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Wednesday, 05/13/2015 10:33:21 AM

Wednesday, May 13, 2015 10:33:21 AM

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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and Jon Bon Jovi kicked off the program. The big number started to add up with the announcement of a $25 million anonymous gift to start a fund for education and technology projects. Soon came another $25 million pledge from Bill and Karen Ackman’s Pershing Square Foundation to match donations.
“The people in the room were really receptive when they heard about Karen and Bill’s generosity,” David Saltzman, executive director of the foundation, said Wednesday in an interview on Bloomberg Television. “What’s great is tens of thousands of people are part of the Robin Hood community. Some people give a dollar. Some people get to give a million dollars.”