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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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Real Talk: NYC Deputy Comptroller for Contracts and Procurement on what’s ahead for nonprofits

Lisa Flores talks to NYMedia about the process that’s hindered organizations doing business with the city and the opportunities to improve it.

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Opinion: A better way of keeping kids safe

Families and their children thrive through financial assistance, not when the government resorts to policing them.

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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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County officials call on Hochul to support increased wages for home care workers

40 offices for the aging across the state sent a letter to Gov. Hochul asking she help pass the Fair Pay for Home Care Act

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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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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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Editor’s Note: NYN Media kicks off reimagining with new advisory board

The go-to resource for non-profits in New York now has a panel of professionals to help guide its content amid other exciting changes.

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Opinion: How nonprofits have the power to close New York’s digital divide

The need to close the digital literacy gap that affects low-income New Yorkers, older adults and people of color is vital for the access of essential services and opportunities delivered by nonprofits.

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New law allows human trafficking survivors to clear their records

Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the Survivors of Trafficking Attaining Relief Together (START) Act, legislation supported by more than 100 organizations.