Sentences with phrase «around the district who»

«I have met so many people around the district who feel scared, or angry, or frustrated because of what's happening in our country,» she said.

«She can call it what she wants, but she should be honest with Dutchess County families and others around our district who already pay some of the highest energy prices in the country.

«Everyone it seems like in Washington and people I've talked to outside of his district think he's probably in for a fight for his life, but I know very few people who live in or around his district who think that.»

Not exact matches

Steven Feldman, a former assistant US attorney for the Southern District of New York who is a member of the New York State Bar Association's White Collar Committee, which Hendon cochairs, called Hendon a «fantastic pick» for Trump who is «an all - around superstar» in the «upper echelon» of white - collar defense attorneys in the city.

«Before we even got behind a lot of policy changes, what we did was we went around the country and just visited prisons and visited state legislatures and visited with district attorneys and police officers and survivors of crime, all these folks who have a stake in the system right now, and we tried to listen and amplify voices that may not have been heard as much,» he explains.

Set in the schlock district of rakishly decorated motels built in the 1950s to house Disney World around Orlando, and Kissimmee, Florida, the story follows families who have fallen below the minimum score to rent an apartment and are stuck in a cycle of poverty that includes living indefinitely in cheap rent - by - the - night rooms that have long since fallen out of favor with tourists.

«I've been around Little League baseball for more than 25 years,» said Wetmore, who has been the California District 57 Administrator for the past 11 years.

«It seems that the people who were taking around the petitions were unaware and did not have their facts straight,» said Commissioner Linda Blane, who said that the Park District was accused of overspending to renovate parks owned by the city and outside its jurisdiction.

«We want to solve some of the problems in Grant Park — pedestrian movement through the park, reduction of the impact of the roadway system, better facilities for staging events and moving things around so we don't impact just one place in Grant Park,» said Edward Uhlir, a former Chicago Park District official who now is an assistant to Daley and director of the Millennium Park project.

It was around 11 p.m. when a firework landed near where Kristina Perez was standing in West Lawn Park «and exploded with such force that it traumatically amputated her right foot and lower leg,» according to a lawsuit filed by Perez against the city, the Park District and two people who Perez alleges set off the firework.

The Palatine Park District has also turned to a more natural way of dealing with geese by not mowing around ponds, which discourages geese who are fearful of predators hiding in the tall grass, Gould said.

«It's understandable to be concerned about setting a precedent, but there already are probably a dozen examples around the county where this sort of thing or something similar has happened,» said Didzerekis, who was on the Wheaton Park District board for eight years before joining the County Board in 1998.

«We're proud of the program,» said school district Supt. Michael Smoot, who added that it makes life easier for parents and keeps children from being bounced around.

«The New York City Democrats are flailing around because they know that their candidate is a fraud and a phony who is hopelessly out of step with the hardworking taxpayers who live in this district.

«I think the politicians who stay in Washington are not as good as the politicians who are around their states and their districts,» he said.

My fear stems from the fact that a renowned economists and a vice Presidential candidate of a party whose philosophy stands on ideals of conservatism, will confidently move around with a message of establishing one factory in each district at this point of our national reconstruction.How do you implement such a policy after scrapping 70 % of taxes across, build 350 secondary schools, free secondary school etc.You sum up all these deceitful platitudes and you begin to shiver.We are made to believe that the issue of unemployment would be buried under their government forgetting that, we were made to lineup in hot sun to register for employment only to be told in 2005 by Ghana Statistical service that unemployment figure for that year was the highest do far and remains the highest today.The lowest unemployment figures recorded between 2001 - 2016 was recorded in 2013 under Mahama.So who possess the practical record to support his call.

ALBANY — Albany County District Attorney David Soares said Tuesday he will ask judges to seal the convictions of offenders — including some felons — who have turned their lives around for at least 10 years.

Who wins Westchester County Exec George Latimer's open seat in the 37th District could also be a bellwether for races around the state, indicating whether Democrats can ride «a wave election» in November, according to political observers.

The 55th State Senate District has around 80,000 voters who are registered as Democrats and about 60,000 who are registered as Republicans.

Waronker, who took over as schools chief on June 2, contended in that letter that his attempts to turn around the struggling district have been undermined by the board's three - member majority.

An eyewitness, who spoke to Citi News, said the youth came around 11:30 on Thursday, «chanting that they don't want him again and that there is smuggling in the district and all those things.»

Republican Assemblyman Jim Tedisco of the 112th district believes that every legislator and the governor will focus on turning the economy around»... and the fortunes of our constituents in terms of jobs, economic expansion for small businesses, keeping our young people who get great educations in New York State IN New York State and stopping that «brain drain.»

I was proud to lead on that issue and I am even prouder that others who are running for Council in this district have now come around and agree with my proposal.

«It would be nice if they have some kind of educational background and I'd really like some more financial partners who could help me turn around some of the problems in the district.

Shcherbenko — district leader for the Democratic party — said if he's elected he'll try to fight for people and neighborhoods he feels Borough Hall has ignored around Staten Island, like small business owners in St. George who have long complained about illegal placard parking.

Jang, who is the senator representing Plateau - North Senatorial District, arrived at the Abuja office of the EFCC around 10 am and was grilled for several hours after which he was released around 8 pm.

Lopez, who's been announcing around his Assembly district that he's «seriously interested» in Congress, says he's aware of the challenges of running in a district much larger than the one he currently represents.

Around 10,000 who voters showed up to poling stations across Williamsburg and Bushwick Tuesday, a mere 16 percent of the 61,711 active registered democrats who live in the 34th City Council District.

Reynoso — who scored around 6,452 votes over Torres» 3,527, or 64 percent — will likely get another four years to promote affordable housing in the district, a community - driven rezoning in Bushwick and reforming the sanitation industry with the goal of cutting down truck traffic.

«People will not like, necessarily, what I have to say, but I'm a person who is trying to get my arms around a totally dysfunctional school district which is not performing,» Paladino said.

The commission itself is composed of district attorneys from around the state, including one - time attorney general candidate Kathleen Rice, who is running for re-election this year.

Fellow Democrats who oppose the acting Erie County district attorney's ethics proposals are turning the argument around him, aiming their own ethical challenges at him.

Around the city, residents can vote to decide who will represent them in City Council, with all but handful of the city's 51 districts preparing for contested races.

BoogieDowner has a few Espada / 33rd - Senate - District - race - related tidbits, including staffers from Espada's office who are going around saying they are from the Board of Elections and asking for residents» phone numbers... a quick conversation with Espada who said he felt «very, very good» about tomorrow's primary, but seemed «sheepish / distant / aloof.»

His sentiments are echoed by Shelly Silver, who said he'd like the district to be kept around, and who, as Assembly Speaker, has as much say on what the final map will look like as anyone.

She's out driving around with 2 other administrators for the city school district searching for sixteen 9th graders who have not attended school since September.

And this was considered an impressive haul for the former law professor and corruption expert, who challenged New York Governor Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic primary in 2014, winning many upstate counties in and around the 19th District.

U.S. Must Reinforce its Diplomatic Presence Around the World KINDERHOOK, NY... October 27, 2016 — John Faso, who is running for the 19th Congressional district, today joined -LSB-...]

Espaillat owes much of his success to the 78th Assembly District (the base of Assemblyman Jose Rivera, the former Bronx boss and one of his backers in the borough) and to the 81st Assembly District (home to Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz, who fell in line with Heastie and co. in backing Wright this time around).

He faces a fellow legislative leader, Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb, who in recent days has announced support from counties in and around his Finger Lakes - area Assembly district.

The waiting lists to get into charter schools are around the block in the districts of state Assembly members who haven't challenged attempts to limit the alternative schools, according to data obtained by The Post.

After LoBiondo announced his retirement, Democratic Party leaders quickly coalesced around Van Drew (D - Cape May), who already has the support of South Jersey powerbroker George Norcross and all eight of the Democratic county chairs in the district.

Flanagan, who represents the 2nd district in Long Island, says he wants to travel around the upstate area to show that upstate and downstate share similar issues.

Officer Colin McGuire, who was captured on video putting his arm around the neck of Ronald Johns, 22, on July 14, has been out sick since the incident, but remains assigned to Transit District 4, according the NYPD.

ONE POLICE PLAZA — The Manhattan District Attorney's Office has indicted seven men who sold 89 illegal guns to an undercover officer over an 18 - month period in and around the neighborhood where NYPD Officer Randolph Holder was shot to death last week.

Assemblyman John McDonald, a Democrat from Cohoes whose district includes parts of Albany and Troy, said he would have to discuss the issue with members from New York City, who, perhaps not incidentally, have complained to him about the high taxi fares in and around Albany.

«We called this meeting to highlight the issues around mass transportation on the East End,» said Ms. Throne - Holst, who is running a Democratic primary against attorney Dave Calone of Babylon for the First Congressional District seat currently held by Republican Lee Zeldin (R - Shirley).

He also took something of a swipe at Council member Maria Baez, who's been ill these past few weeks and wasn't around to influence proceedings (the armory is in Baez's district.)

During the 2010 elections, Flanagan and his team mobilized dozens around Tea Party sympathizer Lee Zeldin, an Iraq veteran who was challenging incumbent Democratic state senator Brian Foley in a district that includes Brookhaven.

Eventually Cuomo gave up his pledge to veto any district lines that were gerrymandered and agreed to new lines that drastically favored Senate Republicans, even creating a 63rd district upstate that suspiciously carved its way around major population centers and incorporated rural towns populated by more voters who were more likely Republican.