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            MetroFocus: January 15, 2016
Ex-mayor Bloomberg's Health Commissioner Dr. Tom Farley discusses the role of the government in public health. Kevin Powell (a familiar face to those who watched MTV's "Real World") shares his lifelong struggle to overcome a legacy of poverty. And Executive Director of the New Renaissance Basketball Association Andy Borman explains how orange patches on kids' sports jerseys fight gun violence.
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            “HOW FAR DO YOU WANT TO GO? LESSONS FROM A COMMON-SENSE BILLIONAIRE;” PRESERVING “THE BOSS
        
        
    
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            PEPSICO & ROBIN HOOD REPORT HOW THEIR PARTNERSHIP TRANSFORMED THE LIVES OF YOUNG WOMEN
        
        
    
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            THE WNET GROUP “CLOSE TO HOME” TOWN HALL SERIES ON HOUSING EQUALITY
        
        
    
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            WHAT’S HOLDING UP CLIMATE PROGRESS IN NEW YORK CITY?; NEW YORK’S “COMPOST CHAMPION”
        
        
    
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            “BET ON BLACK: THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT BEING BLACK IN AMERICA TODAY;" A.I. IN SCHOOLS
        
        
    
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            “EMERGENCY NYC”: ON THE FRONTLINES WITH NEW YORK’S EMERGENCY MEDICAL WORKERS
        
        
    
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            NYC’S FIRST FEMALE FIREFIGHTER; THE HEROIC FAMILY STORY OF FOUR GENERATIONS IN THE FDNY
        
        
    
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            CHASING THE DREAM: SOCIOLOGIST ISSUES WAKE-UP CALL TO THOSE WITH MEANS TO FIGHT POVERTY
        
        
    
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            “GOTHAM: THE FALL AND RISE OF NEW YORK”
        
        
    
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            NEW ALZHEIMER’S WONDER DRUG: ARE YOU ELIGIBLE?; WHAT IS IT LIKE TO LIVE ON THE SPECTRUM?
        
        
    
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            REIMAGINING THE HOLLYWOOD CLASSIC “SOME LIKE IT HOT” FOR BROADWAY; THE MUSEUM OF BROADWAY
        
        
    
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            DEMOCRATIC DISTRICT ATTORNEY OPPOSES BAIL REFORM; “MANHATTAN CULT STORY”