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Drive Change founder and CEO Jordyn Lexton.
Leader to Leader: Jordyn Lexton
The founder and CEO of Drive Change talks to NYN Media about their decision to step down.
By GREG BERMAN
NYN News
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Amanda Luz Henning Santiago
Introducing NYN Media’s new editor
City & State staff reporter Amanda Luz Henning Santiago takes the helm.
By KAY DERVISHI
NYN News
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Protesters gathered on Brooklyn Bridge for Juneteenth in 2020.
Giving to racial and social justice causes rose in 2020
Asian American and Black households were more likely to lend their support to such causes, according to a new report.
By KAY DERVISHI
NYN News
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Tina Tchen in 2015.
More Cuomo fallout: Time’s Up head announces resignation
Tina Tchen, president and CEO of the anti-sexual harassment organization, communicated more extensively with the governor's staff than previously reported.
By KAY DERVISHI
NYN News
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.
NYC nonprofit employees to de Blasio: Boost minimum wage for city-contracted workers
Nonprofits employees and executive sent the mayor a letter calling for him to establish a $17.50 per hour minimum wage.
By KAY DERVISHI
NYN News
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Gov. Kathy Hochul.
The many issues advocates hope Hochul will tackle differently than Cuomo
Creating safe injection sites and rolling out rent relief faster are among the issues some New Yorkers want to see prioritized.
By KAY DERVISHI
NYN News
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Workers and volunteers at nonprofit in Houston, Texas.
Nonprofits add nearly 70,000 jobs in July
Employment in the educational field accounted for much of the growth.
By KAY DERVISHI
NYN News
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Person with a Haitian flag at a vigil for Haiti in Brooklyn.
New York nonprofits helping in Haiti, Afghanistan amid respective upheavals
Organizations are gathering funds for food, medicine and other resources in Haiti and trying to help Afghans get to safety.
By KAY DERVISHI
NYN News
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Juanita Lewis, executive director of Community Voices Heard.
From organizer to executive director
Juanita Lewis discusses how her work as an advocate for low-income New Yorkers informs her new leadership role at Community Voices Heard.
By MARYAM RAHAMAN
NYN News
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Senate Deputy Majority Leader Michael Gianaris.
Cuomo signs legislation to allow nonprofits to convert hotels into affordable housing
Nonprofits and housing advocates have praised the law.
By KAY DERVISHI
NYN News
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