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Girls Inc. receives $1M from Google for financial literacy initiatives
The not-for-profit’s chief executive officer Pamela Maraldo talks to NYN Media about the importance of financial literacy and economic empowerment for girls in NYC and beyond.
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Real Talk: Late Registration with Kelley Williams
Executive director Kelley Williams of The West Side Commons talks to NYN Media about contract justice, navigating contracts and potential solutions the upcoming administration can take.
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Leader to Leader: David Nocenti
The Executive Director talks to NYN Media about his work at Union Settlement, stepping down and his next steps.
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Activist lawmakers share in taxi drivers’ victory
Assembly Members Zohran Mamdani and Yuh-Line Niou broke a 15-day fast this week after the city reached a deal with one of the largest taxi medallion lenders.
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Jihoon Kim appointed as deputy secretary for Human Services and Mental Hygiene
Kim is among many new appointments in Gov. Kathy Hochul’s administration.
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Family court attorneys sue the city and state for better pay
The lawsuit claims that New York family court attorneys’ paltry pay is preventing their clients from getting adequate service.
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Reimagining policing in an age of discontent
Advocates seeking to reform the New York City Police Department need to consider how it is funded and its institutional composition.
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Will Hochul finally greenlight a bill to collect better data on Asian American New Yorkers?
Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo vetoed legislation to collect more specific data about Asians in the state, citing financial constraints. Asian American advocates say the data is needed now more than ever.
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Recent NYC child homicides raise concerns
Questions about the efficiency of the city’s child welfare agency have risen, after authorities were alerted to suspected child abuse but failed to prevent homicides from happening.
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NYCHA’s child care centers are in need of massive repairs
A lack of heating, mold and pests continue to plague the 400 centers and the people who run them.
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Adrienne Arsht and the power of her giving
The business executive and philanthropist talks to NYN Media about her passion for the arts and her latest philanthropic endeavors.
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Nonprofit agencies need to create an agenda for NYC’s next administration
It’s up to nonprofit agencies and the membership organizations that represent them to tell the next mayor and members of the City Council what they need – and soon.
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The Robin Hood benefit is back
Sheila Kelly, the chief advancement officer at Robin Hood, spoke to NYN Media about the return of the in-person gala and what it hopes to achieve.
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Hochul orders the relocation of over 200 incarcerated people
In an attempt to ease overcrowding at the Rikers Island jail complex amid its ongoing crisis, incarcerated women and trans-identified people are being transferred to state-run facilities.
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Making and taking space
The importance of making structural changes in organizations to support new leaders of color.
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The Rikers Island crisis, explained
The New York City jail system has always faced criticism but staffing shortages, overcrowding and a high death toll have led to chaos on the island.
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The push to help New Yorkers age in place
The New York City’s Department for the Aging hopes to invest more in services that allow its aging population to avoid nursing homes and assisted living facilities.
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NYC will phase out controversial gifted and talented program
The program, which had been considered a major form of racial segregation within the city’s public elementary schools for years, will gradually end over the next few years.
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The core problem
How New York City can eliminate fraud and self dealing practices in the nonprofit sector.
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