Sentences with phrase «while upstate cities»

While upstate cities like Rochester, Syracuse and Binghamton have Double - A and Triple - A baseball, the Capital Region only has short - season minor - league baseball since the Albany - Colonie

While upstate cities like Rochester, Syracuse and Binghamton have Double - A and Triple - A baseball, the Capital Region only has short - season minor - league baseball since the Albany - Colonie Yankees left.

In the past four years, growth has been strongest in Brooklyn (4.67 percent) and Queens (4.07 percent), while upstate cities generally saw their populations drop, the census bureau found.

Not exact matches

The one - antlered buck named Lefty died while awaiting potential transportation upstate, said Eric Phillips, a spokesman for New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.

While New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg went out of his way to offer support to the governor and for his budget plan, Mayors of upstate cities, including Rochester Mayor Tom Richards, begged for a bail out.

While he has had success combining tea party anger with the upstate resentment of New York City, his campaign had to apologize after the revelation that he forwarded racist and sexually explicit e-mails to dozens of associates.

While Nixon has strong political connections and name recognition in the city that was the backdrop for her Emmy Award - winning role as lawyer Miranda Hobbes in the HBO comedy «Sex and the City,» her star power among upstate voters is less certcity that was the backdrop for her Emmy Award - winning role as lawyer Miranda Hobbes in the HBO comedy «Sex and the City,» her star power among upstate voters is less certCity,» her star power among upstate voters is less certain.

Pro-millionaires tax Democrats point to the lack of actual rich people in Republican - heavy upstate, while the concentration of millionaires is in New York City, predominantly represented by Democrats.

The Comptroller's report documented these findings for New York City, while the report from the Fiscal Policy Institute notes the impact of these benefits across upstate New York.

Today, Governor Cuomo laid out an economic development plan for the City of Syracuse that invested in nano and UAS technology while bolstering upstate airport infrastructure.

Several proposals have been floated to get the Senate's Republican majority on board, including lengthening the wage's implementation over several years upstate and on Long Island, while enacting the higher minimum wage more quickly in New York City.

While Nixon has largely focused on New York City - centric issues since declaring her campaign three weeks ago, she said she planned on spending more time upstate in the coming days.

And while lawmakers seem prepared to give New York City almost all the money Mayor Bill de Blasio asked for, there is not as much funding for upstate.

In February, for example, the Siena Research institute asked voters whether lawmakers should get a pay raise if they enacted ethics reforms; New York City residents said yes by a 50 percent to 48 percent margin, while only 34 percent of upstate residents agreed.)

While they didn't go into detail about their plans for 2018, they both said upstate candidates face challenges in courting New York City voters.

About one - third of children in rural districts and about 37 percent in New York City were considered proficient in the skills they need in English and math, while just an average of 16 percent of students in upstate city schools performed well on the teCity were considered proficient in the skills they need in English and math, while just an average of 16 percent of students in upstate city schools performed well on the tecity schools performed well on the tests.

In both cases, Cuomo and his running mate, former Rep. Kathy Hochul, have more search interest in upstate New York, while interest in Wu and Teachout is concentrated in New York City.

While New York City has become a major player in the tech startup scene, upstate cities are also beginning to see more startup efforts pay off.

While most of their valuable properties are in New York City, developers directed almost two - thirds of their Senate donations to candidates in upstate and Long Island races.

While James is a well - known figure in New York City politics, she will have to introduce herself to noncity voters and appeared to already have the upstate challenge on her mind, Wednesday.

While there has been little change among New York City voters on this question, the proportion of upstate voters — 70 % — and those in the suburbs of New York City — 64 % — have grown.

Regionally, Cuomo remains popular in broadly defined areas in New York: Most voters in the suburbs and upstate areas hold a favorable view of him, while a whopping 72 percent of New York City voters do as well.

So you have no problems with upstate TEAPub Senators making DeBlasio and NYC into the bogeyman at campaign time while taking huge piles of NY City real estate / developer money to assure they screw over renters in the five boroughs?

Ohio Governor John Kasich will be visiting upstate cities while Trump is expected in Albany on Monday NR

«While I'll be the first to concede that in places like the City of New York you can find more telephone poles than Republicans or in upstate, you can find more cows than Democrats, we don't believe that only 11 percent of the population are the enrollments close,» said Horner.

The New York City region enjoyed 2.2 percent increase in job growth over the last 12 months, while upstate New York grew at a slower rate, statistics from the state Department of Labor found.

Last time the districts were redrawn, Republicans led the governing body and managed to skew the process in their own favor — leaving most of the underpopulated districts upstate, while the growing populations in the New York City region went unrecognized by a matching increase in proportional representation.

To date, Gillibrand's opponent Wendy Long has accepted five separate debate requests while Kirsten Gillibrand has agreed to only one, which will only air in upstate New York and New York City, ignoring the people of Long Island and the Hudson Valley.

To date, Gillibrand's opponent Wendy Long has accepted five separate debate requests while Kirsten Gillibrand has agreed to only one, which will only air in upstate New York and New York City, ignoring -LSB-...]

She leads by 24 points in New York City and 32 points in the downstate suburbs, while only leading by eight points upstate,» said Siena College pollster Steve Greenberg.

While New York City's mayor may be pleased with Cuomo's budget, some upstate mayors clearly are not.

A plurality (49 percent) of upstate voters say they would prefer to vote for someone else, while majorities in New York City and its suburbs say they will vote for Cuomo.

As governor, Cuomo has pushed a wide - ranging economic development agenda, especially in upstate New York, while generally being hands - off when it comes to major projects in the city.

While New York City, Long Island, and portions of the Hudson Valley are relatively stable, upstate areas like Buffalo and Niagara Falls have lost nearly one third of their population.

The State is considering allowing private companies to begin drilling for natural gas in upstate New York, while the City is shelling out more than $ 630 million between now and 2017 on «filtration avoidance» by protecting the Cat / Del watershed, where 90 % of our water comes from.

While Johnson could not provide specifics regarding upstate New York, the union argues that lack of a FiOS buildout in ANY given city or region threatens thousands of CWA jobs.

New York City will go to $ 15 per hour within three years, while upstate has until 2021 to get to $ 12.50, with future increases based on the economic climate.

While Cuomo has pitched the initiative as a special help for upstate, companies that are working with college campuses in New York City and Long Island are eligible as well.

In August of 2009, the SLA had 3,001 pending license applications, including approximately 2,000 in New York City and approximately 1,000 in the rest of State, while applicants were forced to wait up to a year in New York City and six months upstate.

Still, while the City of Corning is thriving compared to many others in the Southern Tier, it's not immune to the economic pressures facing local governments across upstate: a stagnant tax base, rising pension costs and a limited ability to increase revenues due to the state property tax cap.

While Mr. de Blasio is popular in the city, his brand of urban progressive politics is viewed more warily in suburban and upstate quarters of the state.

While only 23 members have publicly declared that they plan to vote for Heastie, these supporters are male and female, white, African - American and Hispanic, and they come from New York City, its suburbs and upstate.

He also slipped among New York City and upstate voters, while gaining a little ground with suburban voters.»

About one - third of children in rural districts and about 37 percent in New York City were considered proficient in the skills they need in English and math, while just an average of 16 percent of students in upstate city schools performed well on the teCity were considered proficient in the skills they need in English and math, while just an average of 16 percent of students in upstate city schools performed well on the tecity schools performed well on the tests.

Some upstate counties and cities have rates as low as 7 percent combined while New York City has a combined sales tax rate of 8.875 percent, which includes the 4 percent state sales tax, three - eighths percent Metropolitan Commuter Transportation District sales tax and 4.5 percent city sales City has a combined sales tax rate of 8.875 percent, which includes the 4 percent state sales tax, three - eighths percent Metropolitan Commuter Transportation District sales tax and 4.5 percent city sales city sales tax.

Downstate is packed with affluent, fashion - conscious consumers, while many upstate communities — rural villages and decaying industrial cities — are losing population and economic ground.