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Lucy Lang: Appointed as the New Executive Director of the Institute for Innovation in Prosecution

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With a focus on fairness in prosecution, John Jay President Karol V. Mason and Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., today announced the appointment of Lucy Lang as Executive Director of the Institute for Innovation in Prosecution(IIP) at John Jay College. The IIP (@iip_johnjay) is a groundbreaking partnership between the Manhattan District Attorney and New York’s preeminent college of criminal justice.

Founded in 2016 to support the development of next generation ideas and training for the leaders in the field of prosecution, IIP brings together prosecutors, academics, law enforcement officials and community leaders to examine and develop practical solutions to the critical issues facing the criminal justice system in the 21st century. Including public safety and accountability while improving fairness in the system.

How Does New York Tax It’s Residential Housing Stock?

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One of the basic principles of good tax policy is equity: similarly situated taxpayers should have similarly sized tax bills. New York City’s property tax system does not comport with this principle: owners of one-, two-, and three-family homes are subject to highly disparate effective tax rates due to statutory caps on the growth in the assessed values of their homes. This means that homeowners in areas where property values are growing quickly benefit at the expense of those whose property values are relatively stable. The inequitable tax burdens among small homeowners are some of the most prominent and compelling reasons for reform of the City’s property tax system.

New York City Homeowners- Who’s Got the Unfairest Tax Burden of Them All?

Philanthropy

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The future of philanthropy is being challenged once again. From Carnegie’s Gospel of Wealth to Bill Gates’ Pledge, how we define good philanthropy continues to change. Do 501c3s do a good job solving societal ills. Do they create competition to push our governments to be more efficient? Read and decide.

How is america utilizing it’s land? Only a few are used for urban dwelling with majority of the population, it’s little surprise that these areas contribute an outsize amount to the economy.

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There are many statistical measures that show how productive the U.S. is. Its economy is the largest in the world and grew at a rate of 4.1 percent last quarter, its fastest pace since 2014. The unemployment rate is near the lowest mark in a half century.

What can be harder to decipher is how Americans use their land to create wealth. The 48 contiguous states alone are a 1.9 billion-acre jigsaw puzzle of cities, farms, forests and pastures that Americans use to feed themselves, power their economy and extract value for business and pleasure.

The real key to intelligence is being able to maintain opposing views on an issue and still function.

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F. Scott Fitzgerald On First-Rate Intelligence – Personal Growth – Medium “Thetest of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability…

WHEN pollsters ask Americans which party they plan to vote for in the elections for the House of Representatives this November, those preferring the Democrats lead those preferring the Republicans by around seven percentage points. But this does not mean the Democrats are a shoo-in to win the House. The Economist’s statistical model of the race for control of the House of Representatives—which uses this sort of “generic ballot” polling, along with other data—currently says that, although the likelihood of a Democratic majority in the popular vote is a remarkable 99.9%.

Impact Bonds designed to pay for specific outcomes used to ensure Indian girls go through school.

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Development-impact bonds designed to pay for specific outcomes used to ensure Indian girls go through school.

If a girl in a poor country goes to school, she will probably have a more comfortable life than if she stays at home. She will be less likely to marry while still a child, and therefore less likely to die in childbirth. So, not surprisingly, there is an Indian charity that tries to get girls into school and ensure they learn something, and there are Western philanthropists willing to pay for its work.

People are really into impact investing

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There are now $228 billion in assets under management, according to a recent survey from the Global Impact Investing Network, which is up an estimated $114 billion since mid-2017.

In just one year, the estimated value of the impact-investing sector has roughly doubled. There are now $228 billion in assets under management, according to a recent survey from the Global Impact Investing Network, which is up an estimated $114 billion since mid-2017. Placing bets that provide both a financial and social… The rise of the United Nation’s data-driven Sustainable Development Goals offers everyone a major ledger to work against to work against, and a 2030 deadline to hit.

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