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The Alliance for Cannabis Equity release Manifesto, a resource for Black and Brown Entrepreneurs, Social Equity Applicants, and Minority Workers in the Cannabis Industry

The Whistle Post

The Social Equity Council and the legislation are attempting to ensure the opportunity to prosper for marginalized groups that have been disproportionately harmed by the War on Drugs,” said Fred McKinney, Ph.D., Founder BJM Solutions. “This Manifesto provides the first vital step towards that goal.

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Using Data to Prevent the Loss of Home Equity in New York City

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

First, we provide background on New York City’s housing market and recent policy developments that relate to heirs’ property and tangled titles. As a response to the city’s housing shortage, the City Council changed the ZR to allow for more housing development. The report proceeds as follows. While only 1.47

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Current GSE Guarantee Fees Are Too Low to Be Consistent with Regulatory Capital: Does This Mean a Large Increase Is Coming?

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

Not surprisingly, the two companies highly prioritized protecting those subsidies, which meant maintaining political support in Congress to ensure no legislation was passed to take them away. 40 Nevertheless, it has been most of a decade since the CCF was first developed. public comment periods) were bypassed.

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Big omission in blog series on advance hospital/health and wellness planning, public health planning: addiction services

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Legislators haven’t seriously considered measures to discourage drinking, and voters expanded access to alcohol in grocery stores. Part 2: Colorado has some of the lowest alcohol taxes and highest drinking deaths.

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Federal government research hub development initiative

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I didn't know NASA originally planned for a big electronics hub in Boston's Kendall Square, as MIT's Draper Laboratory was an original developer of various electronics systems for the Apollo space program. The Department of Defense as a customer of technology firms has also spurred economic development.