Nonprofits
NYN Media
Fall of Schneiderman need not be a blow to New York nonprofits
The Charities Bureau has been highly accessible to us, presenting annually at our member meeting Camp Finance, and making it a point to regularly reach out to us.
New York City
Politics
Carl Heastie endorses diversity for AG, but has he promoted women?
Carl Heastie endorses diversity for attorney general selection, but has he promoted women?
New York City
Opinion
Never abandon: Increase funding for the City Council’s Holocaust Survivors Initiative
New York City is home to nearly 45,000 holocaust survivors, almost half of whom live at or below the poverty line.
New York State
Politics
With Schneiderman out, what happens now
You probably have questions about New York’s unusual approach to replacing attorneys general. We have answers.
Heard Around Town
Politics
Schneiderman's downfall the talk of the Met Gala
While Eric Schneiderman’s political career came crashing down, New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson was enjoying the perks of his new job at the Met Gala.
Andrew Cuomo
Politics
It’s not just Eric Schneiderman: New York’s #MeToo moment
Many local political figures have been recently accused of sexual misconduct
Nonprofits
NYN Media
VIDEO: This is how New York City handles your calls about the homeless
It’s something that happens just about everyday. A New Yorker spots a homeless person on the street. Sometimes this person is seen as in dire need of help. Sometimes they are seen as a nuisance. In either case, a call is made to New York City’s 311 system. This video show what happens next
Nonprofits
NYN Media
One New York nonprofit remembers Barbara Bush
Former first lady Barbara Bush first visited the Association to Benefit Children to promote literacy and read with children at an ABC program for preschool-aged children. Half of the children she met that day were homeless.
Andrew Cuomo
Politics
Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the leftest of them all?
Cynthia Nixon is trying to get to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s left. But is there any space there?
Andrew Cuomo
Politics
Schneiderman resigned in scandal. Here's how politicians are reacting.
A bombshell New Yorker story reports that New York state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman physically abused four women, and he resigned within hours. How did New York politicians and others react?
Andrew Cuomo
Policy
Long Island Republicans might support Cuomo’s offshore drilling ban
Protecting the oceans is popular in the region that may determine the future of the state Senate
Andrew Cuomo
Politics
Simcha Felder's state Senate stronghold
For a district at the center of a political firestorm, New York state Senate District 17 is most often sleepy and pleasant. It is here where unique demographics and political arrangements have afforded shelter to one of the most powerful and – for Democrats – frustrating figures in New York politics since 2012: state Sen. Simcha Felder.
Nonprofits
NYN Media
More people need to understand Adverse Childhood Experiences
Our communities, our counties, and indeed our state and country will be stronger if we all focus less on the negative impacts of trauma and concentrate instead on building resilience and giving these children the chance to succeed.
New York State
Personality
The other reason the Dems don’t control New York
Rich Schaffer has made Suffolk County politics in his image, but at what cost?
New York City
Personality