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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. Universities are adding them to quads and other public spaces. Airports are installing them at rideshare pickup zones. Thanks, I hate it, one Reddit user wrote.

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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. The buildings unusual shape was determined largely by how the public would experience it.

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Using data to make LGBTQ+ elders and their needs visible 

Candid

What public policies are needed to address the unmet needs of our constituents? 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

One of the most gratifying things about the publication of the book, The Networked Nonprofit , is that it has re-connected me to colleagues and past clients as well as making connections to new people. @Clamo88 (Claire Murray) is a technologist who works for human service agencies. 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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Weekly update from PND

Candid

A weekly update with the latest news from PND. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City has announced a $125 million pledge from trustee emeritus Oscar L. million, with a focus on advancing racial justice and ending the cycles of mass incarceration and mass homelessness. December 2, 2021. Tang and H.M.

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After decades of surveillance, Muslims struggle with how much to share online

The Verge

But for both, the experience of social media is inseparable from the feeling of being watched — and the experience of being Muslim in New York City after 9/11. Since 2002, the NYPD has religiously profiled and surveilled Muslims in New York City and neighboring states in an attempt to find “radicalization.”

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