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Advocates and electeds rally for a women’s care and equity agenda
A rally was held outside New York City Hall to discuss the future under the state’s first woman governor
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Nonprofits tackle food insecurity as holidays approach
Organizations like HelpNYC and the Met Council are giving away turkeys, hot meals and more with Thanksgiving just days away.
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SCAN-Harbor event raises more than $1 million
The 2022 Fall Gala celebrated the organization’s youth and families under the theme, “Better Together.”
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Editor’s Note: Adult Survivors Act needs all the attention it can get
The law opens a one-year lookback window for survivors to come forward with legal claims against their alleged abusers.
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Immigrant households disproportionately rent-burdened: Report
Nearly 434,000 children in New York City were in households with at least one immigrant parent and experienced rent burden in 2021, according to the Citizens’ Committee for Children analysis.
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Hunter College receives historic $52 million donation
Billionaire Estée Lauder heir Leonard Lauder made the gift to the school, the most ever given to a CUNY institution, for a new nurse practitioner program.
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More than half of Latinx Households are worried about making ends meet
Community Service Society’s latest report spotlights the challenges the Latinx community faces a year after COVID-19
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Here is what Hochul’s win means for nonprofits
The governor pledged to address affordable housing, education and reproductive care and has already some of her initiatives in the early stages of implementation.
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MacKenzie Scott award goes to Chinese-American Planning Council
CPC is one of 343 nonprofit organizations to receive a grant from the author and philanthropist this year.
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Commentary: Tackling racial inequality starts with New York City’s DOE
New Yorkers just voted to redress racial inequality in our city. It should start with the schools.
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Commentary: Keeping older New Yorkers safe
Ensuring elderly justice is a priority with rising concerns over crime.
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Commentary: When police become our government
What should law enforcement do? Solving crimes, not running community centers, is the direct route to reducing crime and improving trust.
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Here’s what nonprofits are doing to increase BIPOC homeownership
A new collaborative will support homebuyers of color through advocacy, outreach and financial literacy.
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New Bronx center focuses on youth mental health crisis
JCCA’s new facility will provide the local community with mental health, behavioral, educational and foster care services.
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Midterms, misinformation and violence
New Yorkers must decipher fact from fiction amidst the spread of online misinformation and news of election-related violence during an already contentious midterm season – and here’s how nonprofits are taking action.
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New York City opens new emergency center for asylum-seekers in a Midtown hotel
While the tents at Randall’s Island remain far below capacity, the city is opening a new HERRC at the Hotel Wolcott in Manhattan.
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Could tech workers do Peace Corps-like stints working for New York City too?
Announcing a new legal fellows program to help address a shortage of city lawyers, Mayor Eric Adams said he wants other industries to loan employees to government work.
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Opinion: The power of the AAPI vote in 2022 and beyond
Here’s why the Asian American Pacific Islander community needs to be counted going into the midterm elections.
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Asylum-seekers face legal challenges and backlogs in New York City
A struggling court system and shortage of legal assistance has left some newly arrived migrants floundering in the complicated process of applying for asylum.
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