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** NYC’s Immigrant Seniors Chilled by Trump’s Public Charge Crackdown ([link removed])
Debate Over How to Root Out Age Discrimination in NYC Workplaces ([link removed]) City Campaign Finance System Charts Path—and Highlights Challenges—for State Reform ([link removed])
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** NYC’s Immigrant Seniors Chilled by Trump’s Public Charge Crackdown
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New York City’s seniors are already underutilizing public benefits available to them. But for non-citizen seniors, that reluctance has grown in the past year, a result of alarm from the changes to federal tests for admissibility.
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** Debate Over How to Root Out Age Discrimination in NYC Workplaces
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A package of Council bills would mandate more workplace testing, but an administration official says that’s not the best way to detect a subtle form of bias that often intersects with other types of discrimination.
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** City Campaign Finance System Charts Path—and Highlights Challenges—for State Reform
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A look at some recent races illustrates the many successes of the New York City campaign finance system, as well as limitations that the new state system will also have to deal with.
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** Nail Salon Employees Still Fighting Toxic Work Conditions, Despite State Regulations
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Organizers within the nail salon industry continue to fight for better working conditions, even four years after the passage of state regulations intended to protect employees.
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** Where Have All the Whistleblowers Gone?
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Only one complainant out of 170 cases spanning five years and the entirety of New York City government was officially considered a ‘whistleblower.’
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** Big Decisions Loom on How NYC Will Implement Historic Carbon-Reduction Law
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Stakeholders in big real estate, landlords and environmental advocates remain unsure how long it will take for take for the city to release recommendations on how to slash carbon emissions by 40 percent before 2030.
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** NYCHA’s NextGen Threatens More Harm than Hope
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‘NextGen is the continuation of the opening up of investment opportunities for already-wealthy private actors and entities. History tells us this usually comes at a high cost for residents and existing community members.’
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** A Letter from Faith Leaders to the City Council on Borough Jails
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‘There is a moral imperative to provide humane care for those who are held in any form of detention, a standard that jails on Rikers could never meet, and which existing borough jails—in their current design—do not yet meet.’
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Jobs
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** American Federation for Aging Research
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** Grant Associate
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The American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR) is a national non-profit organization based in New York that supports and advances pioneering biomedical research that is revolutionizing how we can live healthier and longer.
AFAR is seeking qualified applicants for the full-time administrative position of Grants Associate to provide financial, administrative and support services to designated Grant program staff, awardees, Principal Investigators, contractors and travel participants for the organization’s portfolio of grant programs.
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** Pratt Institute
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** Director of Policy and Planning
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Pratt Center currently seeks to hire a Director of Policy and Planning (DPP). Under the guidance and supervision of the Deputy Director, the DPP will lead in the development of the Center's policy & advocacy initiatives and campaigns on issues including economic and workforce development, transportation, sustainability and environmental justice, land use, and community development. The DPP will supervise a staff of urban planners and GIS specialists who manage data-driven research projects, community planning technical assistance projects, and other collaborations with research and community-based partners.
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** Pratt Institute
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** Operations Manager
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Pratt Center currently seeks to hire an Operations Manager (OM). Under the guidance and supervision of the Director of Development & Operations, the OM will be responsible for cultivating collaboration and accountability across Pratt Center and developing effective management systems and procedures, including efforts to promote diversity, equity and inclusion. The OM will work collaboratively with other members of the Pratt Center staff to create structures and processes that address operational challenges.
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** Riders Alliance
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** Executive Director
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The Riders Alliance is New York’s premier grassroots organization of subway and bus riders fighting for better public transit and a more just and inclusive city.
The organization’s new leader will work with staff, Board, and grassroots members to determine the next generation of advocacy campaigns and shape the future of the Riders Alliance and the movement for better public transit.
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