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PHILANTHROPY
Mike Bloomberg featured in Contribute Magazine

New York City's philanthropist mayor talks about why he gives and what's up with his new foundation.

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EDUCATION
Mayor Bloomberg And Chancellor Klein Release First Annual 'Arts In Schools' Report, A School-By-School Analysis Of Arts Instruction In New York City

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein today released the first Annual Arts in Schools Report, which provides the most comprehensive analysis of arts education in New York City public schools ever produced.... continue

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PUBLIC HEALTH
Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Speaker Quinn, National Institute For Reproductive Health And Mayors Across The Country Announce 2008 Urban Initiative For Reproductive Health National Summit

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn and National Institute of Reproductive Health President Kelli Conlin, along with San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon and Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich today launched the 2008 Urban Initiative for Reproductive Health National Summit... continue

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JOB CREATION
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg Accepts The National Mayoral Leadership Award From The U.S. Conference Of Mayors

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg accepts The National Mayoral Leadership Award from The U.S. Conference of Mayors.... continue

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FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY
The New York Times
The New York Times: The Mayor's Responsible Budget

Hard economic times are the real test of a mayor’s budgetary skills, and New Yorkers appear to be in luck.... continue

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ILLEGAL GUNS
At National Summit, Mayors Against Illegal Guns Announces Four Common Sense Steps To Fix The Broken Federal Background Check System

The bi-partisan coalition of Mayors Against Illegal Guns today held its second annual National summit in Washington, DC, with 60 coalition cities participating.... continue

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AFFORDABLE HOUSING
Mayor Michael Bloomberg Celebrates Completion Of Largest 'Green' Affordable Housing In Harlem

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg today announced the completion of the Kalahari, a 249-unit mixed-income development on 116th Street in Harlem designed and built to the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED Certification standards... continue

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REDUCING POVERTY
Mayor Bloomberg And The Rockefeller Foundation Announce Launch Of A Learning Network To Share Design And Implementation Strategies For Opportunity NYC, The Nation's First Conditional Cash Transfer Program

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and the Rockefeller Foundation today announced the launch of a new Conditional Cash Transfer Learning Network which will share New York City’s experience designing and implementing Opportunity NYC, the nation’s first conditional cash transfer (CCT) program... continue

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ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY
Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Sting And The Police Announce Contribution To MillionTreesNYC And Reveal That Their Last Ever Concert Will Take Place In New York City To Benefit Local Public Television Stations

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg joined Sting, Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland of The Police to announce that the band’s final concert will be in New York City and their commitment to MillionTreesNYC, the City’s initiative to plant one million trees by the year 2017... continue

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ARTS & CULTURE
The Chronicle of Philanthropy: Record Breaking Giving

Twenty-one Americans gave at least $100-million to charitable causes last year, breaking a new record in philanthropic giving, according to The Chronicle's annual ranking of the 60 most-generous Americans. In 2005, 11 people gave that much. Michael R. Bloomberg (No. 9), mayor of New York and founder of the financial-data and news-service business that bears his name, donated $165-million to 1,000 charities that he declined to identify by name.... continue

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