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Brooklyn Community Services (BCS) has launched ONE Brooklyn Campus a platform to mobilize students through volunteer service, to effect change for Brooklyn residents living in underserved communities.

Bywearebcs 0Comments

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Mar 2015

Economy

Nonprofit Bankruptcy Renews Questions About HRA Program

Blasted years ago by critics for wasting money and needlessly hassling disabled people, have lessons been learned for the next round of WeCARE?

ByKen Brown 4Comments

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Mar 2015

Economy In Depth

Who Profits from Low Wages?

It’s easy to blame globalization and technology for the proliferation of low-wage jobs. But what about the executives, stockholders, taxpayers and consumers who benefit from them?

ByBen Hattem 1Comment

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Mar 2015

In Depth

UrbaNERD: Where Have You Gone, Robin Hood?

A philanthropist gets protested, Black Lives Matter in song, a DA speaks and the MTA models … all in our weekly roundup of can’t-miss reading.

ByJasmine Pierce 1Comment

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Mar 2015

Economy

As Some Fret Over NYC’s Welfare Rolls, Others Aim to Attack Its Poverty

A rise in welfare rolls by 13,000 generates heated headlines. Meanwhile, the reality of 1.6 million New Yorkers in poverty triggers a new policy prescription.

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

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Feb 2015

Economy Health In Depth

City, State Tax Credits Boosted Health in Low-Income Neighborhoods

A study finds that state and city increases in the Earned Income Tax Credit improved birth-weight in low-income neighborhoods.

ByJarrett Murphy 2Comments

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Feb 2015

Uncategorized

Cold Hits City, and So Does Coat Shortage

New York Cares is out of coats after distributing the last of its 75,000 stock on Feb. 6.

ByDamian Geminder 3Comments

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Dec 2014

In Depth

UrbaNERD: De Blasio v. Lynch, Place v. People, Rudolph v. Fog

The disagreement between Bill de Blasio and Pat Lynch might look like an argument between a politician and a cop. But really it’s an argument between a politician … and…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Dec 2014

Investigations Justice

The Limits of Protection: Fighting the Fear of ACS

In neighborhoods that see the most child-welfare investigations, children hide their problems, families refuse to ask for help and chances to head off serious neglect or abuse are missed. ACS…

ByRachel Blustain 7Comments

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Dec 2014

In Depth

UrbaNERD: Are Gentrification Fears Overblown?

New research suggests high poverty is a bigger threat to cities. More on that, shoddy charter school finances, tuition assistance that falls short, a vulnerable neighborhood and a new Census…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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