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NYS Health Foundation Releases Snapshot of Veterans and Health in New York State

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07/13/2017

... call New York State home. The aggregated data, compiled from recently released information from the Department of Veterans Affairs, U.S. Census Bureau, ...

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Serving Up Success: Citi Foundation Grant Funds FIU Assistance to Food and Beverage Entrepreneurs

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08/25/2017

... FIU Assistance to Food and Beverage Entrepreneurs A grant from Citi Foundation helped Florida International University ... at below-market rates. The target audience: entrepreneurs from low- and moderate-...

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To Shrink Jail Population, a Bail Program Is Expanding

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08/30/2017

... afternoon, Charlene Davis sat in a dimly lit room across from the holding cells on the lower level of Bronx Criminal Court. A phone on her desk lit up with calls from family members, often frantic, asking...

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Traces of Crime: How New York’s DNA Techniques Became Tainted

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09/05/2017

... as a pioneer in analyzing the most complicated evidence from crime scenes. It developed two techniques, which went ... F.B.I. and other public labs, for making identifications from DNA samples that were tiny...

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Brooklyn District Attorney Candidates Differ on Immigration Policy

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09/06/2017

... low-level offenses can be very critical to prevent them from getting citizenship," he explained. "It can prevent them from being allowed reentry if they leave the country and go .....

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Smashing the Stigma: Deputy Mayor Richard Buery On ThriveNYC and Treating Mental Health

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09/08/2017

... is trying to tackle some of the stigma that keeps people from seeking help, or from offering help. It seeks to educate New Yorkers about ...

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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

... a quarter of sea level rise and about half the warming from 1880 to 2010 can be traced back to just 90 corporations. ... two-thirds of historical greenhouse gas emissions came from the products and operations...

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation CEO Comments On Federal Debt Passing $20 Trillion For First Time

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09/12/2017

... to a daily Treasury statement. The debt jumped from $19.8 trillion to $20.1 trillion after Congress ... it had been using off-book extraordinary measures to keep from defaulting. Since President Trump signed a...

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Amid Hurricane Chaos, Domestic Abuse Victims Risk Being Overlooked

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09/12/2017

... domestic violence face a unique challenge: seeking safety from their abusers. Most evacuees are seeking shelter but ... of escaping the danger of their abuser and finding safety from the looming disaster, said...

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Children, Youth and Families

New York Developer Raises Fund for Affordable Housing

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09/12/2017

... largest such fund in a sector drawing more attention from investors. The fund, which will acquire, improve and ... affordable-housing properties, has secured commitments from about 125 investors, including the...

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Top CEOs Place High Value On Corporate Ethics And Social Responsibility To Drive Business

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09/12/2017

... Responsibility To Drive Business Remember Gordon Gecko from the movie Wall Street? Little did we know then how ... than ever. To further explore this, I contacted leaders from various industries to discuss the...

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Google Bows out of the “Bidding for Addicts” Business

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09/15/2017

... As addiction has grown, so have for-profit rehab centers, from those sponsored by massive corporations to little ... compared to the thousands of dollars that a 30-day stay from an insured patient can bring to...

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

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09/21/2017

... for its own permanent Hudson River installation, not far from where Pier 55 would’ve taken shape, reports The New ... would sit at the edge of Gansevoort Peninsula, not far from the museum’s location...

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The GOP Tax Plan: Tough Choices With Limited Room to Maneuver

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09/26/2017

... This week’s planned release of a unified GOP blueprint from the Senate, the House and the Trump administration marks ... down the corporate tax rate into the low 20% range, from 35%, according to a person...

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Push for Gender Equality in Tech? Some Men Say It’s Gone Too Far

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09/26/2017

... pages and across Twitter. They argue for everything from male separatism to an end to gender diversity efforts. ... of the more hostile work environments for women — reels from a series of high-profile sexual...

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‘Interrupters’ Help Reduce Violence in New York City

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10/02/2017

... city began implementing 18 such programs around the city from the global nonprofit Cure Violence in 2010, drawing funds from the U.S. Department of Justice. East New York and the ...

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City Council Members Still Navigating Outside Income Divestment Ahead of Deadline

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10/05/2017

... Ahead of Deadline Legislation barring City Council members from making outside income will go into effect on January 1, ... for all city elected officials, including a salary bump from $112,500 to $148,000 for...

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Protesters Demand Affordable Housing Outside City Hall

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10/10/2017

... in the rain on Monday to demand more affordable housing from Mayor de Blasio. The rally — organized by activists from the Metro Industrial Areas Foundation and attended by ...

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After White House Issues Demands, Hopes for an Immigration Deal Dim

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10/10/2017

... immigrants triggered a furious response on Monday from Democrats and immigration activists, who gave no ... agreement that would shield about 800,000 young immigrants from deportation will depend on how far...

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Delaware Juvenile Justice Reforms Signed into Law

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10/13/2017

... three bills Thursday that aim to divert juveniles away from the criminal justice system in Delaware—where about ... increase social services for youth and to divert teenagers from Superior Court. One measure,...

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