Reps. Jimmy Gomez, Ritchie Torres Push Fed HUD Assistance For Vulnerable Renters
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Artists Space Presents New Exhibit:Las Nietas de Nonó: Posibles Escenarios, Vol. 1 LNN, This September
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Staten Island Black Heritage Presents The 11th Annual Smooth Sounds By The Sea At Alice Austen House Sunday
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Italian American Museum Hosting Free Walking Tour Of Little Italy
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Business Improvement Districts Receive DSNY Budget Allocations For Cleanups
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Conference Of Presidents Of Major Italian American Organizations (COPOMIAO) Visits Rome, Provides Update
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Representative AOC Weighs In On Abortion Rights
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2nd Annual Juneteenth Freedom Festival This Weekend At Lighthouse Museum
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Congressional Art Competition Winner, Sally Almaklani, Announced By AOC
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Commentary: DOT Extend Speed Cameras To 24/7 Operation, But Is There Evidence?
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Resilient Northeastern NJ Coalition Hosting Virtual Community Meeting June 8th For Resilience Action Plan
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East Harlem Hoops 2022 Championship Created By Salvation Army GNY Wraps Up
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Annual Resource Fair For People With Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities Tomorrow Presented By Senator Andrew Lanza, JCC
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Municipal Monitoring Of Air Pollution Won’t Help Communities Without Additional Measures Or Resident Informing Requirements
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Congresswoman Malliotakis, Commissioner Sewell Announce $2.9 Million For NYPD
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Malliotakis Visits SIUH Women & Newborn Center The Congresswoman Helped Secure Funding For
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How Much Space Does $400,000 Nationwide Median Home Price Buy In 100 Major Cities
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NAMI NYC Supports Tardive Dyskinesia (TD) Awareness Week This Week
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Four Year Tennis Scholarship Donated To Johnny Mac Tennis Project By NYC Restoration Service, Platinum, Inc.
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Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Month Kicked Off By APDA, Celebrates Unshakeable Spirit Of People Living With PD
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NYPL Allowing Free, Open Access To Commonly Banned Books In Banned Books For All Program
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Addressing Black Mental Health Disparities: Collaboration Between United Way And Deloitte Health Equity Institute
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More Homeowners Have College Degrees Than 10 Years Ago, While Number Of Those Without High School Education Drops
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United Way Worldwide Launches United For Ukraine Fund
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United Way NYC Celebrates Women United Power Of Women To Make A Difference 16th Annual Awards Luncheon
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Early Learning Programs Offered By The Salvation Army Put Childcare Within Reach of Many New York Families
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Annual Don’t Walk By Event By Rescue Alliance Reaches Out To Homeless New Yorkers
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Democratic Congressional Candidate Submits Proposal To Curb Gas Prices, Provide Economic Relief For Working People
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Community Leaders Call On NY to Suspend Use Of Public Funds For LGBT-Excluded St Patrick’s Day Parade
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Voices From The Deep South – Persistent Inequities For Poor Blacks
by April Simpson, Center for Public Integrity The legacy of slavery continues to shape life…
Salvation Army Responds To Accusations Of Racism Due To Their “Let’s Talk About Racism” Guide
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Salvation Army Toy Giveaway And Valentine’s Day Immersion Experience Videos Posted
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Rural Poverty In Deep South Driven By Lack Of Medicaid Expansion, Income-Based Inequity In Health Insurance
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AOC Addresses Question About Conditions At Rikers Island Jail Complex
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Award-Winning Documentary Shows Uncertain Future For Farmers, Food Producers Feeding America
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This Valentine’s Day, Visitors To Rockefeller Center Are Invited To Experience An Immersion In Love And Charity
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NPR Investigation: States Charge Parents For Their Kids’ Foster Care, Regardless Of Income Or Ability To Pay
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While Need For Welfare Grows, States Hoard $5.2 Billion In Unawarded Welfare Funds Meant For Their Poor
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Aid To The Church In Need Launches Christmas Campaign To Help Christian Refugees
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Black Communities Become “Sacrifice Zones” For Industrial Pollution – Legal Challenges Drag For Decades
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Uyghurs To Gather At US State Dept, Protest Against China’s Genocide On East Turkistan’s Day Of Mourning
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What Doing The Most Good® Looks Like – This Holiday Season, Salvation Army Kicks Off Toy Giveaway Program At Marcy Houses
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“Share The Dough” Campaign Launched With MEND Hunger Relief Network, Message Community Grocery, To Raise Awareness Of Food Insecurity
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Salvation Army Of Greater NY Seeks To Make Sure All NYCHA Children Receive At Least One Toy This Holiday, Starting With Marcy Houses In Bedstuy
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Help Bring Cheer To Children Around The World: USPS Operation Santa Letters Now Ready For Adoption
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Hypertension Education Program Expanding To More Barbershops On Staten Island To Address High Blood Pressure In Black Men
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Join The Salvation Army To Kick Off The “Giving Season” With The World’s Largest Red Kettle In Times Square This Giving Tuesday
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Sheena Wright, First Woman To Lead United Way, Named In Crain’s 50 Most Powerful Women
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US Postal Service Now Accepting Gift Wish Requests From Kids, Families Nationwide
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Harley Davidson Foundation, United Way Partner For #MyHarleyTradition Fundraising Campaign
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Staten Island’s Concord High School Re-Envisioned Initiative Offers All Community Residents New Education Pathways
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Will The Vaccine Mandate Stick? Federal, Local Court Cases Cast Doubt Upon Its Legality. Update On Current Legal Challenges
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Salvation Army Greater NY Stands Ready To Distribute Meals For Thanksgiving To New Yorkers In Need Across The State
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USDA, Department Of Interior Create New Tribal Homelands Initiative To Form Co-Stewardship With Indigenous Peoples For Public Lands, Waterways
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Staten Island’s Wiliam H. Pouch Camp Natural Area Preserved Forever As A Natural And Open Public Space, Used By The Boy Scouts And All Islanders
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“Green Schoolyard” Opened At Staten Island’s I.S.7R School In Southeast Annadale With Outdoor Classroom Space, Flood Mitigation Technology
Editor’s Note: Green schoolyards are a project of the Trust for Public Land, the author…
After Tour Of NY’s Rikers Island Prison Complex, US Representatives Maloney, Ocasio-Cortez, Torres Call On City To Address Inhumane Conditions, Release Low-Level Offenders
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Character Playbook™ Joint Venture With United Way And NFL, Reaches Over One Million Students
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NYC’s Gifted and Talented Program Is Out; What’s Next For Students Wanting Accelerated Learning? Experts Weigh In
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Families With NYC Public School Children Can Get $50 Monthly Internet Credit, Discounted Devices, From Little-Known Federal Program Started In May
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ProPublica: Conservationists Envision Nature Sanctuaries, Black Farmers Witness Legacy Stolen
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Curtis Sliwa Takes Grassroots Campaign Mainstream, Tours Harlem NYC Streets Where Guardian Angels Founder Is Well Known
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Connecticut’s Commercial Organics Recycling Law, In Effect Since 2014, Received Grants From EPA And USDA To Help Further Reduce Waste With A Goal Of 60% Waste Diversion By 2024 – Could This Be A Model For New York?
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New York Public Library Says Goodbye Forever…To Fines! All New Yorkers Say Good Riddance! The Library Welcomes ALL Patrons Back To the Library
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Legislators, Non-Profits, Academics and Black Education Advocacy Groups Collaborate to Usher Landmark K-12 Black Studies Curriculum
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Morris Heights Health Center Of The Bronx Receives 2021 WIC Breastfeeding Gold Award of Excellence
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USDA Celebrates National Breastfeeding Month and World Breastfeeding Week With WIC Awards of Excellence. Several Recipients Are New York Companies
United States Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, Northeast Regional Office Article by Jane…
The ALICE Project: An Interview With Keith Barsuhn of the United Way
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Press Release: Survey of ALICE Project Households, Those Living Below A Sustainable Increasable Income While Being Employed Full-Time
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Buying a Home in NYC: Exploring the Generational Differences. How Much Time Is Required To Save For The Down Payment?
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Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need
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NYC to pay for summer school taxis for homeless students and those with disabilities after facing criticism from advocates
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Juneteenth Now Federal Holiday Thanks To Pres. Biden
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Black Lives Matter: A Slogan, A Social Movement, A Political Organization
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Considering Inequality: Cybernetic Advancements Will Only Increase Disparities
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Gallup Poll: Perceptions of Black-White Relations Tanking
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BJ’s Wholesale Staten Island Project Pushed Through By DEC, Despite 1,700 Letters And Racial Injustice Complaints
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Reverse Racism: It’s Not A Thing
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Bevelyn Beatty Exclusive Interview: Crossing Out BLM Street Murals, Morals, and More
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When Is A Word A Racial Slur? Roger Stone Hits Black Radio Host Mo’Kelly With “N-Word Lite”
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Cancel “Cancel Culture”: The Harper’s Letter and Its Consequences
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Washington, Douglass Commonwealth (D.C.) May Become Our Nation’s 51st State Under H.R. 51
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Black Rage, White Guilt, White Resentment: An Unproductive Cycle That Must Change
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Why Our Editors Have Always Capitalized Black, White, and Brown In Our Articles
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Contrasts: Black Lives Matter Activists Demand Erasure of Slavery’s History; Jews Ask That We Never Forget Holocaust
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Tom Metzger Speaks: Exclusive Interview With Avowed Ex-KKK White Racist
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Black Erasure or Woke PC Move? Great-Grandson of Aunt Jemima Cites Removal As Injustice
In our recent articles in an ongoing series about Equality in America, topics addressed included …
Happy Juneteenth, Staten Island! Black Lives Matter Mural Painted On Richmond Terrace
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Mrs. Butterworth, Uncle Ben, Cream Of Wheat Chef All 86ed As Racist
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Dave Chappelle Pans Staten Island In His 8:46 Presentation About George Floyd Murder
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Bye-Bye Aunt Jemima: Quaker Kills Longtime Pancake Mix and Syrup Mascot
Pepsico, parent company which in 2001 acquired Quaker Oats, the owner of the Aunt Jemima…
Pres. Trump Signs Police Reform EO In WH Rose Garden Ceremony
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End Slavery! Slavery Still Legal In US In 2020
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Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison TO Charge All Four Officers In George Floyd’s Death; Elevates Chauvin Charge To Second-Degree Murder
Keith Ellison, Minnesota Attorney General, will be announcing new charges against police officers responsible for…
Looting Rampant Citywide & Across the US; Staten Island Spared. Hold It Down, Fam!
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Throngs Protesting For George Floyd March Over Manhattan Bridge From Brooklyn
Only ten minutes ago, hundreds of protesters began walking over the Manhattan Bridge from a…
Staten Island Protest For George Floyd Brings People Together, While In Other Cities Chaos Reigns
On Staten Island, a National Action Network (NAN) rally of approximately 650 people was led…
A Sinking Ship: Why Even A Die-Hard Pro-Dreamer Must Think Immigration Limits
I’ve always been for the underdog. It’s just in my nature. And, my upbringing. And…
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Solving Homelessness: Build Green “Last Resort Towers”, Institute “Homeless Solution Game”
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Drag Queen Story Hour At the Tompkins Square Library: An Adventure In Learning What Matters Most
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NYC May Fine You For Saying Illegal Alien…But Only If Intended As Harassment
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