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The next New York attorney general needs to fight for nonprofits
The attorney general’s office is both the lawyer for the people of New York and, through its Charities Bureau, the state regulator of nonprofits. In both capacities, the attorney general’s work intersects with that of the nonprofit sector.
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A new $1 million fund to combat sexual harassment and assault
The New York Women’s Foundation threw its weight behind the #MeToo effort against sexual harassment and assault by announcing the creation of a $1 million fund to support the movement and its allies, they announced at a recent fundraiser.
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This $400 million NYC effort seeks new ideas for old problems
There’s the initiative that has provided more than 40,000 pairs of glasses for poor children, literacy programs, veterans services – even more than $1 million for an evaluation of how social media can help report foodborne disease outbreaks.
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Our stories are the rule – not the exception. It’s time for bail reform.
It is a fact that New York state’s pretrial “justice” system violates the basic human and constitutional rights of people who are forced into county jails strewn across the state.
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Nonprofits push New York City Council to fund summer programs
New York City Council members grilled youth services officials about a lack of funding for summer programs in this year’s budget at a sometimes tense May 8 executive budget hearing.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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