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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.

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May 2011

Education

Group Homes Face Change. Question Is, How Much?

After media revelations of abuse at homes for the developmentally disabled, the Assembly is considering a law to improve employee screening. But some contemplate broader change, like getting the state…

ByBronx News Network 0Comments

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May 2010

Economy

After The Quake, Rebuilding Haiti From Brooklyn

The donation drives and telethons might be over, but local foundations and Haitian groups are just beginning their work to help the country and its people rebuild.

ByNeil deMause 0Comments

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May 2010

Uncategorized

Reducing Black Joblessness, One Client At A Time

Black joblessness has defied solution for decades. But organizations in the trenches are making a dent.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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May 2010

Government

White House Will Name New Urban Czar

A day after the first White House director of urban affairs moved to HUD, the Obama administration said it will retain the post.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Apr 2010

Investigations Uncategorized

Bloomberg Cash Rewards Program Gets Mixed Reviews

The centerpiece of the mayor’s anti-poverty plan is being phased out after showing mixed results. City Hall says it was a valuable try. But what lessons has the city learned?

ByNeil deMause 0Comments

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Apr 2010

Housing and Homelessness

1,500 Protest Plans To Eliminate 16 NYC Public Day Care Centers

If enacted, the cuts would slash about 2,000 of New York’s public day care slots. The city claims less families are using the service.

ByKelly Virella 0Comments

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Apr 2010

Uncategorized

Welfare Reformer Becomes City Homeless Commissioner

Advocates for the poor and homeless fear he’ll enforce harsh consequences on those who don’t shape up.

ByNeil deMause 0Comments

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Apr 2010

Uncategorized

Memo: City Hall Backs Charging Homeless

The Bloomberg administration has blamed state regulations for its move to charge rent in homeless shelters. But City Hall opposes efforts to overturn those rules.

ByKelly Virella 0Comments

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Apr 2010

Uncategorized

How Fares Welfare?

While the mild post-9/11 recession was a dry run, the current downturn is the first real test of the safety net since welfare reform.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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