Sentences with phrase «york city block»

Dubbed LentSpace, the project will be located in a downtown New York City block between Canal, Varick, Grand and Sullivan Streets.

The shape - shifting, bright orange polycarbonate wall can measure 48 - inches square or, fully expanded, match the length of a New York City block.

But Columbia University ecologist Dickson Despommier says large - scale projects can still have a big impact: He calculates that a 50 - story building occupying one New York City block could feed 50,000 people.

The message that thousands made at the Stonewall Inn was loud and clear and it stretched multiple New York City blocks.

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Lastly, BuzzFeed Product Labs is turning its office, located a few blocks away from BuzzFeed's headquarters in New York City's Flatiron district, into a physical retail store called «Homesick for the Holidays.»

The Lil» Wins stickies make an appearance every Monday morning at a half - hour staff meeting in Arkadium's sun - soaked office loft a few blocks from New York City's Flatiron Building.

It brought him back to years earlier when, as a firefighter with the New York City Fire Department, he served as a first responder on September 11, crawling through the giant blocks of brick and mortar that had collapsed hours earlier.

For ESPN host Tony Reali, the attack hit close to home, as the driver initially started right outside of his New York City apartment where his wife was and finished blocks from his daughter's school.

The rezoning of 78 blocks of east midtown Manhattan was approved by the New York City Council in August, with the goal of enabling the area's aging building stock to be replaced by more modern — and taller — office towers.

Dissatisfied with the results of most organizations helping the urban poor in the mid-1990s, Canada launched an experiment, an effort to reach all the kids in a 24 - block zone of New York City — he called it the Harlem Children's Zone — and give them education, social, and medical help starting at birth.

On this day in 2011, hundreds of protesters flowed into New York's Zuccotti Park, a small private park just two blocks from Wall Street in the city's financial district.

On Saturday night, Uber's New York City Twitter account notified riders that the company was turning off surge pricing for trips at JFK Airport, the site of protests against President Donald Trump's executive order blocking some Middle Eastern travelers and refugees.

New York City's ban on large sugary drinks, which was blocked by lower courts, has been declared illegal by the state's Supreme Court.

Today, in pockets of major northern metropolises on the continent, including Vancouver, Toronto, Chicago and New York City, it's difficult to walk more than a few blocks in the winter without passing a Canada Goose jacket emblazoned with the red and white Artic Program trademark, the company's distinctive logo.

Another huge poster «appeared» on Broadway, right by Times Square in New York City, stating «Russia won the White House for you, Donald Trump,» taken from a statement on Twitter from writer Rebecca Buckwalter - Poza, who was blocked by the president after she tweeted a message at him.

I think Mr. Trump idea it is great but at the same time I think if all the people that live in the New York City area they can put 1 or 2 dollars each they can buy the block where, I hope not, they are going to built the islamic center, it is DISRESPECTFUL for all the families and friends of 9/11 tragedy.

Its welcoming calm and nondenominational culture are in stark contrast to the emotional debate over plans to build an Islamic cultural center and mosque two blocks from ground zero in New York City, where planes flown by al Qaeda hijackers destroyed the World Trade Center, killing more than 2,700 people.

I think it's mostly because I tend to think of cupcakes as kind of «trendy,» what with all of the cupcakes - only shops that popped up all over New York City for a while, and had people queueing around the block (for the record, I never once even considered waiting in line for food like that).

«There is a seismic change in what people are eating and want out of their food and beverages,» said Greg Wank, practice leader of accounting firm Anchin, Block & Anchin's Food and Beverage Industry Group in New York City.

Last weekend, New York City welcomed over a dozen of the nation's greatest barbecuers for a good ol' fashioned block party at the tenth anniversary of the Big Apple Barbecue Click Here.

The speaker claims The NYP's Fred Dicker «set me up» with a story in which Silver says he would be in favor of legislation that would block Mayor Michael Bloomberg's ban on large soft drinks in New York City.

The bill to be taken up later today in the Senate would block any fees or taxes on carry - out merchandise shopping bags in New York City.

The New York City Patrolmen's Benevolent Association won an emergency court order that blocks the mayor and the NYPD commissioner from posting summaries of police disciplinary records online — after arguing that the «illegal» move would endanger officers.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio faced a throng of angry protesters calling for safer streets when he arrived for his morning workout at the Park Slope Armory YMCA, less than one block from where two children were fatally run over the day before.

The five Democratic state senators who are former members of the New York City Council are pushing back on a claim made by IDC Sen. Diane Savino that they are blocking a measure that would create a system to publicly finance political campaigns.

A New York judge has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to block the parole of Bell, an ex-radical who fatally shot two New York City police officers in 1971.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo embraced a statewide ban on single - use plastic bags, introducing a bill to outlaw them by next year day after Earth Day and a little more than a year after he blocked a 5 - cent surcharge that New York City had sought to place on single - use plastic bags.

Limousine, truck and delivery drivers faced an additional challenge this week when New York City rolled out new regulations to prohibit parking and loading on both sides of several busy midtown Manhattan blocks during rush hour.

The Brennan Center studied the impact of public financing in the New York City system and found that nearly 90 percent of the city's census block groups had at least one person who gave $ 175 or less to a city council candidate in 2City system and found that nearly 90 percent of the city's census block groups had at least one person who gave $ 175 or less to a city council candidate in 2city's census block groups had at least one person who gave $ 175 or less to a city council candidate in 2city council candidate in 2009.

Press Release: The Woodhaven Residents» Block Association blasted the New York City Districting Commission's proposal to split Woodhaven's representation in the City Council.

The head of the New York City Council on Thursday outlined a legislative plan to resist President Donald Trump by blocking his immigration agents locally and rallying sympathetic municipalities to oppose him nationally.

Corey is also a Director on the Hudson Yards Development Corporation, a Member of the Hudson Yards Community Advisory Committee, a Member of the Moynihan Station Community Advisory Committee, a Member of the Javits Center Community Advisory Committee, a Member of the Hudson River Park Strategic Planning Task Force, a Member of the Friends of the Hudson River Park Trusts Neighborhood Improvement District Steering Committee, a Board Member of Save Chelsea, a Member of the Council of Chelsea Block Associations, a Member of the Chelsea Reform Democratic Club, a Member of the Stonewall Democratic Club of New York City, and a Member of the 100/200 West 15th Street Block Association.

As the Republican - controlled Senate Tuesday prepares to vote on legislation that would block New York City from enacting a five - cent fee on plastic bags, an environmental group is urging the Legislature to let the surcharge take effect.

They blocked a bid by Uber and other car sharing services to expand outside of New York City, as well as a proposal to require 911 to be called for any suspected abuse or neglect of disabled people in state custody.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill on Tuesday that blocked implementation of a 5 - cent fee on plastic shopping bags that was to go into effect the following day in New York City.

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Thursday he is launching a sweeping initiative to combat the persistent problem of homelessness in New York City, ordering teams to do a daily canvass of every block of an 8 - mile stretch in Manhattan to reach out to those living on the street.

Most recently, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg was stymied in his effort to create a plan, which was ultimately blocked in the state Assembly.

Under the proposal outlined in the 30 - day amendments, New York City would install and operate cameras below 60th Street in Manhattan in order to better enforce «block the box» traffic laws.

In a similar vein, New York City actually approved a 5 cent fee that was supposed to go into effect last year but was blocked by the state Legislature.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is blocking a bill that would create an independent commission to redraw legislative districts, former New York City Mayor Ed Koch charged this morning.

An emboldened and strengthened Republican majority appears ready to block some of the biggest items on New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's Albany agenda after his failed fall bid to help win the Senate for Democrats.

Mr. Cuomo protected New York City teachers, one of the state's most powerful political forces, by blocking Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's proposal this winter to immediately end teacher seniority protections.

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A new budget released by Governor Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday blocks state reimbursements to rental - subsidy programs Mayor Bill de Blasio wants to implement to tackle New York City's growing homelessness.

That's a significant increase in wordiness for Felder, who said only one word in two of his three previous years in the Legislature, but had a jump in 2016 due to his lengthy defense of a bill that would have blocked New York City from implementing a plastic bag tax.

New York State Homes and Community Renewal (HCR) today announced that the City of Geneva received an $ 80,000 NYS Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Small Business Program award it requested to help CCMI, Inc., a successful local manufacturing company, expand.

The speaker is also known for successfully pushing to repeal New York City's commuter tax and blocking two of Mayor Bloomberg's major proposals: his attempt to build a stadium on Manhattan's West Side and his plan to charge drivers $ 8 for entering a congestion zone in Manhattan.

CIVIC CENTER — A Republican leader in Albany vowed Monday to block a vote on Mayor Bill de Blasio's pre-K tax — sparking outrage from New York City Democrats who support the plan.

«Without knowing what actually transpired during JCOPE's deliberations and its investigation of the Lopez case, such an anti-majoritarian vote, had it taken place, could have blocked the extension of the investigation to other persons whose conduct merited further inquiry,» Common Cause New York and the New York City Bar Association wrote in a joint testimony to the review commission.

A state judge blocked five City Council members from filing a supporting brief challenging New York's property tax system.