Sentences with phrase «york city and its suburbs»

Senate Republicans were divided over whether to back the minimum wage increase, which hikes the pay floor to $ 15 in New York city and the suburbs and to $ 12.50 upstate, with future increases tied to an economic analysis.

Cuomo's gun measure, rushed into law last year a month after the Newtown school shootings, remains popular in New York City and its suburbs.

Top Democrats from New York City and its suburbs rallied in support of Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins, calling on Democrats to unify and allow her to lead the deeply divided state Senate.

Upstate and Long Island residents would have to pay 50 cents per trip to help fund mass transit in New York City and its suburbs, as well as upstate bus lines.

He said Republicans would be wise to find a moderate candidate with cross-over appeal to independent and Democratic voters who could carry Upstate New York and compete in New York City and its suburbs.

In the state budget, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the legislature approved a multi-step plan to increase the minimum wage to $ 15 in New York City and its suburbs, and to $ 12.50 in the next five years for the rest of the state.

Among the potential compromises for the wage agreement would be for New York City and the suburbs to reach $ 15 over several years.

The ad will air in the Albany, Binghamton, Buffalo, Elmira, Rochester, Syracuse, Utica, Hudson Valley and Watertown markets, as well in Long Island, New York City and its suburbs.

Metro - North was set to reopen with limited service until 11 p.m., and the commute in New York City and its suburbs was ready to run on schedule, according to the MTA.

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.

It is likely that New York City and its suburbs would be among the areas considered.

But the problems of a statewide candidacy are obvious: she's little known in New York City and its suburbs, the locus of population, money and power in the state.

Both Cuomo and his running mate, Kathy Hochul, secured high vote margins in their geographic bases: western New York and New York City and its suburbs.

Quite the opposite actually...... «If indeed it is better to give than receive, New York City and its suburbs can count their blessings by the billions of dollars.

The first issue activists and mostly Republican legislators point to is the SAFE Act, the 2013 gun control bill that split voters and lawmakers from rural upstate areas from their brethren in New York City and its suburbs.

Gains in New York City and its suburbs account for the vast majority of the state's job growth in the past few years, according to an August report by state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli.

This accounts for the large percentage of the state population taken up by New York City and its suburbs (usually estimated at about 60 %, depending on which counties are included as suburbs).

The Assembly wants the minimum wage to rise higher, to $ 15 an hour for New York City and its suburbs by 2019, and $ 12.60 for the rest of the state.

In reviewing the FEC records, The Post analyzed fundraising data for New York City and its suburbs in New Jersey, on Long Island and north of the city — a region that had become an outsized source of Democratic campaign cash.

She is among a number of federal lawmakers from New York City and the suburbs making such a call.

Cuomo would defeat DeFrancisco and Molinaro by wide margins in New York City and its suburbs while finishing in a dead heat with the two Republicans in Upstate New York, the poll found.

But he took a day off to give several storm briefings in New York City and its suburbs, where over a foot of snow was expected.

But he took a day off Wednesday to give several storm briefings in New York City and its suburbs, where more than a foot of snow was expected.

Dr. Barrack provides on - site, integrative care to dogs, cats and horses in New York City and its suburbs.

Through administrative moves, he has indicated that he sees the need to responsibly exploit the state's enormous gas resource while moving toward ending nuclear power generation near New York City and its suburbs.

Not exact matches

For instance, BlackRock Managing Director Obie McKenzie and his wife commute from the suburbs into New York City every morning.

The piece draws a comparison to Virginia's Fairfax County, which is similar in many ways to Westchester: They're both suburbs of big cities (New York and Washington, D.C.), they have similarly high home values, and they educate about the same number of students in public schools, which in both places have a good reputation.

Five more developments are located in nearby suburbs in New York's Westchester County; Stamford, CT; and Jersey City, NJ.

Many movers and shakers in and around New York City, the capital of the banking and hedge - fund world, work in or populate the verdant suburbs next door in Connecticut.

High - cost areas include Washington, D.C. suburbs Loudoun County, Virginia; and Bethesda and Potomac, Maryland; as well as San Jose, California; and the entire New York City metro area.

Tessa (Jane Levy, Shameless) is being raised by her single father, George (Jeremy Sisto, Law & Order), who is worried about her circle of influence in new York City — so he packs up and moves the small family to the suburbs.

Her grandmothers grew up in Detroit proper (Ludwinski grew up in the suburbs), and after working for a year at Momofuku Milk Bar in New York City, she knew it was time to go home.

There are nine Del Frisco's Grilles in the country's most exciting cities such as New York, Santa Monica, Washington DC and Dallas — and a tenth Del Frisco's Grille will soon open in Chestnut Hill, an affluent Boston suburb.

Determined to get the Rangers out of what he called «Islander territory» and into the mainstream of New York City, Werblin switched team practices to a rink in Hawthorne, a Westchester County suburb that is a mere 45 minutes from Broadway.

In Some Girls, Lauren leads us through her troubled teens in a wealthy New Jersey suburb to her entry into the seedy strip clubs and escort businesses of New York City to her unlikely transition across the world to serve the sexual and ego - related whims of the handsome Prince of Brunei.

She lives in the suburbs of New York City and has degrees in Fine Arts and Philosophy from New York University.

But Democrats are also playing defense in the northern suburbs of New York City and for the Queens seat held by Sen. Joe Addabbo, which could hinder their chances of gaining an upper hand.

The win by Democratic Senate candidate Shelley Mayer in the 37th Senate district showed the power of anti-Trump fervor in the New York City suburbs, the usefulness of a united Democratic state Senate for the party and that the suburbs themselves are highly engaged right now electoral politics.

Cuomo has a huge 70 - 17 percent lead in New York City, and a strong 54 - 35 lead in the downstate suburbs.

Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan called the compromise on the state's minimum wage — increasing on different timetables in New York City, the suburbs and upstate over varying phase ins — a far better arrangement than what was initially proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

«Without Lazio on the Conservative Party line, Paladino is more competitive in the New York City suburbs and among non-enrolled voters.»

Cuomo's popularity — currently at its highest levels in years — largely rests in New York City and the surrounding suburbs.

Cuomo was headed into re-election mode and he didn't need a liberal New York City mayor already unpopular in those coveted suburbs blowing up his spot.

But in the age of Donald Trump, that's not easy to do, with anger at the president at a fever pitch in New York City and its surrounding suburbs — including Westchester.

He also served in the state Assembly before holding his current job running a county that is part New York City suburb and part country.

The Eagle unsuccessfully fought the movement to consolidate Brooklyn with New York City, with this warning: «If tied to New York, Brooklyn would be a Tammany suburb, to be kicked, looted and bossed.»

The proposals, expected to be detailed later Monday, follow a series of forums that Senate Democrats held around the state on the sudden spread of the drug from New York City to sleepy upstate communities and Long Island suburbs.

Cuomo was headed into re-election mode and he didn't need a liberal New York City mayor — already unpopular in the coveted suburbs — blowing up his spot.

He's from upstate, which is much less populated than New York City and its surrounding suburbs.

In speeches upstate and in the New York City suburbs, Cuomo focused more on nuts - and - bolts job - creation programs, a new plan to reduce property taxes and building a biking and hiking greenway along the length and breadth of the state.