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Robin Hood’s 2019 benefit, “Robin Hood to the Power of You.”
The Robin Hood benefit is back
Sheila Kelly, the chief advancement officer at Robin Hood, spoke to NYN Media about the return of the in-person gala and what it hopes to achieve.
By AMANDA LUZ HENNING SANTIAGO
NYN News
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A New York City Corrections bus.
Hochul orders the relocation of over 200 incarcerated people
In an attempt to ease overcrowding at the Rikers Island jail complex amid its ongoing crisis, incarcerated women and trans-identified people are being transferred to state-run facilities.
By GABRIEL POBLETE
NYN News
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Protesters rallying outside of City Hall, demanding that people be let out of the Rikers Island jail complex due to its poor conditions, on Oct.1.
The Rikers Island crisis, explained
The New York City jail system has always faced criticism but staffing shortages, overcrowding and a high death toll have led to chaos on the island.
By AMANDA LUZ HENNING SANTIAGO
NYN News
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An older couple crosses a New York City street.
The push to help New Yorkers age in place
The New York City’s Department for the Aging hopes to invest more in services that allow its aging population to avoid nursing homes and assisted living facilities.
By KIM CORONA
NYN News
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A New York City school bus.
NYC will phase out controversial gifted and talented program
The program, which had been considered a major form of racial segregation within the city’s public elementary schools for years, will gradually end over the next few years.
By AMANDA LUZ HENNING SANTIAGO
NYN News
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A sleeping homeless man.
How NYC’s right to shelter mandate works
Over the past four decades this consent decree has helped secure temporary housing for thousands of New Yorkers in need – but is it making the homeless crisis worse?
By GABRIEL POBLETE
NYN News
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A homeless man sitting in Midtown, Manhattan.
What’s the deal with CORE Services Group?
The city’s biggest homeless operator has been involved in some shady business dealings, according to a new report from The New York Times.
By AMANDA LUZ HENNING SANTIAGO
NYN News
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The entrance sign at Trump Golf Links in the Bronx.
Homeless shelter operator to run Trump golf course
A new government procurement notice alludes to a radically different operator taking former President Donald Trump’s place.
By AMANDA LUZ HENNING SANTIAGO
NYN News
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R. Kelly performing in 2016.
R. Kelly’s guilty verdict is a win for Me Too
After avoiding accountability for years, the multi-platinum musician was found guilty of being the head of a racketeering and sex trafficking scheme.
By AMANDA LUZ HENNING SANTIAGO
NYN News
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Greg Morris, executive director of Isaacs Center and Roderick Jones, executive director of Goddard Riverside.
Exclusive: East Side meets West Side in new human services partnership
New York City organizations, the Goddard Riverside and the Stanley M. Isaacs Neighborhood Center, join forces to help Manhattan’s most vulnerable.
By AMANDA LUZ HENNING SANTIAGO
NYN News
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