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Add Chapters to Make an Old Association Feel New

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There’s no denying that we’ve been fairly New York City-centric in terms of programming since we were founded in 1922,” she says. The 2016 election has made the creation of more PEN America chapters more urgent,” Werner says. “As New threats to free expression, press freedom, and discourse have emerged.”.

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Hospital Association Uses Grant to Build Opioid-Fighting Tactics

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A Move to Advocacy Former Ohio governor and 2016 presidential candidate John Kasich is wading into the nonprofit world. The program is supported by a grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies, the charitable firm operated by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. HAP is part of a $50 million initiative by Bloomberg.

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Airbnb’s Business Travel Fortunes Rise

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The business travel and expense management firm, which is one of a handful designed to take care of bookings of accommodations, found that the number of businesses using Airbnb grew by 32 percent year over year during the second quarter of 2016, while spending grew even more—by 42 percent.

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CEIR Report: Tradeshows Continue Growth Streak

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The latest CEIR quarterly index shows that, after a solid 2015, the tradeshow space continued to outpace the economy as a whole in the first quarter of 2016. According to new research released this week by the Center for Exhibition Industry Research, the first quarter of 2016 maintained its streak of growth, improving by 2.6

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The U.S. Tennis Association’s Selfie Game Is On Fleek

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Ahead of the 2016 U.S. Open, in Flushing, New York, the United States Tennis Association launched an epic experiment in selfiedom at Times Square. New York City’s Times Square is constantly lit up with larger-than-life ads featuring the beautiful, rich, and famous. It helped that some of the U.S.

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Times Square Neighborhood Groups Team Up to Regulate Busking Elmos

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Since the beginning of 2016, there have been at least 16 arrests involving costumed characters. A bill championed by the Times Square Alliance and dozens of other neighborhood organizations to combat the problem, which passed the New York City Council on Thursday, would limit the areas where the mascots my work.

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Orthopaedic Surgeons: Beware of Distracted Walking

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But the perception of just how problematic distracted walking is differs based on the city. According to responses from 500 people in eight cities, New York City residents are most likely to view distracted walking as a serious issue or admit to walking distracted.