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JM Kaplan Fund receives double amount of applicants for Innovation Prize this year
The J.M.K. Innovation Prize received a record of 2,826 applications from all 50 states. The prize seeks to elevate innovators transforming social justice.
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Advocates call for release of detainees in DOC custody as COVID numbers climb
New York City’s Department of Correction commissioner and public defenders called for the immediate release of Rikers Island and other DOC facility detainees in a joint letter.
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Low-income New Yorkers want higher wages and affordable housing, according to new survey
A survey conducted by the Community Service Society documents the needs of low-income New Yorkers amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
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Helping the elderly emerge from social isolation exacerbated by COVID-19
Meredith Levine, senior director at the Jewish Association Serving the Aging, discusses how a new chat program is helping older persons not feel alone during the pandemic.
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Passed NYC bill will better track MWBE contracts
City Council Member Ben Kallos said he hopes an expansion of data collection will help curb discrimination in communities of color
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Video hearings add to frustration and challenges in NYC family courts for families of color
Advocates argue a host of problems for parents are keeping them from being reunified with their children.
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COVID-19’s impact on human services already on path to “systematic failure”
A campaign is underway advocating to raise wages for workers at nonprofits already owed “hundreds of millions of dollars” on unpaid government contracts.
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Advocates urge City Council Speaker Corey Johnson to help end solitary confinement
Advocacy groups rally outside of City Hall to support legislation that will cease solitary confinement, which disproportionately targets Black and Latino populations.
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New York legislators call on other states to expand abortion rights
Elected officials continue to show support for abortion rights in New York amidst attacks in other states
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Sex education initiatives stalled during COVID-19
Reproductive health education in schools have been challenging but efforts have been moved online
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New York State Attorney General Letitia James files amicus brief to protect Title X funding
New York State Attorney General fights for reproductive health care once more
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Organizations push for midwifery birth center bill passage
Gov. Hochul is being urged to sign legislation that targets racial disparities in maternal mortality rates
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State AG finds professional fundraisers kept significant portions of charitable donations in 2020
Charities received two-thirds of donations while professional fundraisers pocket the rest
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Organizations across New York rally to demand sentencing reforms
Activists hope to overturn the state’s sentencing laws that have disproportionately affected Black and brown communities for decades
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50 women's groups trying to halt move of women and transgender inmates from Rikers
Advocates call for the release of detainees amidst worsening conditions at the jail and say that transferring inmates is not the solution.
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Advocates call on Adams administration to improve learning conditions for homeless youth
Thousands of NYC public school students were without a home last year, causing interruptions to their learning.
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New report shows thousands of New Yorkers at risk of housing insecurity due to medical debt
Nonprofit hospitals placed liens on thousands of New Yorkers’ homes, jeopardizing their chances to an economically secure future.
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