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NY Appellate Court hears arguments today for which Alliance, with fifteen leading groups, filed brief supporting NYC Board of Health policy on sugar-sweetened beverages. Diverse groups include Association of Black Cardiologists, National Congress of Black Women, and United Puerto Rican Organization of Sunset Park (UPROSE). New York City, NY (PRWEB) June 11, 2013 “It’s time to say ¡basta! (enough!) and put community and children’s health first,” said Dr. Jane L. Delgado,...

$1 Million in Commitments from Oracle, CGI, & REI Systems Will Facilitate Rapid Adoption of NYC's Groundbreaking Financial Transparency Website NEW YORK, June 6, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- City Comptroller John C. Liu today published the source code for the Checkbook NYC financial transparency website, and announced several partnerships that will enable other governments to rapidly leverage New York City's investment in order to create similar websites of their own. Visit...

NEW YORK, Jan. 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- In July 2012, the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) launched adAPT NYC, a program to develop a new model of housing for New York City. HPD shortlisted five proposals, including 'Max', a concept by real estate developers Blesso Properties and Bronx Pro Group, with design by HWKN Architects and James McCullar Architecture. Though the City awarded the project to another proposal, it recognized as a finalist the...

BROOKLYN, N.Y., July 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- NYC Media Lab today announced the winners of Media Mash 2012, its first challenge to developers to transform data from the city's leading digital media companies into innovative applications. The first-of-its-kind challenge was designed to increase collaboration among NYC's digital media companies and developers. Media Mash 2012 provided developers with open feeds and APIs, or application programming interfaces, which offer...

NEW YORK, April 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The New York Arm Wrestling Association (NYAWA) announced today that the Village Pourhouse Sports Bar located at 64 Third Avenue at 11th Street NY., NY will host the White Castle 35th( )Annual NYC Big Apple Grapple International arm wrestling championships on Saturday, April 28, 2012 at 1 p.m....Entry fees are $20 for amateurs, $30 for pros and $5 for women, which includes a free sponsor T-shirt. Competition is open to the public, age 21...

Audience members from all sectors are invited to join the conversation under #DoesArtMatter on Twitter and Tumblr, and at Facebook.com/NYCdashARTS NEW YORK, March 22, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NYC-ARTS, WNET's multi-platform New York-area arts and culture resource, is launching a new social media campaign, #DoesArtMatter, to start a public dialogue about the role of the arts in modern society. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120322/DC74916LOGO) Thinkers from Rumi...

NEW YORK, March 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- NYC Media Lab today launched Media Mash, a competition for developers and students to mash up data from the city's top media and tech companies to create new insights, experiences and business models. Open to individuals and organizations with fewer than 50 employees in the United States, Media Mash promotes collaboration between the media industry and the developer community in order to drive innovation. Judges will award $10,000 in...

ANN ARBOR, Mich., Oct. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Adeona Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE Amex: AEN), a developer of innovative medicines for serious central nervous system diseases, announced today that James S. Kuo, M.D., M.B.A., the Company's Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, will provide a brief update on its Alzheimer's program at the NYC Medtech Forum. Adeona will be one of four featured companies at the invitation-only event on Tuesday evening, October 11, 2011, at the offices of Kaye...

LONDON, July 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --The Directors of Top Level Domain Holdings Limited (AIM: TLDH.L), the only publicly traded company focused exclusively on acquiring and operating new generic top-level domains ("gTLD"), are delighted to announce that Mr Peter Dengate Thrush has been appointed Executive Chairman of the Company with immediate effect. Mr Dengate Thrush was until recently the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and...

SINGAPORE, June 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Minds + Machines, a wholly owned subsidiary of Top Level Domain Holdings (London AIM, TLDH.L) today announced new pricing for back end registry services for top-level domains. For a flat fee of $100,000 a year, the company will provide unlimited registrations for new TLDs using the Espresso platform, with no per-name fee for most new TLDs. "We've simplified the model," said Antony Van Couvering, CEO of Minds + Machines. "For a...