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Fundraisers Taking Smaller Bite Of New York Donations

The NonProfit Times

Professional fundraising firms retained 17% of donations raised in New York State during 2023, the lowest amount during the past five years. According to data in the new “Pennies For Charity” report from New York Attorney General Letitia James, 581 fundraising campaigns brought in $1.23

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How to Successfully Fundraise Through Gaming in New York State

NonProfit PRO

To promote giving in New York state, some nonprofits turn to gaming and gambling, including events like casino nights or methods like raffles and roulette. As inflation rises and nonprofits seek to ramp up fundraising efforts to adjust to a volatile economy, many are turning to unique approaches to encourage charitable giving.

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The New York City Subway Is Using Google Pixels to Listen for Track Defects

Wired

New York City's transit authority is one of a few US systems experimenting with using sensors and AI to improve track inspections.

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The Anonymous YouTubers Street-Racing Through New York

Wired

Many more still speed through New York City and put it all on YouTube. In January, a 20-year-old man that police believe to be an internet-famous street racer known as Squeeze was sentenced to five years in prison for unrelated crimes.

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The New York Times wants OpenAI and Microsoft to pay for training data

TechCrunch

The New York Times is suing OpenAI and its close collaborator (and investor), Microsoft, for allegedly violating copyright law by training generative AI models on Times’ content.

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Housing market shift: Where home prices are starting to fall

Fast Company Tech

Among the 384 metro-area housing markets that the Freddie Mac House Price Index tracks dating back to 1975, these are the 10 metros that saw the biggest year-over-year home price increase in 2024: Kingston, New York: +13.5% Glens Falls, New York: +11.7% Binghamton, New York: +11.5% Syracuse, New York: +10.9%

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Customer Experience Lifts Service to the Stratosphere

.orgSource

These comments from McDonald’s CEO, Chris Kempczinski to New York Times journalist David Gelles describing how the pandemic would change the company’s business resonated with me on a couple of levels. “We