WSJ Seeks PNY Comment on Geffen $100 Million Gift to Lincoln Center
Release Date:
03/04/2015
PNY Senior VP of Public Policy and Communications, Michael Remaley, offers insight on the large donation.
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McCray, Glen and Citi Launch Initiative to Support Women Entrepreneurs
Release Date:
03/13/2015
NYCHA, Small Business Services, Economic Development Corporation, Hot Bread Kitchen and Citi celebrate first graduates of Food Business Pathways, a program to provide public housing residents with training and resources to grow a food business
Bloomberg Philanthropies to Help Poor Countries Fight Big Tobacco
Release Date:
03/19/2015
The initiative is in partnership with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
2015 Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy Awarded to Those Who Dedicate Private Wealth to the Public Good
Release Date:
08/25/2015
Recipients include Charles F. Feeney, founder of The Atlantic Philanthropies and Robert B. Menschel of Goldman Sachs.
Wallace Foundation Releases Report on Creating Effective School Principals
Release Date:
10/07/2015
The report is the first study of its kind to examine how state policy could be effective in helping to produce higher quality principals.
NYCT Supports Affordable Housing Proposal for Artists in Jamaica, Queens
Release Date:
10/09/2015
The Greater Jamaica Development Corporation, a local nonprofit, is considering developing a mixed-use complex with 100 affordable housing units, including 50 units set aside for artists, according to the New York Community Trust, which awarded the...
Wallace Foundation Supports New Professional Standards For Educational Leaders
Release Date:
11/30/2015
The Council of Chief State School Officers has released the long-awaited set of professional standards for educational leaders.
Gates and JPMorgan Back White House Outreach to 'Unbanked'
Release Date:
12/03/2015
The Obama administration announced a set of public-private programs to expand financial services to the millions of low-income people in America and around the world who lack access to credit, savings accounts, and other fiscal essentials, reports...
Indian Government to Remove Ford Foundation from Watch List
Release Date:
01/08/2016
Restrictions against the Ford Foundation placed by the Indian Government are being lifted after the foundation registered itself under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA.)
Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences Publishes New Volume: 'Higher Education Effectiveness'
Release Date:
04/08/2016
"Effectiveness" and "efficiency" are dirty words to some people in academe, often promoted by government technocrats or by those who believe higher education can be reduced to measurable outcomes that show up on the bottom line.
Peterson Foundation President Has OpEd in Time Magazine on Millenials and National Debt
Release Date:
04/29/2016
America’s national debt is at its highest level since 1950 and is on a path to grow rapidly in the coming decades. While there are many dangerous consequences of America’s fiscal outlook, absent a solution, no one will feel more pain than the next...
In NYTimes, Ford’s Walker on Internships and Inequality
Release Date:
07/06/2016
While many Americans believe fervently and faithfully in expanding opportunity, America’s internship-industrial complex does just the opposite.
New York City’s Universal Pre-K Program Wants to Teach Parents, Too
Release Date:
09/09/2016
This school year, the Department of Education and New York University will launch a new parenting program to help low-income families reinforce classroom lessons at home.
United Hospital Fund Supports Family Caregiver Centers
Release Date:
01/18/2017
Hospitals are showing a greater interest in family caregivers in part because of new penalties for hospital readmissions.
Soros-Funded Charities Targeted By Trump-Inspired Crackdown In East Europe
Release Date:
03/23/2017
The campaign against Soros in countries formerly dominated by Moscow appears to follow a template set by Russian President Vladimir Putin, whose own crackdown on foreign-funded charities drove Soros's foundation out of Russia two years ago.
Century Foundation: Why Manufacturing Jobs Are Worth Saving
Release Date:
06/15/2017
Is the renewed focus on the manufacturing sector sound economic policy, or as pundits from across the political spectrum have complained, is it just a nostalgic bid for middle-class jobs that are gone for good?
SUNY Tuition to Rise $200 for Students not Eligible for Excelsior
Release Date:
06/23/2017
If you're not getting free SUNY tuition this fall, you will be paying more.
Cuomo Administration Bullish On State Climate Action After RGGI Agreement
Release Date:
08/28/2017
The head of the state Department of Environmental Conservation said there's a good chance the Northeast agreement between states to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the power sector will expand after the members this week agreed to lower caps in...
City Council Approves Zoning Plan to Revamp Far Rockaway with More Housing, Commercial Repairs
Release Date:
09/08/2017
The City Council signed off on a zoning plan to revamp Far Rockaway with more housing and a commercial overhaul.
It's Time to Apply to High School in New York City
Release Date:
09/18/2017
It's officially a very busy time of year for New York City's eighth graders.