Daily News Roundup: NYC Plans Big Increase in Homeless Shelters
February 28, 2017 | Read Time: 1 minute
New York Mayor to Propose 90 New Shelters for Homeless: The expansion would increase the number of city-run shelters by one-third and spread the new facilities throughout the five boroughs, writes The New York Times. The move, set to be announced by Mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday, is the latest in a series of City Hall strategies that have of yet failed to stem rising homelessness.
21 Jewish Centers Targeted in Latest Wave of Bomb Scares: Community centers and day schools in at least a dozen states were briefly evacuated after receiving threatening phone calls Monday, the fifth such wave since the start of the year, the Associated Press reports. A Muslim-led crowdfunding campaign to aid vandalized Jewish cemeteries in Missouri and Pennsylvania has raised more than $136,000.
Radical Plan Aims to Reverse Harvard Endowment’s Weak Returns: The Wall Street Journal looks at the sweeping changes instituted by Harvard investment chief N.P. Narvekar to turn the world’s wealthiest endowment around after years of relatively lackluster returns. The $36 billion fund is cutting staff in half and putting most assets in the hands of outside money managers.
New App Encourages “Retaliatory Giving” After Nasty Tweets: Users of the Twitter-based Trigger application can reply to hostile or insulting posts with messages that direct a donation to a charity of their choice, tech-news site Mashable writes.
