Sentences with phrase «only wealthy communities»

«Only wealthy communities are going to be able to do this, first of all,» Gillibrand said.

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Not only are those sensible ways of living but they're also things that create community, interdependence, the sort of life that we're made for together — and break the patterns of unsustainability and also land us in a place where we're the wealthiest country in the world and also one of the most lonely, medicated and depressed people in the world.

The state's tourism economy is huge, but the town is hard enough to get to that it only has a small wealthy summer community, and doesn't draw as many day - trippers as the rest of the coast.

«Voters are responding to Bill de Blasio because he is the only Democrat who will boldly break from the Bloomberg years by raising taxes on the wealthy to invest in universal pre-K and after - school programs, ending racial profiling, and fighting to save community hospitals,» the de Blasio campaign said in a statement.

He is the only Democrat who will break from the Bloomberg years by raising taxes on the wealthy to invest in universal pre-K and after - school programs, ending racial profiling, and fighting to save community hospitals,» de Blasio's campaign manager said in a statement.

To make sure we go where the need is greatest, we only partner with schools in areas that serve low income communities and where there is a significant attainment gap between these children and their wealthier peers.

Earlier this month, New York became the first U.S. state to offer all but its wealthiest residents free tuition not only at its public community colleges, but also at public four - year institutions in the state.

I really am interested in how a former undersecretary of education has come to the point that he is so determined to attack teacher tenure, teacher unions and «restrictive work rules» for teachers — especially during a time when public schools have been systematically defunded, forced to jump through hoops (Race to the Top) in order to get what remains of federal funding for education, like some kind of bizarre Hunger Games ritual for kids and teachers, and as curriculums have been narrowed to the point where only middle class and wealthier communities have schools that offer subjects like music, art, and physical education — much less recess time, school nurses or psychologists, or guidance counselors.

Having fought industrial wind development for years in my community, I have come to understand that only a grassroots rebellion, led by rural environmentalists against the wealthy, powerful, special - interest, urban fake - environmentalists will be able to turn the tide.

Not only has the rally in cryptoassets made many community members very wealthy but more importantly we are finally seeing the first decentralized applications, such as EtherDelta and CryptoKitties, and blockchain projects that are moving beyond the proof - of - concept stage.