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Interfaith Assembly Blog · 1M ago

Wealthy Group Seeks to Reform Election Giving in New York

ALBANY — An unusual and well-heeled coalition, trying to tap public anger over the flood of money into politics, is pushing to enact a public financing system for elections in New York State. The backers include media moguls — Barry Diller and Chris Hughes, a founder of Facebook — as well as investm
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Interfaith Assembly Blog · 1M ago

Information for Advantage Recipients

For information on the cancellation of the Advantage Program and what to do next click the attachment below. One alternative is FEPS, you can find agencies that can help you file for FEPS listed by borough on page 4. Posted on Tuesday, April 10, 2012
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Interfaith Assembly Blog · 2M ago

Nazima's Story

– NAZIMA ALI –FOREWORD BY SUSAN C. GREENFIELD  In the spring of 2011, the Interfaith Assembly on Homelessness and Housing sponsored “Living Well,” its first Life Skills Program to assist women who had become homeless as a result of domestic abuse. As with all of the Assembly’s Life Skills Programs,
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Interfaith Assembly Blog · 3M ago

MLK, Faith and Fearlessness

"Too many of us are afraid of our light. I have heard countless times in my ministry that some people -- no matter their race -- feel unworthy of God, think they can't be used by God. Let us not be afraid of the liberating love-power at work within us. We are afraid to speak up, to stand in, to
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Interfaith Assembly Blog · 3M ago

It Is Good for the Soul

"Then all of a sudden the view in my eyes expanded and I took a look around me. That was the point for me when I realized I had recovered. I was no longer homeless. I had regained my strength back to being physically independent and I saw an overflow. Recovery is simply getting better, and that
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Interfaith Assembly Blog · 3M ago

Federal Panel Keeps Redistricting Suit In Place

... from NY Daily News: BY Ken Lovett A three-federal judge panel rejected state lawmakers’ effort to dismiss a redistricting lawsuit this afternoon.   The federal judge panel assigned the case to U.S. Magistrate Judge Roanne Mann to manage it for the three judges. A conference is expected to be
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Interfaith Assembly Blog · 3M ago

City Loses First Round in Legal Dispute Over Stricter Shelter Rules

from WNYC... A court ruled Tuesday that they city cannot move forward with its requirement for homeless single adults to prove they have no other place to go before being found eligible for shelter. According to the decision by State Supreme Court Judge Judith Gische, the city failed to follow
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Interfaith Assembly Blog · 3M ago

Open Letter to Mayor Bloomberg and Speaker Quinn

February 10, 2012   Mayor Michael Bloomberg City Hall New York, NY 10007   City Council Speaker Christine Quinn City Hall New York, NY 10007   Dear Mayor Bloomberg and Speaker Quinn, I write to you today as a New Yorker and a member of the city’s faith community, whose deeply held values call me to
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Interfaith Assembly Blog · 3M ago

Testimony Regarding New York Gerrymandering

Tenants Political Action Committee 277 Broadway, Suite 608 New York, New York 10007     New York State Legislative Task Force On Demographic Research and Reapportionment  February 2, 2012  Testimony of Michael McKee, Treasurer When I testified before this Task Force last September, I expressed a
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Interfaith Assembly Blog · 3M ago

The Church of the Village Community Meal Opens Its Doors

Trial Run and Benefit Luncheon - February 11 at 12pmCommunity Meal Grand Opening - February 18 at 12pm After almost two years, the Church of the Village will again open its doors to the community for regular sit down meals at no cost. Under the church program "Hope for our Neighbors in Need" ("HNN
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