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The leaning rail is the new bench. Not every butt is happy about it

Fast Company Tech

In early March, New York City subway riders noticed a new development at the West 4th Street station, near Manhattan’s Washington Square Park. Looking a bit like an oversized shaving razor with two handles, the metal object is known as a leaning rail or a leaning rail. Thanks, I hate it, one Reddit user wrote.

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This Brooklyn apartment complex was built like a Lego set

Fast Company Tech

In this case, the apartments are limited to seniors in New York Citys affordable housing lottery, with a percentage of the units reserved for seniors who were previously homeless. It also means, of course, that residents can start moving in faster.

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The most innovative architecture companies for 2025

Fast Company Tech

Lorcan OHerlihy Architects For turning an unbuildable site into a home for the formerly homeless In 2024, Los Angeles-based Lorcan OHerlihy Architects (LOHA) created a new building on a parcel of land that had long been considered unbuildable. massive 110-105 Freeway intersection.

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Using data to make LGBTQ+ elders and their needs visible 

Candid

Data from elders who attend SAGE’s five senior centers in New York City has shown that SAGE’s congregate meal programs, grab-and-go meal programs, and food pantries have helped participants improve their nutritional risk from high to medium risk to low over time.

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A Few Reviews of The Networked Nonprofit

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I met Claire Murray almost five years ago this month when I was working as a consultant for the Community Technology Center Networks to do training for human service agencies that provided homeless services. Claire was working with the Cyber Cafe @ Malden Square. I trained her staff on how to blog. Devon Smith.

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Amazon will spend $2 billion to try to fix affordable housing crises in three major employment hubs

The Verge

Amazon’s announcement may once have included planned investment for New York City, after lawmakers cut a deal with the company in early 2019 to bring jobs to Long Island City, Queens as part of a highly publicized competition of sorts the company held to attract bids from municipalities around the country.

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Research Friday: Government contracting part II: Adapting in an era of less

ASU Lodestar Center

Organizations reliant on government funding continue to experience a “death by a thousand cuts,” says NFF client Sharon Stapel, Executive Director of the New York City Anti-Violence Project. “In homeless family; it is more proactive and cost-effective to focus on. family becomes homeless. enforcement and more.