S11E4: Richard Buery and Robin Hood Are Building a Coalition to

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S11E4: Richard Buery and Robin Hood Are Building a Coalition to Tackle Poverty in NYC

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Richard Buery is the CEO of Robin Hood, New York City’s largest poverty fighting organization. It supports high-impact community organizations and partners with state and local governments to elevate New Yorkers out of poverty. In 2023 alone, Robin Hood invested $129 million in 200 carefully selected poverty fighting organizations. And New Yorkers need this support more than ever before. Robin Hood’s 2024 Poverty Tracker, released in February, found that nearly 500,000 more New Yorkers lived ...

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