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De Blasio unveils 30-member task force charged with overhauling NYC’s job-training and workforce-placement programs

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05/20/2014

... training and placement programs have for too long steered New Yorkers into temporary positions and minimum-wage jobs, ... million for all the training and placement programs. The new task force, comprised of...

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Workforce Development

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Goldman Sachs

Smaller High Schools and Outside Funding Increase Graduation Rates, Test Scores and College Enrollment

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10/17/2014

... Test Scores and College Enrollment Findings from a new long-term study of small high schools in New York City show the approach may not only boost a ... & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Carnegie Corporation...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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NYCT-Funded Unaccompanied Minor Initiative Lauded for Helping NYC Address Immigrant Issues

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02/11/2015

... Address Immigrant Issues In her first year leading the New York City Council, Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito took ... for the nearly 3 million foreign-born residents of New York. Set to give her first State of...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Immigration

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National Journal Notes Ford, Open Society Role in Net Neutrality Victory

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03/13/2015

... groups that typically march in lockstep have split over new net-neutrality rules, and their discord has escalated into a sharp, at times even personal, feud. Beyond a split over the merits of the new...

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National LGBT Museum Board of Directors Votes to Establish Museum in NYC

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04/30/2015

... the National LGBT Museum has voted to base the museum in New York City and has elected longtime LGBT activist Kevin ... with elected officials and LGBT organizational leaders in New York before voting to...

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LGBTQ

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UJA-Federation Launches Campaign for Passage of Education Tax Credit

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05/27/2015

... of the Orthodox Union, together with the UJA-Federation of New York, is launching a 30-day campaign to push – over the next six weeks – for New York State legislators to pass the Education Tax Credit ... to...

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Jersey City Receives $1 million Investment for Job Training from JPMorgan Chase

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07/09/2015

... two years. The investment is part of JPMorgan Chase's " New Skills at Work" initiative, which has been implemented in about a dozen cities, including New York City, Chicago and Detroit. "...

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Wallace Foundation Releases Reports on Successful Audience-Building Efforts

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08/14/2015

... Efforts The Wallace Foundation today released two new case studies analyzing strategies used by two ... Fleisher Art Memorial – to reach and engage audiences new to those organizations. The reports explore how...

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Tisch Education Center at Whitney Museum Profiled in Education Update

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12/01/2015

... Update article, Joan Baum spotlights the Whitney’s new Laurie M. Tisch Education Center, prominently situated on the third floor of the museum’s new downtown home. Dr. Baum describes the Tisch Center as .....

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Tow Foundation Gives $25M to Barnard for Tech Center

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02/01/2016

... the Columbia University affiliate will use to build a new teaching center in New York City. The Tow Foundation, overseen by Leonard Tow ... Vagelos and Roy Vagelos. The money will be used for a new...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Funds $1M Public Art Project

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04/15/2016

... The project, called Seeing Spartanburg in a New Light , will include nine sites across 10 neighborhoods ... Erwin Redl, whose art has been on display in Austria, New York and Charlotte... Bloomberg...

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Mellon Foundation Contributes to 'THATcamp' on Humanities and Technology

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04/21/2016

... to 'THATcamp' on Humanities and Technology At the Central New York THAT (The Humanities and Technology) Camp held in ... subject matter, since digital humanities is a relatively new and rapidly...

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Simons Foundation Gives $40M for Astronomy Facility in Chile

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05/12/2016

... Simons Foundation has given $38.4 million to establish a new astronomy facility in Chile’s Atacama Desert, adding new telescopes and new detectors to existing instruments in order to boost ...

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Carnegie, Helmsley Release Study On Building a Successful Transfer Program

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05/17/2016

... Study On Building a Successful Transfer Program A new 60-page guidebook on effective transfer practices is ... of process and policies. Although almost every day a new articulation agreement is announced...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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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

... Follow President Donald Trump’s Lead On Climate Change New York billionaire Michael Bloomberg urged world leaders ... considered a presidential bid after serving three terms as New York City’s mayor, addressed...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Darren Walker Writes on Lessons Learned from Rikers Island

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05/15/2017

... locally. Several weeks ago, the Independent Commission on New York City Criminal Justice and Incarceration Reform—of ... Rikers Island, the 8,000-person jail in the East River of New York. While the decision...

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Environment and Climate Change

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City Council Approves Zoning Plan to Revamp Far Rockaway with More Housing, Commercial Repairs

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09/08/2017

... Rockaway plan is only the second one to pass. Some 3,000 new apartments are expected to be built under the deal — ... mall, which will be redeveloped for housing and new stores. The city is set to spend $288...

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

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09/21/2017

... out a $10 million plan to install as many as 1,000 new electric-car charging stations throughout the city by 2020. The plan, which aims to have one new charging hub in each borough by 2018, is part of a larger...

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Mellon Foundation Makes the Business Case for Humanities Education

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09/29/2017

... collaboration. Labor shortages and skill gaps in New Hampshire have limited overall growth and the state’s ... and other costs and business climate factors contribute to New Hampshire’s business outlook and...

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