News Monday City Hall likes the idea. “...

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New York Is Betting $155 Million That It Can Cut Evictions

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10/03/2017

... Betting $155 Million That It Can Cut Evictions At New York City 's housing court in downtown Brooklyn, where judges ... Ninety-nine percent of landlords in New York City eviction cases have lawyers. Just...

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