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Cuomo Assigns ‘Gang Prevention’ Cops to Long Island Schools Where MS-13, Others Thrive

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09/14/2017

... Others Thrive Calling schools “the breeding ground” for dangerous gangs like MS-13, Gov. Cuomo on Wednesday ... officers” from the State Police will be posted in the 10 Suffolk County schools believed to have...

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Education

New Pre-K Center Slated to Open on Upper East Side in 2019, Officials Say

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09/19/2017

... 76th Street, providing spots in a neighborhood clamoring for more pre-K options, DNAinfo New York has learned. The ... First and Second Avenues in September 2019, will include 10 classrooms with about 18 seats...

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

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09/21/2017

... By 2020 Mayor de Blasio on Wednesday rolled out a $ 10 million plan to install as many as 1,000 new ... up vehicles in 30 minutes, instead of the eight hours it can take on lower-level chargers. “The easier we...

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

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09/28/2017

... formal preschool or day care, which now averages almost $ 10 ,000 a year, according to the Care Index. . . By Age 3, ...

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Ford Foundation to Support 'Student-Centered' Learning Systems

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10/26/2017

... organizations that promote whole-child initiatives for a new program that will award up to $150,000 each to 10 communities that propose new ideas for meeting the needs of diverse student...

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How this Slogan Has Defined Philanthropy for the Buffets and the NoVo Foundation

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12/12/2017

How this Slogan Has Defined Philanthropy for the Buffets and the NoVo Foundation Peter Buffet put the ... a philanthropic slogan that he said he had considered for the foundation that he and his wife head: “...

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Arts

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Commonwealth Fund Analysis Shows how Disastrous the Medicaid Work Requirement Would be, Given the Opioid Crisis

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01/12/2018

... state that has benefited enormously from Medicaid coverage for people facing opioid addiction. The state has one of the ... in the country, and its Medicaid spending on prescriptions for opioid use disorders...

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Jonas Philanthropies Names Wanda Montalvo New Executive Director

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08/23/2018

... , RN, as the new Executive Director, effective September 10 , 2018. Most recently Dr. Montalvo served as Associate ... in Connecticut where she provided operational leadership for the Institute, supervised the...

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The Commonwealth Fund Finds that Middle-income Americans are Paying More for Health Insurance

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12/10/2018

... Fund Finds that Middle-income Americans are Paying More for Health Insurance Cost and price variations between areas ... this month that national health spending grew 3.9% ($ 10 ,739 per person) in 2017...

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Silicon Valley Community Foundation and Gilroy Foundation Set Up Gilroy Garlic Festival Victims Relief Fund

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07/30/2019

... in the violent attack. SVCF will contribute an initial $ 10 ,000 to the relief fund. The funds collected will be ... to the community. Please donate now to provide support for the victims of the shooting and...

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Silicon Valley Community Foundation

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Macquarie Group Announces Winners of the Macquarie 50th Anniversary Award

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08/27/2019

We’re proud to announce the five winners of the Macquarie 50th Anniversary Award.

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New York Health Foundation Shares Key Findings from Food & Health Survey

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08/16/2022

... Food & Health Survey Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, 1 in 10 New Yorkers—nearly 2 million people—were food ...

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World Education Services Launches WES Mariam Assefa Fund to Provide Support to Organizations Striving to Help Immigrants and Refugees

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06/04/2019

... Striving to Help Immigrants and Refugees NEW YORK, June 04 , 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- World Education Services (WES) ... As the leading provider of credential evaluations for internationally educated newcomers...

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WES Mariam Assefa Fund Announces Grants to Support Immigrant and Refugee Employment Initiatives

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09/04/2019

... and Refugee Employment Initiatives NEW YORK, Sept. 04 , 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The WES Mariam Assefa Fund today ... goal of catalyzing economic opportunities and advancement for immigrants and refugees in the...

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White Named Deputy Commissioner at ACS

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06/04/2014

... at ACS Andrew White has been named Deputy Commissioner for the Division of Policy, Planning, and Measurement at the NYC Administration for Children’s Services. His appointment will be...

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A Coalition to Move de Blasio Along on Bus Rapid Transit

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06/09/2014

... said Joan Byron, director of policy at the Pratt Center for Community Development, which has joined with the ... Party, the Transport Workers Union, the Association for a Better New York and others to form a...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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What's Keeping Bloomberg Busy These Days

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07/03/2014

... These Days Since he left office six months ago, former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg, along with Bloomberg ... Mexico City and London while serving as a life raft for several of the mayor’s former commissioners—...

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Testing New Kind Of Emergency Care

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07/08/2014

... the street from the former St. Vincent's Hospital in NYC , as as a test case for a new kind of care. The new facility located between ... surgery--is "not a substitute for primary...

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