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NYPD Expected To Announce Drop In Violent Crime Tuesday

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09/05/2017

NYPD Expected To Announce Drop In Violent Crime Tuesday NYPD and city officials are scheduled to announce Tuesday a continuing drop in violent crimes, notably homicides and shootings, to record ... officials are...

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Justice Reform

City Busing Over 5,000 Students Living In Homeless Shelters To Public Schools This Year

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09/11/2017

City Busing Over 5,000 Students Living In Homeless Shelters To Public Schools This Year The city will bus a record number of homeless students from shelters to public schools this year in an...

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Housing and Homelessness

Simons Early Career Investigator in Marine Microbial Ecology and Evolution Awards Accepting Applications

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09/11/2017

Simons Early Career Investigator in Marine Microbial Ecology and Evolution Awards Accepting ... applications for its Simons Early Career Investigator in Marine Microbial Ecology and Evolution Awards. The deadline...

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RFPs Etc

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Science

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U.S. Median Income Hit $59,039 in 2016, The Highest Ever Reported by Census Bureau

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09/12/2017

U.S. Median Income Hit $59,039 in 2016, The Highest Ever Reported by Census Bureau ... all-time record last year, besting the previous high set in 1999, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Tuesday. Median income is a...

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Economic Security

Middle-Class Incomes Rise, But Census Report Shows Worrying Disparities

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09/13/2017

... But Census Report Shows Worrying Disparities The incomes of middle-class Americans rose last year to the highest level ... to finally fade. Median household income rose to $59,039 in 2016, a 3.2 percent...

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Exxon Loses Bid to Keep Auditor Files Secret in Climate Fraud Investigation

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09/13/2017

Exxon Loses Bid to Keep Auditor Files Secret in Climate Fraud Investigation Brushing aside objections by ... outside auditor immediately turn over records as part of a fraud investigation into the company's...

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Environment and Climate Change

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In Year Three Of New York City’s Massive School Turnaround Program, The Big Question Is: What’s Next?

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09/18/2017

In Year Three Of New York City’s Massive School Turnaround Program, The Big Question Is: What’s Next? In a recent Tuesday morning, Schools Chancellor Carmen ... where students were absorbed with...

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New York Life Supports River Ruckus Festival in Haverhill, MA

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09/22/2017

New York Life Supports River Ruckus Festival in Haverhill, MA The annual River Ruckus celebration in the downtown Riverfront District of Haverhill, Massachusetts is one of the...

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Community Development

Report: Most NY Colleges Comply with Sex Assault Law

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09/22/2017

... Most NY Colleges Comply with Sex Assault Law A majority of New York’s colleges and universities are handling instances and allegations of sexual assault in accordance with the state’s “Enough...

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Gender Justice

Tumult After AIDS Fund-Raiser Supports Harvey Weinstein Production

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09/26/2017

... AIDS Fund-Raiser Supports Harvey Weinstein Production In May 2015, the entertainment producer Harvey Weinstein ... a sitting with a famous fashion photographer and a package of tickets to a Hollywood film...

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Rockefeller Focuses on Skills Gap in India

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12/08/2017

Rockefeller Focuses on Skills Gap in India The Nudge Foundation, which is backed by Infosys ... its operations across India. Currently operating only in Karnataka, the firm will use the funds for capacity .....

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Children, Youth and Families

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Senior Program Officer Donald J. Waters to Retire

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05/12/2019

... J. Waters, will retire on August 31, 2019 after 20 years of exceptional service at the Foundation. “Over the past ... to implement it, always working with trusted partners in the field,” remarked Mariët...

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Driving Change in Public Policy: Responsible Budgeting in New York State

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02/29/2012

... Ward, Deputy Director, Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government Change often takes time. For funders interested in public policy, an object lesson is unfolding right now in New York...

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WES Mariam Assefa Fund Announces the 12 Awardees of the Opportunity Challenge

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09/24/2020

WES Mariam Assefa Fund Announces the 12 Awardees of the Opportunity Challenge NEW YORK – September 24, 2020 ... revealed an amazing amount of innovation and leadership in immigrant communities...

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Schott Foundation, Race Forward, and NYU's Metro Center Announces First Grants to Support Anti-Racist, Culturally Responsive Schools and Defend Against Attacks on Public Education

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04/06/2022

... and NYU’s Metro Center, announce the first five grants of a united organizing effort to defend against ... anti-democratic attacks on public education and invest in a proactive, offensive strategy for racial...

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Social Justice

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9/24/2014 - Expanding Opportunities and Improving City Social Services Quality - PowerPoint Presentation

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09/2014

View related materials presented during the program, " Expanding Opportunities and Improving City Social Services Quality through a Career Ladder Approach ."

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Irene Diamond Fund to Close With Final Grants Totaling $40 Million

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12/31/2012

Established in 1994, the fund's grantmaking totaled nearly $286 million ... 2003, intended for the fund to spend down within ten years of her death. The Irene Diamond Fund is closing at the end of...

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Grantmakers Play an Important Role in Comprehensive Immigration Reform Efforts

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02/20/2013

The Carnegie Corporation of New York’s Geri Mannion is quoted in this article examining the work of funders (including the ... We Dream are tackling everything from finding new space to ...

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Sixteen Scientists Named 2014 Simons Investigators

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07/25/2014

... has selected 16 scientists as the Simons Investigators in 2014 to support their studies in mathematics, theoretical ... theoretical computer science and the mathematical modeling of living...

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