NEW YORK, March 26 -- The International Rescue Committee issued the following news release: As Israel's indiscriminate bombardment of Gaza approaches six months, an Emergency Medical Team (EMT) with Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP), the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and the Palestine Children's Relief Fund (PCRF) report horrific scenes of patients dying from infections with evidence of serious malnutrition at the European Gaza Hospital (EGH) where they have been recently been treating   more

NEW YORK, March 28 -- The Global Justice Center issued the following news release on March 27, 2024: * * * More than 300 civil society groups and individuals today issued a joint statement urging United Nations member states to declare support for moving the Draft Articles on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes Against Humanity into treaty negotiations. Human rights organizations based in Africa, the Middle East, Asia, the Americas, and Europe -- as well as leading international law and hu  more

NEW YORK, March 29 (TNScapv) -- The National Multiple Sclerosis Society issued the following statement on March 28, 2024, with 34 organizations: * * * On behalf of patients with serious and chronic health concerns, our 35 groups welcome and celebrate the Biden Administration's new rule that will better protect patients from short-term, limited-duration health plans, a risky form of low-quality health coverage. In 2018, a federal rule change-- strongly opposed by our organizations--allowed for  more

NEW YORK, March 27 -- Access Now, an organization that says it defends and extends the rights of people and communities at risk, issued the following news release: Access Now welcomes the long-awaited Oversight Board's policy advisory opinion calling on Meta to end its blanket ban on use of the Arabic-language term "shaheed" when referring to individuals designated as dangerous, and demands that Meta adopt a more contextually nuanced and rights-respecting content policy. As the Board confirms,  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 [Category: Energy] -- The American Clean Power Association issued the following news release: March 27, 2024 -- The American Clean Power Association (ACP) released the following statement from Anne Reynolds, ACP Vice President for Offshore Wind, after Equinor, union leaders, and elected officials from New York announced a Project Labor Agreement (PLA) for the construction of the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal (SBMT), which will support and serve as a staging area for the Em  more

NEW YORK, March 27 -- The Anti-Defamation League issued the following news release on March 26, 2024: The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today wrote a letter to the University of Michigan President, Santa J. Ono, Ph.D., condemning two recent antisemitic incidents on University of Michigan's Ann Arbor campus. ADL is calling for immediate action to address violations of the student code of conduct and ensure that future University events can proceed without disruption. In the first incident on Fr  more

NEW YORK, March 26 -- The Toy Foundation, an arm of the Toy Association, issued the following news release: Adventure Media & Events has partnered with The Toy Foundation(TM) (TTF) to be the Social Responsibility Partner for its 2024 Toy Insider events held in New York City, including the recent Spring Fling and upcoming Sweet Suite and Holiday of Play. This partnership gives all event sponsors the opportunity to donate their toys and other playthings to TTF's Toy BankSM to deliver the comfort,  more

NEW YORK, March 29 -- The American Jewish Committee issued the following news release on March 28, 2024: American Jewish Committee (AJC) and Hillel International today announced that they are expanding their partnership to deepen the organizations' critical work with college and university presidents and administrators to combat rising antisemitism on campus. As organizations with decades of experience countering antisemitism on campus and strengthening Jewish life, this partnership is a vital  more

NEW YORK, March 27 -- The American Jewish Committee issued the following news release on March 26, 2024: American Jewish Committee (AJC) announced today a grant awarded to Tevel B'Tzedek (Tevel), an Israeli NGO dedicated to tackling extreme poverty in subsistence farming villages throughout sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. This funding will bolster Tevel's efforts to deliver aid to the people of Zambia. Following a deadly cholera outbreak, the African nation recently declared a national emerg  more

NEW YORK, March 26 -- The American Jewish Committee issued the following statement on March 25, 2024: * * * It is outrageous that the resolution adopted today by the United Nations Security Council - by a vote of 14-0, with the United States abstaining - demands "an immediate ceasefire for the month of Ramadan" without unequivocally linking that action to its further demand for "the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages," and, unforgivably, fails to condemn Hamas' brutal terroris  more

NEW YORK, March 30 -- The American Musicological Society issued the following news: The AMS is pleased to announce that it has awarded this year's recipient of the Early Music Program Fund (EMPF), which supports educational or field-building programming for researchers studying music in the period before c. 1600. Application is restricted to AMS-affiliated committees, chapters, and study groups. The recipient of this year's EMPF grant is the AMS Skills and Resources for Early Musics Study Gr  more

NEW YORK, March 30 (TNSres) -- The American Musicological Society issued the following news: The American Musicological Society is pleased to announce that Alyssa Cottle has received the Society's 2023 Paul A. Pisk Prize. We congratulate and thank her for her extraordinary work. In its award decision, the Paul A. Pisk Prize Committee notes: "Alyssa Cottle unearths fresh archival materials that show that during Chile's short-lived Marxist government in the early 1970s, productions of standard   more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Americans for the Arts issued the following news: The Americans for the Arts' Board of Directors announces the organization's next phase of transformation as it focuses on its service to the arts and culture sector. A CEO selection committee has been formed to commence a national search to find a successor to the current President & CEO, Nolen Bivens. Americans for the Arts board members Torrie Allen, President and CEO, Arts Midwest, and Kristina Newman-Scott, Inaugural   more

NEW YORK, March 28 -- Action Against Hunger issued the following news release on March 27, 2024: The escalating conflict in the province of North Kivu in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is pushing hundreds of thousands of people at imminent risk of a severe hunger crisis. Action Against Hunger urges United Nations Security Council members gathering today to ensure that the hunger crisis will not worsen and put more lives at risk. The organization calls for the UN Security Council  more

NEW YORK, March 28 (TNSres) -- The Association for Computing Machinery issued the following news release: ACM, the Association for Computing machinery, and IMS, the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, have announced the publication of the first issues of the ACM/IMS Journal of Data Science (JDS), a new peer-reviewed publication. The scope of the journal is multi-disciplinary and broad, spanning statistics, machine learning, computer systems, and the societal implications of data science. JDS   more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following CAIR In the News wrap up on March 27, 2024: * * * CAIR-NY: Protesters interrupt Rockland State of the County address to call for ceasefire in Gaza (https://www.wamc.org/news/2024-03-27/protesters-interrupt-rockland-state-of-the-county-address-to-call-for-ceasefire-in-gaza) In a statement, the New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations echoed the sentiments of Tuesday's protesters, adding   more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release on March 26, 2024: The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today echoed the demands of local community organizers that protested Rockland County Executive Ed Day's 2024 State of the County Address in Pomona. Organizers from Rockland for Palestine and Rockland for Ceasefire came together to pr  more

ALBANY, New York, March 28 (TNSres) -- The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network issued the following news release on March 27, 2024: * * * ADVOCATES WEIGH IN ON ISSUES, BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR ANGELA PADMORE SHARES HER EXPERIENCE WITH MEDICAL DEBT * * * Earlier today, elected officials stood alongside cancer survivors, patient advocates and public health leaders to highlight opportunities in the 2024-25 FY budget aimed at helping more New Yorkers prevent cancer, detect it early and a  more

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- The Center for American Progress issued the following news release: As legislation on voting rights awaits action in Congress, a growing number of states are passing their own laws to prevent voter intimidation and election interference, making it easier for Americans to exercise their right to vote. A new issue brief from the Center for American Progress highlights voting rights laws recently approved in half a dozen states: California, Connecticut, New York, Oregon, Vi  more

NEW YORK, March 29 -- The Center for Employment Opportunities issued the following news release: The work we do at the Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) is focused on helping people leaving incarceration to access jobs and careers. We celebrate diversity and build on every person's strengths to help them reach their goals and access their full human potential; this unequivocally includes our transgender and gender-nonconforming staff, participants, and partners. In May 2023, we convene  more

NEW YORK, March 18 -- AmfAR-the Foundation for AIDS Research issued the following news release: amfAR's 30th edition of its Cannes gala will include a special musical moment with Cher, the legendary pop icon and Oscar, Grammy, and Emmy award-winning superstar. amfAR Gala Cannes will be held during the Cannes Film Festival on Thursday, May 23, 2024. "I have such wonderful memories of being invited to host one of the first amfAR events in Cannes by my friend Elizabeth Taylor. I am extremely pro  more

COLD SPRING HARBOR, New York, March 29 -- The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory issued the following commentary on March 28, 2024: * * * Inside Jones Laboratory By Nick Wurm, Communications Specialist Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) is home to one of the country's oldest science labs-and we can thank the whales for that. Over 130 years ago, John D. Jones donated land formerly occupied by his family's whaling company to the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. In 1890, the Institute fou  more

COLD SPRING HARBOR, New York, March 26 (TNSres) -- The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory issued the following news: Farmers have been playing with plant genomics since before the world knew what genes were. Does one strawberry plant produce sweeter fruits? Encourage its growth over less tasty crops. Voila! Your strawberry crop is now yummier than ever. Since the turn of the 21st century, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) breakthroughs have helped revolutionize the world of plant genomics. As a   more

MOUNDRIDGE, Kansas, March 27 -- The Combat Antisemitism Movement issued the following news on March 26, 2024: On Monday in New York City, Empower Women Media hosted the Abrahamic Panels at United Nations Plaza, bringing together dozens of community members for an afternoon program featuring short films, expert presentations, discussion groups, and networking opportunities. Empower Women Media, led by Executive Director Shirin Taber, is a non-profit NGO launched in 2015 to foster female engagem  more

NEW YORK, March 26 -- The Counter Extremism Project issued the following news release: The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists and terrorist groups on the Internet to spread propaganda and incite violence. Last week, CEP researchers located propaganda issued by the pro-ISIS-K Al-Azaim Media Group as well as posts on pro-ISIS Telegram channels celebrating the March 22 terror attack in Moscow and calling for additional attacks. CEP also located online  more

BERLIN, Germany, March 22 (TNSres) -- The Counter Extremism Project issued the following news release: (Berlin, D.E. / New York, N.Y.) - On the evening of March 22, a large-scale terror attack occurred in Moscow, reportedly killing 40 individuals and injuring at least 100. ISIS via its propaganda outlet Amaq News Agency claimed responsibility for the attack. With this attack, ISIS has demonstrated again that it remains a dangerous global terrorist network. Since the October 7 attack by Hamas a  more

NEW YORK, March 26 -- The Committee to Protect Journalists issued the following news release: Israel is utilizing administrative detention to detain a record number of Palestinian journalists without charge during the Israel-Gaza war, according to an urgent appeal submitted by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention on March 25, 2024. The submission calls on the Working Group to investigate the cases of journalists Moath Amarneh, Mo  more

NEW YORK, March 27 -- Democrats for Education Reform issued the following statement on March 25, 2024: * * * Today, DFER CEO Jorge Elorza released the following statement in response to the House passing the federal education spending bill. "The Congressional FY24 spending bill represents a significant win for students by averting the drastic cuts to crucial education programs initially proposed by Republicans. We applaud House and Senate Democrats' efforts to safeguard students' rights to a   more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Americans for the Arts issued the following news: Nolen Bivens, President and CEO of Americans for the Arts (AFTA), announces that its Board of Directors has unanimously elected longtime arts advocate and Board member Edgar L. Smith, Jr. as its next Chair. Smith assumes this new role, having served as a Vice Chair for five years and as former Chairman of the Executive Board of the Business Committee for the Arts (BCA) in New York, a division of AFTA. "We are so pleased   more

NEW YORK, March 27 -- U.S. Tour Operators Association issued the following news release on March 26, 2024: Terry Dale, president and CEO of the United States Tour Operators Association (USTOA) announced today that Elite Voyages has joined USTOA as its newest Active Member. This brings the current total to 50 Active Members representing 145 brands. "There's no denying the growing demand for personalized trips that are tailored to the interests and preferences of luxury travelers," said Dale. "E  more

ALBANY, New York, March 29 -- Empire Center, a non-profit think tank, issued the following news release on March 28, 2024: New York's two teacher pension systems last year had 25 retirees eligible to collect pensions of more than $300,000, according to data posted today on SeeThroughNY, the Empire Center's government transparency website. The largest pension went to Leticia Calderon, a 2010 New York City Department of Education (NYC DOE) retiree who collected $520,398. Among the other $300,000  more

NEW YORK, March 30 -- The Environmental Defense Fund issued the following statement on March 29, 2024, by Executive Director Amanda Leland: * * * "Today the Environmental Protection Agency took another key step in our journey toward a future with less traffic pollution - a future that will deliver cleaner air for our children, healthier communities, and a safer climate. "The EPA finalized climate pollution standards for new heavy-duty vehicles like freight trucks, garbage trucks, and school b  more

NEW YORK, March 29 -- The Environmental Defense Fund issued the following statement on March 28, 2024: * ** "Joe Lieberman was fighting for climate action two decades ago, when it was barely on the national agenda. In 2003, he and John McCain forced a vote in the Senate on their bipartisan climate solutions bill - giving us a chance to deal with this issue before it became the crisis we face today. His strong, practical voice on environmental issues will be missed." - Fred Krupp, president   more

NEW YORK, March 26 -- The Mobile Marketing Association issued the following news release: MMA Global is excited to announce that Giovanni Romero is joining MMA Global as the new CEO of MMA EMEA. With a remarkable marketing career spanning over two decades, Romero brings an extensive management consultancy, marketing, and private equity advisory background from prestigious firms such as McKinsey & Co. and WPP's Mindshare. His expertise covers a broad spectrum of marketing domains, including stra  more

NEW YORK, March 29 -- The Global Justice Center issued the following news release: The Global Justice Center, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and Ipas -- in partnership with Foley Hoag LLP -- today filed an amicus brief (https://www.globaljusticecenter.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Amicus-Brief_Idaho-v-United-States.pdf) in Idaho vs. United States, the United States Supreme Court case considering the enforcement of Idaho's near-total abortion ban. The brief argues that Idaho's abor  more

NEW YORK, March 26 -- The Guttmacher Institute, a research and policy organization that says it is committed to advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights worldwide, issued the following statement on March 25, 2024: * * * "The oral arguments in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA are an urgent reminder that the Supreme Court could radically reshape the US abortion access landscape yet again. It's not even been two years since Roe v. Wade was overturned, and Guttmacher's new findi  more

NEW YORK, March 29 -- Physicians for Human Rights issued the following news release: In amicus curiae brief filed in Idaho v. United States, PHR documents how Idaho's abortion ban dangerously overrides U.S. government protections in the Emergency Medical Treatment & Labor Act (EMTALA), fueling a health and human rights crisis for patients and physicians An Idaho state law ("The Idaho Act") that bans pregnancy termination except to prevent the death of a pregnant patient is "demonstrably in con  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, March 27 -- The Institute for Justice issued the following news release on March 26, 2024: Yesterday, the United States Supreme Court declined to hear a First Amendment case brought by a Virginia-based counselor challenging New York's restrictions on teletherapy across state lines. In 2021, Elizabeth Brokamp teamed up with the Institute for Justice (IJ) to file the lawsuit, after one of her clients moved from Virginia to New York. "We're disappointed the Supreme Court decl  more

NEW YORK, March 27 (TNSres) -- The International Rescue Committee issued the following news release: The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is thrilled to announce the launch of Virtual Reception and Placement (VR&P). This groundbreaking initiative offers a virtual alternative to the traditional, in-person Reception and Placement (R&P) program. VR&P seeks to alleviate capacity constraints on local resettlement offices and simultaneously expand the U.S.'s ability to welcome refugees. Currently  more

NEW YORK, March 26 -- The International Rescue Committee issued the following news release on March 25, 2024: The adoption of Resolution 2728 by the Security Council today, demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza for the duration of Ramadan and the unconditional release of hostages is an important step after too many failed votes. A ceasefire is the only way to ensure civilians are protected and is central to enabling the scale up of humanitarian assistance to safely reach those in desperate n  more

NEW YORK, March 27 -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued the following news release: Following Irene Aldana's electrifying win at UFC 296, the women's bantamweight fighter stars in a new PETA video (https://www.peta.org/blog/irene-aldana/), going toe-to-toe against the deadly dangers cats face when allowed to roam outdoors and urging everyone to go into full guard for their feline companions by keeping them safe indoors. "When I step out of the Octagon, my fight ends. But when   more

NEW YORK, March 26 (TNSres) -- The Local Initiatives Support Corp. issued the following news release: Next month, LISC and Enterprise Community Partners will release "What's Possible: Investing NOW for Prosperous, Sustainable Neighborhoods (https://whatspossiblebook.org/)," an urgent collection of essays on the intersection of community development and climate resilience. The book, which will be available online and in print and was made possible by support from Wells Fargo, features 30 leadin  more

NEW YORK, March 30 -- Make-A-Wish Foundation of America issued the following news release on March 28, 2024: The wishes that Make-A-Wish grants wouldn't be possible without the support of countless "WishMakers" such as donors, volunteers, corporate partners, community advocates and more. "WishMakers" - a term for anyone who steps up to take action for wish kids - are everywhere, but more "WishMakers" are needed in order for Make-A-Wish to achieve its lofty goal to bring the life-changing impact  more

NEW YORK, March 25 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary to Bloomberg Opinion: * * * Investors Can't Always Trust the Data, and That's OK By Allison Schrager The spread of analytics has been good for almost everyone, but it's more important than ever to separate the signal from the noise. I was attracted to finance because it promised some order amid chaos. Here was this market, with billions of transactions a day -- and yet it managed to set a price for   more

NEW YORK, March 28 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary to Bloomberg Opinion: * * * What Are the Odds of Enjoying March Madness Now? By Allison Schrager - Even as many state and federal regulations discourage productive risk-taking, America is making it easier to bet on sports. Like many Americans, I love March Madness. I still consider the night of March 22, 1990, when my local college team won one of the greatest victories in NCAA basketball tournamen  more

NEW YORK, March 28 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary to the Institute for Family Studies on March 26, 2024: * * * Smaller Families, Homeless Seniors By Stephen Eide The share of Americans above age 65 is projected to grow in coming years, outpacing overall population growth by almost 20 percentage points by 2030. Some predict that a crisis in senior homelessness looms. Senior homelessness has, traditionally, not been much of a concern for government b  more

NEW YORK, March 25 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary to the National Review Online: * * * Biden's Housing Plan Will Backfire By Judge Glock The White House proposes to increase demand for housing and add more obstacles to its supply: a recipe for failure. The Biden administration often seems to forget some of the basic principles of economics. In Biden's world, the market is no longer a place where supply and demand meet. It is a strange morality play  more

NEW YORK, March 22 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary to the New York Post: * * * DEI Math-Ed Prof Who Helped Get Algebra Banned in 'Frisco Is Accused of Faulty Research By Wai Wah Chin Stanford math-ed prof Jo Boaler's DEI racket may finally be coming to an end: On Wednesday, a 100-page complaint was filed against her, citing 52 instances of misrepresentation in her research citations. Boaler, who hauls in a stunning $5,000 an hour for Zoom consultatio  more

NEW YORK, March 28 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary to the New York Post on March 26, 2024: * * * Enough Talk, Mr. Mayor -- You Must Act to Stop Shocking Subway Crime By Nicole Gelinas Enough Talk, Mr. Mayor -- You Must Act to Stop Shocking Subway Crime Yet again, a commuter walks down the subway steps and is carried up in a body bag. For Mayor Adams, every day is Groundhog Day in the subways. Two years and nearly three months ago, he started his te  more

NEW YORK, March 24 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary to the New York Post: * * * Mayor Adams' Administration Is Gaslighting NYC on Violent Subway Crime By Nicole Gelinas After every violent subway crime, the New York Times tells us not to worry: Subway violence is "perception," not reality. The Adams administration has joined the gaslighting, with officials promising us last month that things were getting better; we just didn't know it yet and had to t  more

NEW YORK, March 23 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary to the New York Post: * * * The Supreme Court Has Banned Affirmative Action - Congress Must Follow By Dan Morenoff Critics have feared that the Supreme Court's refusal to take up Coalition for TJ v. Fairfax County School Board -- in which clear evidence showed the county to have intentionally reduced Asian enrollment at Thomas Jefferson HS -- will allow schools and colleges to continue to pursue unco  more

NEW YORK, March 25 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary to Quillette: * * * Academia versus Civilization By Tal Fortgang and Jonathan Deluty - The antisemitism of campus leftism may be incidental. The barbarism is the point. Not one week after the October 7 massacres, as America's most prestigious institutions revealed themselves to be thoroughly embedded with pro-Hamas revolutionaries, we wrote: "Campus administrators should consider making significant c  more

NEW YORK, March 25 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary to the Wall Street Journal: * * * Buy American, Build Nothing By Judge Glock - The infrastructure law of 2021 makes it hard to build anything. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law of 2021 is reshaping how America builds--but not in the way its supporters hoped. Few big projects have been completed, and one little-noted aspect of the law, expanding mandates to use American-made products, has confused fed  more

NEW YORK, March 21 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary to Washington Examiner: * * * Why Uber Won By Robert VerBruggen Uber is a fact of urban life today. But not too long ago, summoning a cab through a smartphone app was a newfangled concept that threatened the status quo of tightly regulated, uncompetitive, unreliable, and often corrupt local cab sectors throughout the country. In Disrupting D.C., Katie J. Wells, Kafui Attoh, and Declan Cullen take us  more

NEW YORK, March 29 -- The National Action Network issued the following news release on March 28, 2024: Rev. Al Sharpton, Founder and President of the National Action Network (NAN), today announced Emmy Award-nominated actor Anthony Anderson will return as host of the Keepers of the Dream Awards - the headline event of the NAN Annual Convention - held on Wednesday, April 10th. Every year, Rev. Sharpton and NAN recognize leaders in culture, entertainment, sports, business, health, and other fiel  more

NEW YORK, March 28 -- Girl Scouts of the USA issued the following announcement on March 27, 2024: Major League Baseball and Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) today announced the launch of a new partnership, starting with a program for new Girl Scout Daisy troops emphasizing fun and friendship, while encouraging girls to play baseball and softball through MLB's broader PLAY BALL initiative (PlayBall.org). MLB will provide 2,500 customized Girl Scout Daisy PLAY BALL kits to approximately 13,000 part  more

NEW YORK, March 29 -- The Wildlife Conservation Society issued the following news release: Monica Medina will step down from her role as President and CEO of the Wildlife Conservation Society based in New York City, effective April 2, 2024, and will continue to serve as Special Advisor to the Board of Trustees through June 1, 2024, as a search begins for her successor. "On behalf of the Board, I want to thank Monica for her leadership and dedication to our conservation efforts around the world  more

NEW YORK, March 29 -- The Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center issued the following news release: Vittoria Bocchi, Melissa Yao, Julia Brunner, and Tzippora Chwat-Edelstein Awarded 2024 Kravis WiSE Fellowships 2024 Marie-Josee Kravis Women in Science Endeavor (WiSE) fellowship winnersVittoria Bocchi, PhD, postdoctoral fellow, Julia Brunner, PhD, postdoctoral fellow, Melissa Yao, MS, graduate student, and Tzippora Chwat-Edelstein, BS, graduate student, were recipients of the 2024 Marie-Josee K  more

NEW YORK, March 26 -- New York Civil Liberties Union issued the following news release: In response to a subpoena from the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce into the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys' (ALAA UAW Local 2325) adoption of a Pro-Palestinian resolution, the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) and Levy Ratner sent a legal response (https://www.nyclu.org/sites/default/files/final_legal_response_to_alaa_subpoena_with_nyclu_lr_letterhead_pdfa.pdf) to the Committee,   more

NEW YORK, March 27 -- New York Civil Liberties Union issued the following news release on March 26, 2024: Today, the New York Civil Liberties Union reached a settlement in its class action lawsuit in the Northern District of New York over Jefferson County's discriminatory and life-endangering policy of denying treatment to people with opioid use disorder in the County's custody. Opioid use disorder is a serious and chronic medical condition for which medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD),   more

RENSSELAER, New York, March 26 -- The New York Independent System Operator issued the following news release on March 25, 2024: The New York Independent System Operator today reported that New York recently set new records for hourly wind and solar generation. Wind power facilities generated 2,176 megawatts during the 1p.m. hour on Saturday, March 9 and served 12 percent of system load. Behind-the-meter and front-of-the-meter solar resources generated 3,832 megawatts during the 12 p.m. hour o  more

RENSSELAER, New York, March 29 (TNSres) -- The New York Independent System Operator issued the following news release: The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) has released a policy brief, How Competitive Electricity Markets Power New York State's Clean Energy Goals. The paper discusses the power of competitive wholesale electricity markets to attract investment in cutting-edge renewable resources while maintaining system reliability. The NYISO is the independent, not-for-profit adminis  more

ALBANY, New York, March 28 -- The New York State Bar Association issued the following news release: The New York State Bar Association will present Kristen Popham, a champion of women and disability rights, with the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Memorial Scholarship during its House of Delegates meeting April 6 in Albany. Popham is a second-year student at Columbia Law School. She ranks in the top 2% of her class, serves as podcast editor of the Columbia Law Review, and is the founder and president of t  more

NEW YORK, March 28 -- The National Association of City Transportation Officials issued the following news release on March 27, 2024: The Board of the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) today announced the appointment of Ryan Russo as its next Executive Director, bringing visionary leadership, transformative policy experience, and innovative design excellence to one of the country's most influential organizations that reimagines transportation in cities. Russo is a hig  more

NEW YORK, March 27 -- The Local Initiatives Support Corp. issued the following news release: The Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) has named Nadia Villagran, a long-time rural development leader, to helm Rural LISC, a national program that has invested more than $2.75 billion in the well-being of thousands of rural communities. Villagran joined Rural LISC in 2017 and has since managed a range of programs and operations, including fund development, strategic partnerships and communic  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 (TNSres) -- The National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Educational Fund issued the following news release on March 27, 2024: The National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund today released its 2024 New York Latino Voter Profile, offering a comprehensive analysis of the Latino electorate in New York. The profile examines several political factors shaping the state's Latino vote ahead of the New York Presiden  more

NEW YORK, March 28 -- The Environmental Defense Fund issued the following news release on March 27, 2024: In response to the Biden administration releasing its final U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) methane waste rule, Environmental Defense Fund, The Wilderness Society, Earthjustice, Western Environmental Law Center, and Western Organization of Resource Councils released the following statements today. The final rules released today take steps to reduce waste from routine venting and flari  more

NEW YORK, March 29 (TNSres) -- The National Multiple Sclerosis Society issued the following news: A study recently reported at a medical meeting/* suggested that people with MS who get COVID-19 are more likely to be hospitalized than people in the general population and are also more likely to die from COVID. The study looked at medical records in the United Kingdom to see who was hospitalized for a COVID-19 infection during the Omicron wave in 2022. The findings in the study are difficult to  more

NEW YORK, March 28 (TNSres) -- The National Multiple Sclerosis Society issued the following news: Researchers consulted medical records from the French MS Registry to observe disease activity outcomes in people with MS who were 50 or older who had stopped taking highly effective* disease modifying therapies (DMTs) compared to matched individuals who continued on their highly effective therapies. They found that those on two particular therapies were more likely to experience new relapses after   more

ALBANY, New York, March 27 -- The National Wildlife Federation issued the following news release: Proposed budgets for the 2024 to 2025 fiscal year neglect vital P-12 climate education funding, failing the state's 2.5 million students. However, the $246 billion budget, due April 1, could still include funding for this critical topic. In September 2023, the Climate & Resilience Education Task Force (CRETF) proposed a $20 million allocation to the governor and key legislators. This amount pales   more

NEW YORK, March 27 (TNSres) -- The Interactive Advertising Bureau issued the following news on March 26, 2024: Amidst the booming growth of the gaming market, a pioneering study released today during IAB PlayFronts, Changing the Game: How Games Advertising Powers Performance, explores the impact of games advertising. This first-of-its-kind analysis of brands and media agencies quantifies the success, reach, and effectiveness of games advertising, shedding light on why it is a crucial component   more

DALLAS, Texas, March 25 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Heart Association issued the following news release: NEW YORK, March 25, 2024 - Business closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic have reduced support services available to New Yorkers in relation to public health consequences including food insecurity, housing instability and financial stress[1]. The conditions in which we live explain in part why some people are healthier than others[2]. The American Heart Association, which is mar  more

NEW YORK, March 27 -- The National Minority Supplier Development Council issued the following news release: NMSDC CEO and President Ying McGuire was recently named one of Nonprofit HR's Social Impact Women to Watch in 2024. During Women's History Month, Nonprofit HR proudly recognizes women across North America who have made significant contributions to nonprofits, associations, foundations, social enterprises, and the communities they serve. This year, they called on their expanded community t  more

NEW YORK, March 29 -- New York Civil Liberties Union issued the following statement on March 28, 2024: * * * Mayor Adams and the NYPD today announced the June deployment of AI-equipped scanners to detect guns in the subway system. In response, New York Civil Liberties Union Executive Director Donna Lieberman issued the following statement: "The Mayor likened today's subway scanner announcement to the moon landing, but more accurately he's jumping the shark. Gun violence is a critical safety   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 26 -- Oxfam America issued the following statement on March 25, 2024: * * * In response to the UN Security Council's call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, Oxfam's UN Representative and Head of New York Office Brenda Mofya said: "We welcome the Security Council's adoption of a ceasefire resolution so Palestinians in Gaza can have much-needed respite from the relentless and devastating Israeli violence and critical aid can reach them. However, this resolution, wh  more

NEW YORK, March 27 -- Physicians for Reproductive Health issued the following statement on March 26, 2024, by President and CEO Jamila Perritt: * * * Today, the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments in Food and Drug Administration v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine and Danco Laboratories v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, which could threaten access to mifepristone, one of the medications used in medication abortion care. Dr. Jamila Perritt, President & CEO of Physician  more

NEW YORK, March 29 -- The Local Initiatives Support Corp. issued the following news release: PNC Bank has invested $20 million in the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) to expand the organization's efforts to boost economic opportunity and growth in thousands of rural counties as well as across 38 metro areas in the United States. PNC Bank's funding includes both a 10-year, $10 million Equity Equivalent (EQ2) investment as well as a more flexible $10 million three-year term loan. EQ2  more

NEW YORK, March 29 -- Physicians for Reproductive Health issued the following statement on March 28, 2024: * * * This morning, Physicians for Reproductive Health, represented by Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, filed an amicus brief to the Supreme Court of the United States detailing how abortion restrictions, including Idaho's extreme abortion ban, can conflict with physicians' responsibilities under the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA). PRH CEO & Presi  more

NEW YORK, March 27 -- The National Action Network issued the following news release: Rev. Al Sharpton, Founder and President of the National Action Network (NAN), will welcome Attorney Ben Crump to moderate the Turning Grief into Action at the 2024 NAN Annual Convention in New York City on Wednesday, April 10th, as one of the first major discussions at the gathering. Crump, whom Rev. Sharpton has called the Attorney General for Black America, will be joined by the relatives of Black Americans u  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights issued the following news release on March 26, 2024: Yesterday, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and the Haitian Bridge Alliance filed a gubernatorial pardon application on behalf of Paul Pierrilus, a financial consultant from New York. The organizations are asking Governor Kathy Hochul to facilitate Pierrilus' immediate return to New York following his sudden deportation to Haiti in 2021 - a country he had never stepped foot in. Three y  more

NEW YORK, March 29 (TNSres) -- Roosevelt Institute, an organization that focuses on corporate and public power, labor and wages and the economics of race and gender inequality, issued the following news release: * * * Analysis finds fast-food companies can pay new CA minimum wage without increasing consumer prices or reducing employment. * * * Ahead of California's new fast-food minimum wage of $20 per hour set to go into effect on Monday, April 1, new analysis from the Roosevelt Institute o  more

NEW YORK, March 29 -- The Surveillance Technology Oversight Project issued the following news release on March 28, 2024: Today, the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.), a New York-based privacy and civil rights group, condemns Mayor Eric Adams for proposing deployment of the scandal-plagued gun technology vendor Evolv in the New York City Subway. Evolv has faced growing scrutiny and litigation in recent months, including investigations from the Federal Trade Commission, Securit  more

NEW YORK, March 28 -- The Surveillance Technology Oversight Project issued the following news release on March 27, 2024: Today, the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.), a New York-based privacy and civil rights group, condemns New York State's funding of a facial recognition pilot program at New York City bodegas. Using $1 million in state funding, the program will install facial recognition cameras in bodegas across Upper Manhattan and the Bronx. The software will scan everyon  more

NEW YORK, March 29 -- Sharsheret, an organization that says it supports Jewish women and families facing breast and ovarian cancer, issued the following news release on March 28, 2024: Sharsheret, the only national not-for-profit organization dedicated to addressing the needs of women and families of all Jewish backgrounds facing breast cancer and ovarian cancer, is launching a Corporate Membership for industry partners. Participation in this program will afford industry partners unique insight  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on March 27, 2024: Yesterday, the Biden Administration and the Department of Interior (DOI) announced the approval of the nation's seventh commercial-scale offshore wind project, Sunrise Wind. Sunrise Wind, which is expected to be operational in 2026, will be built off the coast of New York, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts, and will power more than 320,000 homes per year. Late last month, the New York State Energy Researc  more

NEW YORK, March 29 (TNSres) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on March 28, 2024: * * * World's Second Largest Fossil Fuel Banker Reveals Most Oil & Gas Clients Not Aligned With Net-Zero * * * Today, Citi published its latest annual climate-related disclosures report, which reveals for the first time how it is assessing the transition plans of high-emitting clients, and reports the emissions resulting from its capital markets underwriting activities in high-emitting sectors  more

NEW YORK, March 27 -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued the following news release: And the Pony goes to ... Water for Elephants. As the musical's Broadway run commences, PETA is awarding the production team with its second-ever Pony Award--the organization's play on a Tony, honoring the most animal-friendly theater productions--for creating lifelike puppets and special effects to portray an entire cast of animal characters, including not only Rosie the elephant but also a dog,  more

ALBANY, New York, March 29 -- Susan G. Komen, an organization that says it addresses breast cancer on fronts such as research, community health, global outreach and public policy initiatives, issued the following statement on March 28, 2024: * * * Susan G. Komen, the world's leading breast cancer organization commends the State Assembly's proposed funding increase of $2.5 million for the Cancer Services Program (CSP) in the FY2025 Budget. "Without access to early detection programs, many peop  more

NEW YORK, March 26 -- The Carnegie Corporation of New York issued the following news release: Today, Carnegie Corporation of New York announced the winners of a new initiative to support outstanding local partnerships that educate youth, bolster the workforce, and demonstrate the power of working together. Profiles in Collective Leadership provides $200,000 grants for nonpartisan collaborations that serve as education and economic bridges in a range of communities across the country. The colla  more

NEW YORK, March 29 -- The American Kennel Club issued the following news release: The top Agility dogs in the nation were crowned from an overall combined entry of 1,330 competitors at the AKC National Agility Championship presented by YuMOVE. The high energy competition was held March 14-17 at the Georgia National Fairgrounds & Agricenter in Perry, GA. "We had a stellar competition this year," said Carrie DeYoung, Director of Agility. "The canine athlete and handler teams showed up and did no  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 26 -- The Buckeye Institute, an independent research and educational institution that says its mission is to advance free-market public policy, issued the following news release on March 25, 2024: On Monday, The Buckeye Institute filed an amicus brief in Antonyuk v. James (previously Christian v. Nigrelli) on behalf of Project 21, a national network of black political, civic, and business leaders. In its brief, The Buckeye Institute calls on the U.S. Supreme Court to hear   more

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- The ERISA Industry Committee issued the following news release: The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) this week joined a coalition amicus brief (https://www.eric.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Vellali-v.-Yale-CA2-Amicus-Brief-Corrected.pdf) filed in Vellali v. Yale University, pending before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. The coalition brief argues that under the burden-shifting framework the Second Circuit recently embraced in Sacerdote v. New York Univ  more

NEW YORK, March 26 -- The New York Public Library issued the following news release: The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center highlights the theater photography of Joan Marcus and Carol Rosegg in a new exhibition, opening May 1 through September 28, 2024. The show, entitled Photo Call: The Theater Photos of Joan Marcus and Carol Rosegg, features photography from the archives of the two prolific photographers that are part of the Billy Rose Theatre Division at the L  more

NEW YORK, March 27 -- The U.S. Fund for UNICEF issued the following news release on March 26, 2024: The alarming surge in armed violence in areas of Haiti are creating heightened risk of furthering a malnutrition crisis in the country, UNICEF warned today. The recent findings from the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis indicate an alarming 19 per cent increase in the number of children estimated to suffer from severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in Haiti this year. In add  more

NEW YORK, March 27 -- The U.S. Fund for UNICEF issued the following news release: Nine years into the conflict in Yemen, almost 10 million children remain in urgent need of humanitarian assistance. While the reduction in active conflict since April 2022 has led to a decrease in civilian casualties and distress across communities, the situation remains fragile without a sustainable political settlement - especially critical at a time when more than half of the population - 18.2 million people,   more

NEW YORK, March 27 -- The U.S. Fund for UNICEF issued the following news release: As a prolonged heatwave and drought grip several countries in Eastern and Southern Africa, UNICEF is sounding the alarm on the dire situation faced by vulnerable communities who are bearing the brunt of climate change. In the region, 45 million children are living through multiple and often overlapping crises intensified by climate change, including cholera outbreaks, malnutrition, drought and floods. The 2023-24  more

NEW YORK, March 29 -- United Against Nuclear Iran issued the following statement on March 28, 2024: * * * Ambassador Mark D. Wallace released the following statement on the passing of Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, who served as UANI Chairman and CEP Advisory Board Member. "I am terribly sad. Throughout my professional and personal life, whenever I was unsure of what to say or think, my friend, the Senator, was always there. He had a unique gift for finding the right words to match any feeling   more

POUGHKEEPSIE, New York, March 25 -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued the following news release: Mouse-shaped vegan chocolates are on the way from PETA to Adams Fairacre Farms in thanks for banning the sale of abhorrent and dangerous glue traps at all its stores. The move follows a push from PETA informing the Hudson Valley-based retailer that the trays coated with a sticky adhesive inflict prolonged suffering on animals. "By banning glue traps, Adams Fairacre Farms is sparin  more

NEW YORK, March 19 (TNSres) -- The Vilcek Foundation issued the following news: Born in Gdansk, Poland, Tomasz Nowakowski was inspired from an early age by 17th-century Polish astronomer Johannes Hevelius, who drew the first map of the moon's surface. "Growing up, I was naturally fascinated by the stars and cosmos, and the universe," he says. "When I learned about particle physics, I became fascinated by the fact that all of the universe around us could be explained by a set of elementary build  more

NEW YORK, March 30 -- Waterkeeper Alliance issued the following news release: To engage new audiences and generate conversations that lead to action, Waterkeeper Alliance has launched a new podcast, Equity In Every Drop. Compelling episodes feature diverse voices and expert insights to bring listeners closer to the global movement for clean water, environmental equity, and environmental justice. From the crystal-clear waters of The Bahamas to the vibrant landscapes of Senegal and the environme  more

NEW YORK, March 27 -- The U.S. Fund for UNICEF issued the following news release: The Horn of Africa is experiencing extreme weather conditions worsened by climate change, including most recently, heavy flooding and a devastating drought that impacted nearly 37 million people, including 20 million children."[1] To meet urgent water and sanitation needs, UNICEF and Xylem (NYSE: XYL) are partnering to deliver solutions to severely affected communities in Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan and Uganda. Clim  more