Sentences with phrase «among city actions»

Move is among city actions that have drawn federal ire amid crackdown on illegal immigration.

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Melanie exemplifies her professional work by living a life of committed action: She is the Nominating Chair and a former board president of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation New York City chapter, President of Morgan Stanley GIFT, and Co-Chair of Inwood Charities, among other roles.

Higgins, who is the director of worship and outreach at South City Church in St. Louis, issued a call to action, and at the very least, she sparked a much - needed discussion among evangelicals.

Several months ago a New Yorker article described the sensation among ultra-Orthodox Jews in Jerusalem caused by a Mississippi cattle breeder who noted an unblemished red heifer in his herd, read Numbers 19 and declared that the animal was a sign that the temple must be rebuilt in preparation for the millennial reign of Jesus — regardless of the escalation of mayhem such exegesis in action would heap upon Jews, Muslims and Christians in the Holy City.

Several themes stand out in Mayernik's accounts of these cities: the persistence of a humanist sensibility grounded in sacred order (including what can only be regarded as a sacramental sense of the relationships among the human body, the city, and the cosmos); the role of memory in the life of traditional cities; the relationship between memory and artistic action; and the city as the physical embodiment of shared aspirations rather than «reality.»

The women's pole vault gets Weltklasse Zürich action under way on Wednesday evening, as Britain's Holly Bradshaw and Olympic and world champion Katerina Stefanidi are among those jumping in the competition held in the city's train station.

James added that she knows «this will probably get me into trouble as always,» but that it was important to note that the city is doing all it can do to address affordable housing, providing resources and giving individuals subsidies, among other actions — but that the state government is «primarily responsible for addressing the homeless situation.»

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, and council members were among the housing advocates, families, and New York City tenants who planned to sleep outside of the Murray Hill office building in hopes of spurring action from the State Senate, Mr. Cuomo and the Assembly.

According to data from the city's Campaign Finance Board website, updated through September 5, these three races are among only five that City Action is playing in, and the group is devoting roughly 60 percent of its spending to beating Mendez, Menchaca, and Torcity's Campaign Finance Board website, updated through September 5, these three races are among only five that City Action is playing in, and the group is devoting roughly 60 percent of its spending to beating Mendez, Menchaca, and TorCity Action is playing in, and the group is devoting roughly 60 percent of its spending to beating Mendez, Menchaca, and Torres.

He knows the difference it makes to unite action at the local, state and federal levels, and why it is important to build strength among City Council members and other local elected officials.»

Uber's argument had many prongs, among them that the city's actions would hurt outer - borough service.

According to filings at the State Board of Elections, a fund titled «Rivera CFB Fund» received more than $ 19,000 from political action committees across the city, including the Uniformed Firefighters Association, 1199 and the Correction Officers» Benevolent Association, among others.

«I'm glad the New York City Council is setting aside funds for what are in some ways the most disadvantaged among those eligible for deferred action under the federal law,» Yoshikawa said.

Beyond District / Charter — How City Leaders Catalyze & Support Systems of Great Schools Report examines actions consistently observed among education «quarterbacks» in three cities to catalyze governance reform.

CHICAGO — Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) President Karen Lewis criticized the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) list of schools targeted for closures and other school actions by pointing out that not only does the policy do little to improve student achievement, but the District has a poor record of improving academic achievement among the city's most vulnerable students.

The Nintendo eShop Winter Warm - Up Sale now offers 30 percent off action games, including popular titles such as Injustice: Gods Among Us, Race the Sun and Ninja Gaiden for the Wii U and Lord of Magna: Maiden Heaven, Star Fox 64 3D and Retro City Rampage: DX for the 3DS.

You'll take a couple of side trips to the 1940s, but the bulk of the action takes place in the»60s among some spectacular locations, including Cuba during the botched Bay of Pigs Invasion, Vietnam in the midst of the Tet Offensive, a spaceport in Kazakh SSR, and the haunting urban dystopia of the Kowloon Walled City in Hong Kong.

Skyrim presents on open world role - playing game (RPG) experience while the intense BioShock Infinite features Booker DeWitt and Elizabeth among the Flying City of Columbia The first - person action / RPG Borderlands 2 features four - player co-op shooter set on the alien world of Pandora while Dishonored is a unique first - person shooter with several non-lethal options for defeating enemies.

He undertakes a sophisticated action of branding, not lacking in irony, to make the city among one of the most attractive tourist destinations in Bulgaria.

After spending the summer as residents at the Marin Headlands Center, NPR was recently added to the lineup at the prestigious 2008 Whitney Biennial in New York City, where, among other actions, it'll be occupying a storefront on Madison Avenue for the three - month duration of the big Whitney Museum art show.

Following this show, the network of artists grew, and during the 1960s its joint activities — exhibitions, publications, artworks, actions, manifestos, and other projects — unfolded in Amsterdam, Antwerp, Berlin, Düsseldorf, London, Milan, New York, Paris, and Zagreb, among other cities.

Among elected officials, Governor Jerry Brown is «America's de facto leader on climate change,» and the state will host a Climate Action Summit later this year in San Francisco to bring together «the leaders of states, cities, businesses, and others who made pledges to curb heat - trapping greenhouse gas emissions as part of the Paris accord.»

From ending poverty to improving wellbeing, gender equality, cities» resilience or climate action — while synergies among most of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) foster progress in sustainable development, there are some key conflicts or bottlenecks that could hamper achieving the SDG objectives for 2030.

To that end, in partnership with the Oakland Climate Action Coalition, our Local Clean Energy Alliance won a major victory in July 2009 by getting the Oakland City Council to vote unanimously in favor of groundbreaking greenhouse gas reduction targets that are among the boldest in the nation.

The actions have made New York a leader among cities working to prepare for the threats of climate change, says Rosenzweig.

Among many actions targeting different sectors, cities are actively pursuing improvements in the energy performance of...

Though none of these actions alone signal an end to single - use plastics, they do show the increased resistance among cities, nations and the international community to reject products that are used once and thrown away to the detriment of our waters, land, and wildlife.

Among the various bodies of law in which we focus on are Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the New York State and City Human Rights Laws, the Fair Labor Standards Act, and the Family Medical Leave Act, as well as common law causes of action in breach of contract, covenants not to compete, duty of loyalty, fiduciary duty, and unfair competition.

San Francisco, New York City and King County, Wash., are among a number of municipalities around the country that have adopted policies promoting the use of public land for affordable housing, but some of the best examples of such policies in action are in the Washington, D.C. area.