Sentences with phrase «as upstate communities»

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As I began pondering what type and size of RV to get, I noticed that every other driveway in our upstate New York community seemed to have some sort of RV or trailer parked in it.

Food and Drink - Fall 2011 -(Page 48) > r RESTAURANTS Mark's Pizzeria Community Spirit Mark's Pizzeria does more than sell pizza as it works to make its communities in upstate New York better places to live.

His biggest blunder occurred in the fall of 1989 when he scheduled a nationally televised Skins Game on the same weekend as the 13 - year - old Corning Classic, which is held in an upstate New York community popular with the players.

«There was some debate about this of course, but this is an area we believe in it as an important instrument to the revitalization of upstate communities,» Hochul said.

«It's a real head - scratcher» as to why Republicans backed the legislation, which also included an extension of mayoral control of New York City schools, the re-approval of local sales tax measures and several other measures aimed at upstate communities for flood relief.

Editorial by Former Assmbly Ryan Karben New York voters will decide whether to bet on expanded casino gambling as a jackpot for state government coffers and economically adrift upstate communities.

New York voters will decide whether to bet on expanded casino gambling as a jackpot for state government coffers and economically adrift upstate communities.

At the time, the governor characterized the deal as «an enormous win,» advancing clean energy goals as well as being a none - too - subtle move to save good - paying jobs and tax revenue in long - suffering upstate communities.

Five years later, a lot has changed: Cuomo is presiding over casino openings in upstate communities, touting their construction as a part of a turnaround for a struggling region of the state.

Though upstate communities would not be impacted as much, downstate homeowners in many instances would be hurt.

The announcement comes as parts of upstate remain devastated by the effects of the tropical storm that left many communities flooded, bridges destroyed and hundreds of thousands of customers without power.

Republicans contend Cuomo's involvement in the race, however, could hurt Fiala given the opposition in upstate communities to his gun control law as well as the controversy over a ban on hydrofracking in the state.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who pushed hard to get Las Vegas - style casinos legalized in New York as a key component of his plan to revive the upstate economy, plans to visit the three communities that emerged victorious yesterday in the battle for gaming licenses.

This comes as an opioid epidemic continues to ravage many upstate communities.

That sounds like something of an understatement for those in the business community, especially for many who live and work upstate, where property taxes as an overall percentage of home values are out of whack, the population is shrinking and graying and the jobs are scarce.

Masterpole, 43, said he doesn't think the city — like other communities in upstate New York — is fighting crime as well as it should.

Long - time North Country Working Families Party organizer Tom Wood said Wilson stands out as a «genuine North Country voice, advocating for the policies that will truly move the needle for her neighbors and reinvigorate our upstate community.»

Many of those beds have been left vacant as officials have shifted youthful offenders from upstate facilities to community - based programs closer to their homes.

Possibly as soon as July 4, ride - hailing services including Uber and Lyft are expected to be available in Buffalo and other upstate communities.

As a result, one Colin Warner (LaKeith Stanfield), a resident of the mostly African - American community of Crown Heights Brooklyn, was sent upstate to Dannemora Prison, a mostly white community with principally white guards.

As she wanders around various locations, including the woods of upstate New York and the palm - tree lined streets of a retirement community in Florida, she spews self - help suggestions and tangential anecdotes, while interpreting common signs found in each location to bear greater meaning.

From our early beginnings in the rural Village of Rouses Point in upstate New York to the vital impact we have made as the first non-profit to encourage and present the artists of the now thriving community of Bushwick, our journey as well as our mission remains unchanged: to create, promote and present collaborations among the visual, literary and performing arts, to connect emerging artistic communities and foster the imaginative energy in us all.