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New York ballot proposal election results 2024

Prop 1 has been approved by New York voters, enshrining abortion protections in the state constitution.

New York State

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Prop 1 explained, in painstaking detail

If you still have any questions about the state Equal Rights Amendment, we’ve hopefully got you covered.

Nonprofits

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Nonprofit fights food insecurity through healthy food access and nutrition education

United Way of New York City’s Community Chef Program has conducted workshops for almost fifteen years.

Homelessness

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Number of homeless veterans drops in New York amid calls for continued support

The state tally found that there were 700 known cases, down from more than 1,000 in 2023.

Opinion

Opinion

Opinion: An urgent call to reform New York’s crisis response to high-conflict relationship incidents

Both first responders and hospital personnel lack adequate training in domestic violence.

Healthcare

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Third annual conference tackles the cost of hospital care

The Price of Power: Confronting the Hospital Affordability Crisis conference gathered government officials and public health experts to discuss solutions.

Opinion

Opinion

Opinion: We do divorce wrong

The best way to protect against the harm of a marital split is not to push people to stay married at all costs, but instead to create legal systems that ensure a breakup is quick, simple and fair.

Nonprofits

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New York non-profits among winners of NBCUniversal’s Local Impact Grants

Over $227,000 was awarded to providers in youth education, community engagement and the arts

New York State

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NY’s Blue Ribbon Commission Graduation Measures get hyped at City & State’s 2024 Education in New York Summit

State Department of Education Commissioner Betty Rosa used her keynote speech at the event to bring attention to the initiative that set out to rethink and reimagine New York’s graduation requirements.

New York State

Personality

Social services innovators honored at City & State event

ACS Commissioner Jess Dannhauser delivered a keynote address at the festivities honoring visionaries in advocacy, nonprofit, government and the private sector.

Opinion

Opinion

Opinion: Building trust and embracing change

Reflecting on a year of leadership at SCO Family of Services

Interviews & Profiles

Personality

Ten years of gender justice

A Q&A with Amy Barasch, the outgoing executive director of Her Justice.

Nonprofits

Personality

Ten years of empowering women to run for political office

An interview with Erin Vilardi, founder and CEO of Vote Run Lead.

New York State

Opinion

Opinion: NY’s climate progress is failing. A new plan for public power can fix it.

The state must build 15 gigawatts’ worth of clean energy projects by 2030 to hit its climate targets.

Opinion

Opinion

Opinion: A call to action to solve New York’s criminalization of homelessness

The way out of this crisis is to codify a right to housing.

New York State

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Report: Two-thirds of licensed registered nurses are active in New York state

The findings, released at Mother Cabrini Health Foundation’s Healthier Communities, Healthier People summit, reveal staffing shortages felt most strongly in acute care hospitals.

Nonprofits

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Mother Cabrini Health Foundation to release report addressing statewide nursing shortage

The foundation will unveil the study at its upcoming Healthier Communities, Healthier People summit at the Museum of the City of New York, presented by City & State.

Opinion

Opinion

Opinion: NY needs a student mental health system that works for students

Gov. Kathy Hochul has made a strong start, but improvements are needed.