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IBM Turns to Artificial Intelligence to Solve Poverty, Hunger, and Illiteracy

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06/08/2017

... giant announced the launch of Science for Social Good, a new program that partners IBM researchers with postdoctoral ... to take on societal issues through data. With the new initiative, IBM announced 12...

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Four Philanthropy Leaders Join Forum's Board of Directors

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07/26/2017

... the largest network serving philanthropy in America. The new Directors were elected by the Forum’s membership at its ... of United Philanthropy Forum. “The Forum is creating a new kind of philanthropic network...

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Bloomberg, Tiffany Support Ocean Conservation and Climate Change Communications

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08/03/2017

... organization called The Ocean Agency. Vevers stars in a new documentary, Chasing Coral, which won the Sundance ... Netflix in mid-July. He recently sat down with Adweek in New York during a press tour for the...

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Nonprofit Supporting NYCHA Adds to Early Fundraising & Programs

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08/29/2017

... has raised approximately $1.5 million, according to New York City Housing Authority Chair and CEO Shola Olatoye. ... with tech startups, plans for the construction of new playgrounds, efforts to create a “...

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Housing and Homelessness

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

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08/31/2017

... of Buildings more than $25,000 in fines from pulling new construction permits, measures that expand the definition ... the civil penalties for it. “Sometimes it feels like in New York City that this city is...

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Bloomberg, Gateses, and Other Big Donors Race to Fill Void of Clinton Global Meeting

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09/05/2017

... of the nation’s major philanthropists will gather in New York next month to coincide with the United Nations ... Bloomberg, Jeff Skoll, and Bill and Melinda Gates hold new gatherings that promise to update...

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Poll: Majority of NY Voters Support Keeping Confederate Statues Up

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09/06/2017

... Support Keeping Confederate Statues Up A majority of New York voters believe Confederate statues or memorials should stay up, according to a new poll, amid pleas for statues of Southern Civil War icons ...

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USDA Invests $12.6 Million to Train More Than 100 Future Agricultural Science Professionals

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09/06/2017

... by the 2014 Farm Bill. “Agricultural science depends on new ideas and new perspectives,” said NIFA Director Sonny Ramaswamy. ...

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City Council to Consider Expanding Stays at Shelters for Runaway and Homeless Teens, Young Adults

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09/08/2017

... able to stay longer in the city’s crisis shelters under new legislation that will be introduced in the City Council ... up from 30 days under current law. Another bill would let New Yorkers up to age 25 stay...

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What’s The [Data] Point? $66 Billion in School Funding

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09/11/2017

... to school and the data point is $66 billion: the amount New York's school districts received in revenue during the ... talks with Ben to bust myths about school overcrowding in New York City. Listen to...

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How Much Did These 90 Companies Add to Global Warming and Sea Level Rise?

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09/11/2017

... thermometer be attributed to specific energy companies? A new study attempts to do that, and says that more than a ... and shareholder resolutions seeking to account for their contributions to climate change...

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Off-Broadway’s Golden Age Faces Financial Hurdles

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09/12/2017

... Hurdles Producers and theatrical artists who try to make their living off-Broadway in New York City say this is a golden age for their small-scale ... the off-Broadway theaters have welcomed...

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The Fate of NYC’s Undocumented Bakers Could Change the Food Industry

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09/15/2017

... to protest the firing of 24 undocumented immigrants at New York City’s artisanal Tom Cat Bakery last spring. ... and English and chanting for a boycott of Tom Cat bread in New York restaurants, the protesters...

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Refugees Rent Trump’s Childhood Home To Send Message To UN Leaders

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09/19/2017

... To UN Leaders President Donald Trump’s childhood home in New York had some new occupants over the weekend — refugees who shared their stories as a way to draw attention to the refugee ...

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Bed-Stuy’s Gentrification, Effects On Residents Analyzed In Comptroller’s Report

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09/20/2017

... and so, too, is its economy and real estate market. A new report released by state Controller Thomas DiNapoli ... its long-time residents. While there has been a surge in new businesses and employment growth,...

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How Much Time Was Spent on Subway? M.T.A. Can Now Tell You

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09/26/2017

... on Subway? M.T.A. Can Now Tell You Was the commute on New York City’s subway this month worse than last month? ... the Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced a new system for both tracking delays on...

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12 Innovative Post-Sandy Projects Built to Withstand Future Storms

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10/03/2017

... the impact severe storms like Superstorm Sandy have on New York, the city’s architects are designing buildings ... require. There’s even a homegrown rating system for New York’s coastal buildings called the...

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Study Finds Test-Score Growth at NYC Charter Schools Outpaces District Schools

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10/04/2017

... Growth at NYC Charter Schools Outpaces District Schools A new study says that on average, New York City charter school students show growth equal to 23 ...

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Success Academy Founder Eva Moskowitz: ‘We Are Making Progress, but It’s Frustratingly Slow’

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10/04/2017

... CEO Eva Moskowitz has more in common with her longtime foe New York Mayor Bill de Blasio than you might think, she told ... is a level of injustice in the city, around the state of New York, around the country...

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Four Communities Are to Receive Smart Growth Funds, Cuomo Announces

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10/05/2017

... Growth Funds, Cuomo Announces Four communities in Western New York will receive up to $2.5 million in state funding apiece to enhance their assets and help dress up their streetscapes to...

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