Sentences with phrase «city residents making»

Union officials vowed to activate their collective member base, which they say is 1.3 million strong, to pressure elected officials in Albany to support de Blasio's plan to raise taxes on city residents making $ 500,000 a year or more.

The new pre-K seats come with a price tag, and de Blasio hammered home his plan before Albany lawmakers on Monday to pay for the seats through a tax increase on city residents making $ 500,000 a year or more.

Today, De Blasio, who proposed raising the income tax of city residents making at least $ 500,000 to pay for pre-K and other school programs, said that Cuomo wasn't ruling it out at all.

De Blasio has proposed a tax on city residents making more than $ 500,000 a year to help fund the transit system.

New York City residents made 80,752 noise complaints in the first three months of this year, up 18 percent from the same period last year, but police wrote only 475 tickets for loud disturbances in that time — a 65 percent drop.

Not exact matches

A City of Vancouver survey of 2,500 residents this year indicated that, for the first time, fewer than 50 % of trips within the city were made by City of Vancouver survey of 2,500 residents this year indicated that, for the first time, fewer than 50 % of trips within the city were made by city were made by car.

Detroit is also a city that is made of 82 percent African - American residents and 52 percent women residents, with an annual median household income of $ 26,000.

Meanwhile, the median amount of housing costs paid by residents has fallen by 3.2 %, making the city an affordable beach town to live in.

«What's really going to make a home a happy place is what a resident does to it and in a way also the freedom a resident has to transform it,» he told CNBC's Innovation Cities.

So many bodies are brought in that the morgue workers struggle to identify and bury the dead fast enough to make space for the next batch that arrives with grim regularity, as the city's residents clear up after nine months of urban warfare.

Acapulco's reported homicide rate of 104.73 per 100,000 residents in 2015 made it the fourth - most - violent city in the world, according to a report released earlier this year by a Mexican think tank.

I think states and cities should not bend over backwards without knowing what it means,» said Plotch, before making an analogy to a Simpsons episode in which a traveling salesman convinces Springfield residents to construct a faulty and unnecessary monorail while basic city needs are ignored.

Today, it has a population of fewer than 11,000 residents and calls itself, «The town that made Tulsa famous» because of the extent Glenpool positively impacted the city.

It has a population of more than 620,000 residents, making it the 27th largest city in the U.S. Prior to World War II, it had an economy driven largely by major stock yards that attracted people and businesses from Omaha and Chicago.

Newly released city data shows over the past two decades African - Americans have been arrested for pot at a disproportionate rate compared to white residents, even though the two groups make up a similar percentage of the population.

More than 60 percent of the city's residents make over $ 100,000 a year, and nearly 29 percent make over $ 200,000 a year.

And while some cities are taking measures to resist rising seas and make buildings withstand stronger winds, more residents are moving in, increasing risk exposure.

During a gun control debate at the most recent Greensboro City Council meeting city resident Mark Robinson rose to speak and made known that the citizens of the city are «going to keep [their rights], come hell or high water.&raCity Council meeting city resident Mark Robinson rose to speak and made known that the citizens of the city are «going to keep [their rights], come hell or high water.&racity resident Mark Robinson rose to speak and made known that the citizens of the city are «going to keep [their rights], come hell or high water.&racity are «going to keep [their rights], come hell or high water.»

But now assume that the government passes a literacy law that requires that every city must have exactly one bookshop for every 10,000 residents — no more, no less — and there is a government agency whose purpose is to make sure that for every city there is the number of bookshops required by law.

I'm pleased to announce Disruption Venture Partners» investment in Cloo, a service that creates a community that enables residents to make their bathrooms available to those in the city seeking a restroom.

Excavators of Tell es - Safi (the Philistine city of Gath) have made many discoveries over 20 years of excavations, but in 2015 they found the monumental gate of Gath from the time of Goliath (its most famous resident).

Christianity in New York City looks different than in other places, and urban religion expert (and Queens resident) Tony Carnes would be the first to admit that that makes the movement hard to quantify.

Residents of this beautiful city will be joining people around the world in making a huge difference for the better and setting a new pattern for the future of this planet.»

The city was founded in 1565, making it the oldest continually occupied European settlement in the U.S. «We were into urban renewal when the Pilgrims were landing in Plymouth,» residents say with a laugh.

The park district and other community organizations, like the library, make the city special, residents say.

Oakbrook Terrace Mayor William Kallas issued a public apology at the City Council meeting Tuesday to residents of the nearby unincorporated Brandywine townhouse development for making what critics called disparaging comments about the community and other multifamily developments.

«Throughout this past session, Sen. Jeff Klein and Sen. Tony Avella worked tirelessly on behalf of the residents of New York City and helped make progress on issues that had been stalled for far too long,» de Blasio said in a statement.

The president made the revelation in London during a meeting with Nigerians resident in the city on Thursday night.

That's why we've asked the State to commit $ 300 million — that the City will match — to ensure NYCHA can make the necessary repairs to its aging housing stock and provide residents with the housing they deserve.»

«The responsibility of each party is to field candidates that they believe will make the city better and will address the issues that matter most to residents.»

In addition to the more high - profile policy issues in the budget talks, the IDC's resolution also includes an elimination of the personal income tax for New York City residents earning $ 45,000 and less, efforts to make college more affordable and reduce student debt and support for a multi-state effort to close a «loophole» in carried interest.

The plan makes housing accessible and combats homelessness by building or preserving more than 100,000 units of affordable housing — enough to house every resident in the City of Buffalo.

A coalition of social justice and community activists Thursday demanded that Buffalo lawmakers override Mayor Byron W. Brown's plans to increase the city's police department budget by $ 500,000, arguing that such an increase is unjustifiable given what they characterized as the department's poor record on solving homicides and making residents feel safe.

At a recent City Council hearing on proposed plans for the development of East Harlem, residents made many eloquent comments, including the formidable Gale Brewer, Manhattan Borough President

«Mayor de Blasio doesn't need to reach into the wallets of city residents to make that happen.»

Mayor Byron Brown said, «Repurposing our historic buildings to create homes that Buffalo residents can afford makes families, neighborhoods, and the entire city stronger.

This will include working to revitalize the Hunts Point Terminal Produce Market in the Bronx, which supplies a large portion of the produce for New York City's and the region's food consumption, and creating a «Share NY Food» Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program that develops partnerships with farmers and residents to expand access and resources and make fresh food available to consumers in urban areas.

Sharon Owens, the director of the Southwest Community Center and a resident of Syracuse, made a statement to the audience saying that the Consensus committee — which she was a member of — could not make decisions about the schools until foundational problems in the city were addressed.

The next step is we are going to go back and forth on some language, on all these issues, the MTA, NYCHA, school funding and then figure out a path forward in a way that's going to make sense for city residents.»

The Chancellor recently announced that in order to help make his «Northern Powerhouse» idea reality that the Greater Manchester City Region would see itself gain an elected, «London - style» Mayor, despite residents of Manchester City Council narrowly rejecting proposals for an Directly Elected Mayor for their local authority in 2011.

Residents at recent City Council meetings have angrily questioned Schnirman's payout — along with payments made to other former and current employees — after Long Beach officials warned last month the city could run out of money in a few weCity Council meetings have angrily questioned Schnirman's payout — along with payments made to other former and current employees — after Long Beach officials warned last month the city could run out of money in a few wecity could run out of money in a few weeks.

The suspect was said to have made attempt to kidnap a girl in the heart of the city but was chased and caught up with by residents.

Hawkins recently testified in support of a state single payer program that would make health care a right for all residents while eliminating the county and New York City contribution to Medicaid, a major driver of high property taxes.

Since you have brought up the fact that there could be legal implications, I feel that it is in the best interest of the campaign, and our efforts to focus on the issues that matter most to residents living in the city, to abstain from making further comments unless otherwise advised under legal counsel...

The concerns about new buildings and new residents overtaxing schools, sewers and subway lines are the same as with Astoria Cove, as are the fears of losing the very features that define New York City neighborhoods, make them attractive to outsiders and beloved to longtime residents — their architecture, their ethnic flavor, the familiarity and affection between members of a cohesive community.

«Astonishingly,» Amicone writes, the mayor's plan «makes no mention of the proposed facility's possible effects on our City nor our residents.»

Bronx resident Bernadette Bragg, who works next door to City Hall and came out for the rally, said a higher wage would make a huge difference to people like her who earn less than $ 10 an hour.

The community leader and Staten Island resident made the announcement at a City Hall press conference on Thursday.

Opponents, including some Syracuse residents and Miner, argue the consolidation would gut city representation in a new city - county government, and that county residents would have substantial power over city residents and control decision - making.

«If allowed to go forward, this onerous bag tax would have hurt low - and middle - income residents the most, making it even more difficult to make ends meet in what is already the most expensive city in the world,» Flanagan said