Tag: equity

Explaining DEI Executive Order: Starting Federal Anti-Discrimination Law Almost From Scratch
A New Day in Federal Anti-Discrimination Law A new executive order from President Donald Trump…

Lincoln Center’s January 2025 Events Featuring GlobalFest: 22nd Edition With Soul-Stirring Performers From Across The Planet, Around The Corner
Lincoln Center’s GlobalFest For 2025: 22nd Edition With Soul-Stirring Performers From Across The Planet, Around…

Gardiner Foundation Encourages Staten Island Students Enrolled At CSI, Other CUNY Schools, To Apply For NYU College Of Arts & Sciences Transfer Scholarship To Continue Studies
Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation Offers Scholarships for Students Transferring to NYU’s College of Arts &…

Involuntary Commitment Changes; New Hate Crimes Prevention Director; NonProfit Services Director; Drought Watch Lifted; NYC Health + Hospitals Possible Strike; Kingsbridge Armory Reimagining
MAYOR ADAMS’ STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO GOVERNOR HOCHUL’S PLANS TO INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO FINALLY CHANGE NEW YORK’S INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT…

Six Staten Island Buses (4 Of Them SIMS) To Receive Service Enhancements, Improvements In Scheduling: Governor Hochul
Service Enhancements Planned for 24 MTA Bus Routes in NYC Editor’s note: Staten Islander recently…

December Is Exciting At Lincoln Center For The Performing Arts With Premiere of David Lang’s Poor Hymnal, Jaime Lozano & The Familia: Songs By An Immigrant, Plus Much More
December at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts: New York premiere of David Lang’s poor…

NYC Drought Level Increased To Warning, Key To The City Of NY Awarded To Gracie Mansion Annual Gala Honorees, Updates On Migrant Response, Back-To-Back Record-Breaking Years Supporting Minority, Women-Owned Businesses, First-Ever Civil Service Exams For Multiple Public Service Positions
MAYOR ADAMS AWARDS KEY TO THE CITY OF NEW YORK TO GRACIE MANSION CONSERVANCY ANNUAL GALA HONOREES DARREN WALKER, MARC…

MTA Commits To Awarding Historic Amount Of Work To Underutilized Businesses In New Capital Plan
MTA Announces Commitment to Award a Historic Amount of Work — Up to $7.5 Billion…

Celebrate Exceptional Staten Island Teachers! FLAG Award For Teaching Excellence Nominations Now Open To All Public School Teachers Across NYC
Celebrate Exceptional Staten Island Teachers! Staten Island Community Members Are Invited to Nominate Outstanding Teachers,…

Lincoln Center For The Performing Arts Appoints New President, CEO Dr. Mariko Silver
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Appoints Dr. Mariko Silver as President and CEO Editor’s note:…

FLAG Award For Teaching Excellence: Staten Island’s Grand Prize Winner From USS Columbia Space Shuttle School
FLAG Award For Teaching Excellence: Staten Island’s Grand Prize Winner From USS Columbia Space Shuttle…
India Week Artist Sonny Singh At Lincoln Center This Thursday – Interview With Staten Islander News In Advance Of Celebrations Starting This Coming Wednesday
In advance of India Week at Lincoln Center, Sonny Singh spoke with Staten Islander News…

Brooklyn-Based Performance Ensemble, Dance Company Urban Bush Women Kicks Off 40th Anniversary With Week-Long Series At Lincoln Center
Urban Bush Women (UBW) kicks off their 40th Anniversary with a week-long series at Lincoln Center!…

Federal Pell Grant No Longer Pays Anyone’s College Tuition: Legislation Introduced To Increase, Expand Grant Amount
GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCES LEGISLATION TO DOUBLE PELL GRANT, MAKE COLLEGE MORE AFFORDABLE FOR WORKING FAMILIES Editor’s…

Concerted Effort By Billionaires To Dismantle America’s Public School System: HELP Committee
New Report on the Coordinated Effort by Billionaires to Dismantle the American Public School System…

Lincoln Center Presents Baand Together: Five Of New York’s Most Celebrated Dance Companies Returning For Five Shows, Part Of Summer For The City
Five of New York’s Most Celebrated Companies, Ballet Hispánico, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, American…

Three Staten Island Teachers Win FLAG Award For Teaching Excellence – Grand Prize Winner From SI School
Three Staten Island Teachers Win FLAG Award for Teaching Excellence Total of 36 NYC…

Addressing Crisis Facing Public School Teachers In America: HELP Committee To Hold Hearing
HELP Committee to Hold Hearing on Addressing the Crises Facing Public School Teachers in America…

Airline Workers, Flight Attendants Stuck In Expired Contracts Without Ability To Strike: 32 Senators Send Letter To National Mediation Board
Sanders and 31 Senators Call on National Mediation Board to End Delays and Allow Airline…

Student Loan Forgiveness: Everyone Knows Someone Affected, Even If You Aren’t Aware Of It – New Legislation Seeks To Make Permanent Executive Order Changes
GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCES LEGISLATION TO PROTECT HISTORIC STUDENT LOAN DEBT RELIEF; URGES BORROWERS TO APPLY FOR…

Lincoln Center Project To Reimagine Amsterdam Avenue Side Of Campus, Make It More Welcoming, Accessible – Based On Feedback From New Yorkers
Lincoln Center Announces Design Team To Reimagine Amsterdam Avenue Side of Its Campus Hood…

Lincoln Center Ushers In New Year With January Events, Including: Under the Radar Festival, globalFEST, Art Class Podcast, Plus Much More – Including Free/Choose-What-You-Pay Events
January at Lincoln Center: Under the Radar Festival, globalFEST, Art Class Podcast, The Movie Music…

All-Female Team of Future Entrepreneurs Wins SuitUp “Battle of the Boroughs” Competition Last Week
An All-Female Team of Future Entrepreneurs from St. Jean Baptiste High School (Manhattan) Wins SuitUp…

Fordham University To Host SuitUp “Battle of the Boroughs” Competition At Lincoln Center Campus – Challenge To Create Product/Service That Celebrates NYC Community
On December 12, Fordham University Gabelli School of Business will host a SuitUp “Battle of the Boroughs” competition, challenging…

HELP Committee Meeting: Standing Up Against Corporate Greed: How Unions are Improving Lives of Working Families
HELP Committee to Hold Hearing with Union Leaders on Labor Movement Resurgence and the Fight…

HELP Committee To Hold Hearing With Union Leaders Regarding Historic Gains, Wins For Working Class Americans
NEWS: HELP Committee to Hold Hearing with Union Leaders on Labor Movement Resurgence and the…

FLAG Award for Teaching Excellence Adds $25,000 Prize For Personal Use By An Exceptional Teacher In NYC
New FLAG Award for Teaching Excellence Adds $25,000 Prize for NYC Elementary Educators The FLAG…

Tentative UAW Strike Deal Includes 25% Wage Increase, Cost-of-Living Allowance, Temp to FT Worker Conversions, Other Benefits
United Auto Workers union hails its tentative strike-ending deals with Ford and Stellantis that would…

UAW Says EV Workers Should Be Paid Fairly – Not Half Of Previous Car Manufacturers Wages – United Auto Workers Union Strike Likely In Coming Weeks
US autoworkers may wage a historic strike against Detroit’s 3 biggest automakers − with wages…

Contemporary, Classical, Plus New Collaborations This Fall/ Winter Season At Lincoln Center, Most Free/ Choose-What-You-Pay
The Contemporary, The Classical, and New Collaborations Take Center Stage in Fall/Winter Season Sweep of…

BP Fosella, CM. Hanks Announce Funding To Revitalize Play Area At Walker Park In Staten Island’s Randall Manor
BP Fossella, Council Member Hanks to Announce Funding to Revitalize Play Area at Walker Park…

Sen. Sanders, Other Pols Promise Not To Intervene In Case Of UPS Workers Strike For Collective Bargaining To Obtain Better Working Conditions, Wages, Healthcare, Retirement
In Letter to Teamsters, 28 Senate Democrats Commit to Not Intervene in Case of UPS…

Lincoln Center For The Performing Arts Launches Initiative To Make Amsterdam Ave Side Of Campus More Welcoming, Inclusive To Diverse Backgrounds, Choose-What-You-Pay Entrance Fees, More Community Centered Events
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Launches Initiative to Make Amsterdam Avenue Side of Campus…

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand Rallied With Writers Guild Of America At Times Square Paramount Building Demanding Fair Contract Negotiations, Better Pay, Working Conditions For Writers
GILLIBRAND RALLIES WITH WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA AT TIMES SQUARE PARAMOUNT BUILDING TO DEMAND FAIR…

Congratulations To A Native Staten Islander, Two Other Queens Residents For Being Named 2023 Coca-Cola Scholars, Each Will Receive $20,000 Scholarship Award
THREE DISTINGUISHED QUEENS-AREA STUDENTS NAMED 2023 COCA-COLA SCHOLARS Nation’s Premiere Scholarship Program Awards Local Students…

Student Services Fair Being Held Later Today Hosted By Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Join Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez at the Student Services Fair! Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is hosting a Student…

New York Legal Assistance Group
Name:New York Legal Assistance Group Phone Number: (212)613-5000Tap To Call Fax Number: Email: [email protected]/ Web…

Asian American Legal Defense & Education Fund
Name:Asian American Legal Defense & Education Fund Phone Number: (212) 966-5932Tap To Call Fax Number:…

CAMBA Legal Aid
Name: CAMBA Legal Services Phone Number: (646) 973-1420Tap To Call Fax Number: Email: Web Site:…

The Legal Aid Society – Richmond County Juvenile Rights Court Office
Name: Legal Aid Society – Staten Island Neighborhood Office Phone Number: (347)422-5333Tap To Call Fax…

Lincoln Elementary School In Newark To Receive New Playground Funded By Trust For Public Land (Responsible For Staten Island’s Pouch Camp Preservation), Local Synagogue, To Improve Access To Greenspace, Recreational Areas – Design To Be By Students, Stakeholders
National nonprofit, Newark synagogue to build new playground at Lincoln Elementary Jessie Gomez, Chalkbeat Newark…

National Right To Work Act Bill Reintroduced By Sen. Rand Paul – Act Makes Unions Unable To Charge Dues To Workers Who Choose To Forego Representation, Weakening Unions Ability To Fund Themselves
Dr. Rand Paul Reintroduces National Right-to-Work Act WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Rand Paul…

Barbara Ehrenreich Brought Light To Worker Inequality, Her Work May Have Helped Reinvigorate Unions
Barbara Ehrenreich helped make inequality visible – her legacy lives on in a reinvigorated labor movement…

Municipal Monitoring Of Air Pollution Won’t Help Communities Without Additional Measures Or Resident Informing Requirements
by Lisa Song and Lylla Younes, photography by Kathleen Flynn for ProPublica ProPublica is a…

Four Year Tennis Scholarship Donated To Johnny Mac Tennis Project By NYC Restoration Service, Platinum, Inc.
Platinum, Inc. Donates a Four-Year Scholarship to the Johnny Mac Tennis Project, with Uniondale resident…

Addressing Black Mental Health Disparities: Collaboration Between United Way And Deloitte Health Equity Institute
March 10, 2022, Alexandria, VA — United Way Worldwide is collaborating with Deloitte to advance health…

Salvation Army Responds To Accusations Of Racism Due To Their “Let’s Talk About Racism” Guide
Originally published by the Salvation Army The holidays are a welcome reminder of the things…

“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…

NYC’s Gifted and Talented Program Is Out; What’s Next For Students Wanting Accelerated Learning? Experts Weigh In
by Christina Veiga, Chalkbeat New York Originally published at Chalkbeat.org on Oct 21, 8:00pm EDT…