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As Speaker Race Heats Up, Gender Disparity in The City Council Is On Display

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08/28/2017

... at least eight candidates in the race to replace current New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, who is ... Jr., and Donovan Richards are members of the Council’ s Black, Latino/...

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Gender Justice

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

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09/05/2017

... to head to the polls, voters should also realize that New York is a tale of two cities when it comes to jobs. From a ... a 4.7% unemployment rate, which is lower than last year’ s and...

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Workforce Development

NYC and Studio Team Up to Keep Music Industry Humming

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09/07/2017

... a music education program, is taking over a legendary New York recording studio, bolstered by $6 million in city ... investment to help keep Avatar, the studio on Manhattan’ s West Side where...

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Some NYC K-12 Schools Cross $50,000-a-Year Mark

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09/19/2017

... when the price for attending some private K-12 schools in New York City hit $40,000 a year. Now, a few have crossed the ... private schools increasingly are dominated by the city’ s most...

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Education

Opinion: Living The Mitchell-Lama Dream

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09/21/2017

... once the 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...

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Whitney Museum Wants To Bring A Permanent Art Installation To The Hudson River

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09/21/2017

... far from where Pier 55 would’ve taken shape, reports The New York Times. The commission, to be created by artist David ... edge of Gansevoort Peninsula, not far from the museum’ s location...

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Gates Commits $20 Million to Women's Groups

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09/21/2017

Gates Commits $20 Million to Women' s Groups The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will give $20 ... worldwide, Ms. Gates said Wednesday during an event in New York . While details are...

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International/Foreign Affairs

Nonprofit Linked To NYCHA Creates Crowdfunding Portal For Sustainability Projects

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09/25/2017

... a nonprofit established last year to supplement the New York City Housing Authority’ s finances and services, launched an online platform this ...

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Tumult After AIDS Fund-Raiser Supports Harvey Weinstein Production

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09/26/2017

... items to be auctioned off at a fund-raiser for amfAR, a New York -based charity that works to cure AIDS. The offers — a ...

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By Age 3, Inequality Is Clear: Rich Kids Attend School. Poor Kids Stay with a Grandparent

Release Date:

09/28/2017

... drop off 3- and 4-year-olds every weekday morning at New York City' s most exclusive preschools. Tuition is more than $30,000 a .....

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Children, Youth and Families

After Months of Searching, De Blasio Promotes Acting Corrections Chief to Permanent Post

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10/03/2017

... nearly a dozen candidates around the country for the post, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has opted to keep acting ...

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Justice Reform

NYPD: Serious Crime Drops at Record-Breaking Pace In September

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10/04/2017

... Crime Drops at Record-Breaking Pace In September Crime in New York City fell at a record-breaking rate in September, the ...

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Protesters Demand Affordable Housing Outside City Hall

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10/10/2017

... affordable senior housing on vacant land controlled by the New York City Housing Authority, repairing existing public ...

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Should We Be Worried That Foreclosure Sales Are Near Recession Levels?

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10/10/2017

... Reports last week that the number of home foreclosures in New York City had returned to levels last seen at the onset of ... suggest the opposite should be happening. The city' s...

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President of Casey Family Programs on Family Access to Prevention Services to Address Opioid Crisis

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02/09/2018

... services and are not isolated. He said that he worked in New York City during the crack epidemic and "foster care' s role continued to go down ... One reason was because of the .....

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Health

Ralph Wilson's Biggest Gift Yet: $100m to Transform Lasalle Park, Trails

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10/17/2018

Ralph Wilson' s Biggest Gift Yet: $100m to Transform Lasalle Park, Trails ... the largest philanthropic gift ever made in Western New York . The foundation will give $100 million to turn...

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Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation

Rockefeller Brothers Fund President Stephen Heintz to Receive Council on Foundations Distinguished Service Award

Release Date:

11/08/2018

... the Distinguished Service Award is known as philanthropy' s highest honor, according to the Council on Foundations ... and Vartan Gregorian of the Carnegie Corporation of New York (2013...

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Andy Warhol Foundation Awards Grants for Arts Writing

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12/03/2018

... They will receive a total of $725,000. Administered by the New York –based nonprofit Creative Capital, the grants support ... art and range from $15,000 to $50,000. “The foundation’ s...

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Westchester Community Foundation Awards Grant to Green Business Partnership

Release Date:

12/14/2018

... that leases or owns commercial or industrial space in New York . The Westchester Community Foundation values ... by bringing together the best leaders in Westchester’ s business community to...