More than 200 NYC Nonprofit and Philanthropic Thought Leaders Convene, Call for New Paradigms and Bold Strategies to Cope with Challenging Times
11/21/2008 9:01:00 PM
Today, at a roundtable forum, more than 200 thought leaders from nonprofits, foundations, business, academia and government in the New York metro area met to discuss and identify ways to manage and strengthen the nonprofit sector in these challenging

Rep. McCarthy Joins NYS Comptroller Tom DiNapoli to Address New York's Childhood Obesity Crisis
11/21/2008 8:57:00 PM
Recently, Rep. McCarthy joined New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, at the Park Avenue Elementary School in Westbury, to address New York?s childhood obesity crisis. DiNapoli issued a report detailing the effect of childhood obesity on the cost

NYC bouncer convicted of a third murder
11/21/2008 8:47:00 PM
NEW YORKA bouncer already sentenced to lengthy prison terms for two New York City murders has been convicted of shooting another man dead and wounding three others outside a Manhattan nightclub. A jury on Friday found 32-year-old Stephen Sakai

New York elementary school is renamed for Obama
11/21/2008 8:47:00 PM
NEW YORKAt the behest of its students, an elementary school near New York City has been renamed after President-elect Barack Obama. The Hempstead Union Free School District board voted unanimously Thursday night to rename Ludlum Elementary School as