TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

At the launch, the company partnered with local building owners to list 175 “Airbnb-friendly” apartments across different regions. It also mentions that renters will have to follow local laws and building rules about putting their place on Airbnb, along with the company’s own community guidelines.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 25, 2013

Many law firms do much more pro bono work than 50 hours. TechSoup has had an ongoing relationship with the famous Silicon Valley law firm, Cooley LLP for several years. TechSoup’s Pro Bono Law Firm, Cooley LLP. many if not most local bar associations may have pro bono programs and/or referral services. In the U.S.,

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

In August 2007, Amazon Fresh , a local grocery delivery service, opened in Seattle as an invite-only service. The service eventually expanded to other cities six years later in 2013. Amazon canceled its plans for a New York City headquarters in February 2019, following backlash from residents and local politicians.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2022

In recognition of the dangers, New York City recently passed a law that prohibits businesses from using algorithm-based systems to make hiring decisions about NYC residents without first auditing those tools for bias.

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The Verge

JUNE 12, 2020

Then on Saturday, Burke defended the role Trek’s bikes play in “community-based law enforcement programs.” A spokesperson for Trek notes that the company doesn’t have any contracts with police departments and that the bikes are sold through local bike shops based on the needs of police departments.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 7, 2007

So much for impressing your future mother in-law. It's no wonder that eating local, organic food is becoming increasingly popular. But how do you do you eat locally? Last spring Treehugger shared a number of resources in its post, "Get Ready for Earth Day: Eat Local Food. " Do you try to eat locally? I think so.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 1, 2022

A new study bike lanes increase sales of local businesses because they make the streets safer places for pedestrians, which increases foot traffic, so THERE! Shop owners should stop complaining to their local transportation authorities when parking spots get repurposed for bike lanes. A few words on bike lanes… . A little bird.

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Neon CRM

MAY 23, 2023

Whether you’re looking to contact your congressional representatives or donate to a local nonprofit, here are four groups you’ll love (plus a resource for finding tons more). You can connect with a local chapter— take a look at their chapter directory to find the one nearest you.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 29, 2014

There, she builds technology that connects local communities to resources that help them solve problems and impact issues. We talked to survivors and individuals who ran programs in Kentucky and New York City. This post was written by Marnie Webb, who leads TechSoup’s newest division, Caravan Studios.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 8, 2024

Just like any other organization with employees, your nonprofit’s HR department must comply with labor laws. These include the Fair Labor Standards Act, OSHA requirements, social security policies, and all state and local regulations. Jennifer has held volunteer leadership roles with SHRM, New York City SHRM, and WorldatWork.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2022

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, NJ TRANSIT, NYC Department of Transportation and the Partnership for New York City are behind the Transit Tech Lab. (That’s one big task.). Is driverless vehicle data a trade secret? .”

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 8, 2007

To celebrate the first day, and hopefully prevent the recurrence of the second, here is an e-interview with Rae Abileah, the Local Groups Coordinator of CODEPINK. What do you do as the Local Groups Coordinator? Check out our local spotlight with great action photos on our site. March 20th is the 4th anniversary of the Iraq War.

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The Verge

JANUARY 25, 2021

Amnesty International has launched a new campaign against facial recognition titled Ban The Scan — and is launching with a demand for New York City to halt police and government use of the technology. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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The Verge

JUNE 4, 2020

A pair of alarming videos appeared to show at least one Caviar delivery worker being arrested by New York City police on Thursday, allegedly for violating the city’s curfew imposed this week in response to demonstrations protesting the death of George Floyd and systemic police brutality.

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The Verge

MAY 24, 2021

And despite two officers showing up at his front door with the cohort, neither of them, nor anyone else in the cohort, accused McDaniel of breaking the law. This new way of organizing crime data helped to increase arrests in their jurisdictions. They were not there to arrest him. No one was there to investigate a crime.

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The NonProfit Times

AUGUST 23, 2024

New Jersey’s Daniel’s Law, which penalizes the dissemination of names and residential addresses of judicial, law enforcement, child protection investigators and other covered individuals, is having a significant damping effect on marketing efforts – including nonprofit solicitations – aimed at Garden State residents.

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Tableau

AUGUST 4, 2021

As protests spread from Minneapolis to cities across the country and around the world, conversations about institutional racism within policing—and what can be done about it—spread with them. But understanding the path to creating more equity in law enforcement is not easy.

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Tableau

AUGUST 4, 2021

As protests spread from Minneapolis to cities across the country and around the world, conversations about institutional racism within policing—and what can be done about it—spread with them. But understanding the path to creating more equity in law enforcement is not easy.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 16, 2021

These are all channels that your organization can direct and basically do whatever you want with, within reason and the law, at your own discretion. This is an organization called Math for America and they have a program that is a fellowship program for public-school math and science teachers in New York City.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2023

based company to stop processing locals’ data. The local radio, TV and internet awareness campaign has a slightly more generous timeline of May 15 to be actioned.) Although OpenAI notes it may not grant every request since it must balance privacy requests against freedom of expression “in accordance with applicable laws”.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2021

Property has to be divided and transferred while meeting relevant estate laws. For New York City-headquartered Lantern , the goal is to initiate those conversations early and give its users significantly better peace-of-mind, particularly in these dolorous times. “I Lantern co-founders Alyssa Ruderman and Liz Eddy.

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Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2014

" The ruling establishes that a search engine such as Google must be regarded as a "data controller" under the data protection laws in those EU countries where it operates. Team Confufish Royale from Australia developed an app called Foodbank Local that allows businesses to easily donate excess food. Here in the U.S.,

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sgEngage

JANUARY 24, 2024

Preparing for new legal protections for employees In 2023, regulators in the U.S. enacted several laws that provided increased protections for employees–and added to the compliance responsibilities of employers. As noted in trend #1 above, international, U.S.

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The Verge

JUNE 15, 2021

Half of the states in the country are now considering right to repair laws that would require manufacturers to disable software locks and provide parts to repair shops, and a lot of it is being driven — in a bipartisan way — by the needs of farmers. My father-in-law, my wife’s cousins, are all farmers up and down. And they do today.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 11, 2025

A proposed class action lawsuit was filed on Monday night in federal court in the New York City borough of Brooklyn against the 113-year-old nonprofit and the cookies’ licensed producers, ABC Bakers and Ferrero USA’s Little Brownie Bakers. The lawsuit is led by Amy Mayo, a resident of Bayside, New York.

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Engadget

MARCH 10, 2025

National chains There is no national electronics recycling law at this time, so you won't find any federal programs to assist you with getting rid of old devices. The boxes are shipped to you and then back to Staples at no extra cost; just drop off the sealed packages at your local UPS drop-off point or call for a pickup.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 20, 2025

A 2021 study tracking the impact of crime on local businesses found that the estimated effects of property crime and outdoor crimes on consumer visits in the following month are negative, meaningful and strongly significant. This trust is essential for community programs, local governance, and collective efficacy.

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The Verge

MAY 4, 2021

But Shopify doesn’t really fit into the same category of laws as Twitter or Facebook or other social media platforms — so it has a different set of moderation challenges, and it’s worth thinking about whether the enterprise software that powers online stores should have to meet the same moderation standards as TikTok or YouTube.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 10, 2025

Solving a solvable issue That said, activists face new challenges. Funding for support work to end sexual and gender-based violence is at an all-time low, Burke said, while local rape crisis centers are at-risk of losing all of their federal funding. And theres a pertinent example right now that Burke, a New Yorker, weighed in on.

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Non Profit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Additionally, overreliance on technology can exclude individuals who depend on more traditional forms of communication, like in-person consultations or local media, which would limit such a campaigns reach and effectiveness. See, for example, Chukwuma Eruchalu et al., 2 (April 2021): 18386. 2 (May 2020): 133.

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The Verge

JULY 27, 2021

We cover Section 230 , which is the law that says internet platforms can moderate. Ted Cruz went to Harvard Law School. That said, if you’re the local NBC reporter in Milwaukee, he’s the elected United States senator, what do you do? You want to talk about a disruption that’s coming, we’ve seen it already in local print media.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

You’ll carve away Section 230, the law that says platforms aren’t liable for what users publish, you’ll do algorithmic transparency, you’ll make them audit every content moderation decision they make. Because it was always localized or territorial at some level with telecom, and that territorial perspective is being decimated right now.

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Ars Technica

MARCH 29, 2025

The growing scale and severity of this measles outbreak and the urgent need for more data to guide the response underscores why we need a fully staffed and functional CDC and more resources for state and local health departments, she said. Kennedys agency oversees the CDC and on Thursday announced it was poised to eliminate 2,400 jobs there.

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