Sentences with phrase «at dozens of city»

An audit by Comptroller John Liu found broken equipment and other hazards at dozens of city playgrounds.

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Otherwise, there's the nearby and ever - entertaining New York City, a hundred - plus miles of Atlantic Ocean coastline, a smallish mountain range or two, a major amusement park, a half dozen professional sports teams (most of them mediocre at best), small - time skiing, a pretty Ivy League campus by the name of Princeton University, a wealth of black bear in exclusive suburban communities, the early homes of such celebrity types as Martha Stewart, Jack Nicholson and Bruce Springsteen, the site of the Hindenburg disaster, and (for visionary types) the ghosts of Albert Einstein and Thomas Edison, who lived and worked in the state for awhile.

Dozens of new country houses had popped up in the fields outside the city, which, at a distance, resembled castles transforming the landscape into a kind of distant fantasy land.

The company said it's aiming for a metropolitan area of at least 1 million residents, opening up, theoretically, a few dozen cities in the U.S., from New York to Tucson, Ariz., and a handful more in Canada.

At one point the Biznik calendar bulged with over 50 events a week across dozens of cities.

One way to do so is to look at dozens, or perhaps hundreds, of cities in terms of population, or average income, and compare them with the number of bookshops in each city.

Dozens of Tesla owners gathered at the 40 - stall Kettleman City Supercharger for the first - ever Tesla Takeover — an epic road trip by...

This Friday December 29th at 6:00 PM members of more than two dozen New York City and other community groups who are seriously concerned about the situation in Puerto Rico, now that more than 100 days have passed since the devastation that hurricane Maria brought to the island, will converge on the south side of Union Square to have their voices heard.

The day - long event is held at Shelley City Park and will be packed with dozens of fun, potato - themed games and contests.

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.

It was a day when that much - abused city finally laughed at the world, a day when Bobby Clarke, the gap - toothed diabetic rink rat with the guts of 10 dozen burglars, and Bernie Parent, the nimble goaltender, skated around the frenzied streamer - filled Spectrum holding the Stanley Cup aloft for Kate Smith and the whole world to see.

Chicago Public Schools Inspector General James Sullivan recently found more than a dozen instances of falsified lunch applications among city and school employees at one West Side high school.

Students from dozens of schools across the city are planning to take part in a 17 - minute walkout Wednesday morning, with each minute representing a life lost during the Feb. 14 mass shooting at a Florida high school.

Services include Emergency Food Assistance and Hunger Relief, Nutritional Education, Income Support and a wide range of outreach services directed at children, seniors, expecting mothers and other needy groups from dozens of city communities.

In January, Whitney Donhauser will take the helm at the Museum of the City of New York, an organization that has battled its way from financial jeopardy over the past dozen years.

At noon, NYC Council Speaker Corey Johnson, Council members, tenants, and dozens of other stakeholders gather in support of legislation reauthorizing critical rent laws, and call on Albany to close landlord loopholes and to enact laws immediately strengthening existing tenants protections, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

The newly elected NYC Council speaker, Corey Johnson, accused New York City police officers and federal law enforcement agents of acting violently during the protest at which the two council members and more than a dozen other demonstrators were arrested.

Basile has owned his own business for more than a dozen years, is a published author, has taught at Fordham University, and was also managing director of a New York City - based public relations firm.

A group of Buffalo Bills supporters plans to deliver a dozen U.S. mailbags to the Bills» training camp at St. John Fisher College, filled with 13,000 letters from fans pledging continued support if the team stays in Buffalo and no support if it moves to another city.

State Senator Brad Hoylman and former state senator Tom Duane had attempted to defend Quinn's record, over the jeers of a couple dozen anti-Quinn agitators, throughout the event, which had been scheduled for 11 a.m., after de Blasio had announced a noon press conference at the same site, to tout his work to save the city's hospitals.

New York, NY — Just one day before dozens of New Yorkers will take action at the New York City pension fund meeting calling for full divestment from fossil fuels, actor and environmentalist Leonardo DiCaprio added his voice, calling on New York to step into its leadership and divest from fossil fuels.

ALBANY — For the two dozen activists who rallied in the rain at New York's City Hall on Friday, the case against Jeffrey D. Klein — the powerful state senator accused of forcibly kissing a staff member outside an Albany bar in 2015 — was seemingly straightforward.

Inside the center dozens of people waited - among them Nelson's family members; her pastor, John Carter, of Abundant Life Church in East Syracuse; Sharon Contreras, Syracuse City Schools superintendent, and Helen Hudson, Syracuse common councilor - at - large.

Instead, Mr. Duane, 57, said that he had simply tired of ricocheting between the city and Albany, as he has for 14 years — a number he repeated at least a dozen times — and that he was eager to try something new.

The delay in state payments led to temporary pink slips being issued to dozens of carpenters and other tradesmen at the Solar City site because the contractors ran out of money.

ALBANY, NY (08/09/2011)(readMedia)-- Vincent Alvarez, President of the New York City Central Labor Council, issued the following statement, following today's walk out of dozens of workers at the Central Park Boathouse Restaurant:

The debate hall included at least four mayoral candidates (Andrew Maxwell, Alfonso Davis, Laura Lavine and Marty Masterpole) along with dozens of top people from City Hall and the county executive's office.

At 11 a.m., dozens of of housing advocates and tenants will join with elected officials to announce a «scathing new report that exposes statistical evidence of Airbnb's negative impact on affordable housing in NYC,» Public Advocate Tish James will speak, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

After a string of weeks in which City Hall has rolled out nearly a dozen new initiatives aimed at tackling the city's homeless crisis, New York City residents are starting to feel slightly better about how de Blasio is handling the city's homelessness problems, a new Q poll shCity Hall has rolled out nearly a dozen new initiatives aimed at tackling the city's homeless crisis, New York City residents are starting to feel slightly better about how de Blasio is handling the city's homelessness problems, a new Q poll shcity's homeless crisis, New York City residents are starting to feel slightly better about how de Blasio is handling the city's homelessness problems, a new Q poll shCity residents are starting to feel slightly better about how de Blasio is handling the city's homelessness problems, a new Q poll shcity's homelessness problems, a new Q poll shows.

Close to four dozen top NYC officials — including a pair of forensic scientists at the medical examiner's office, three federal litigators at the Law Department, and the director of the city's GreeNYC program — will be joining the spandex - clad masses on the Verrazano Bridge next week for the 26.2 mile NYC Marathon.

At least nine of the three dozen people from the New York City area questioned for jury service by Caproni raised concerns about corporate donations to politicians.

Justin Krebs, a co-director of Living Liberally, said the event at Siberia Bar drew dozens of people, including Schneiderman, current New York City comptroller Scott Stringer and members of the media.

Comptroller John Liu's office surveyed 107 playgrounds across the city last summer and found safety hazards at more than two dozen of them, including rats scurrying through Tompkins Square Park to crumbling safety mats at East River Playground on East 106th Street.

EAT BEAT — «Whole Foods chain faces NYC probe after investigators found «worst case of overcharges,»» by News» Sarah Ryley and Reuven Blau: «The city has launched a probe of Whole Foods Markets after investigators nabbed the upscale food purveyor for routinely overcharging customers on groceries during dozens of inspections dating back to at least 2010... The most recent spate of violations came during a sting operation the Department of Consumer Affairs conducted in the fall that specifically checked the accuracy of the weight marked on pre-packaged products.

Its three cities — Utica, Rome and Sherrill — and dozens of towns and villages constitute a unique community, with business and industry ranging from agriculture and low - tech family - owned enterprises to the high - tech engineers and scientists that support cutting - edge research and development ongoing at the Air Force Research Laboratory in Rome, N.Y and the Masonic Medical Research Laboratory in Utica, N.Y.

«Blue» Mass Held for First Responders by David Greene Dozens of first responders from across the city were honored with a special mass at St. Philip Neri Church on Wednesday, January 31.

Also at 10 a.m., dozens of parents will deliver letters to City Hall demanding that the de Blasio administration expand access to New York City's high - quality, high - performing public charter schools, Manhattan.

Dozens of parents and students joined state Sen. Jose Peralta Tuesday at P.S. 143 to demand the city build a permanent extension to the elementary school, at 34 - 74 113th St.

Thus, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions took direct aim at «sanctuary cities» this past Mon., Mar. 27th, just as dozens of representatives from such municipalities gathered in New York City to discuss methods to protect immigrant populations.

«Working together, as I've said again and again was going to happen, we've produced an on - time, balanced budget for our city that does not raise taxes on New Yorkers and that preserves the essential services that we all rely on,» the mayor said at a press conference at City Hall, flanked by dozens of City Council membcity that does not raise taxes on New Yorkers and that preserves the essential services that we all rely on,» the mayor said at a press conference at City Hall, flanked by dozens of City Council membCity Hall, flanked by dozens of City Council membCity Council members.

About two dozen tenants rights activists, as well as several Democratic State lawmakers, were arrested at a protest on the lack of action so far on reforming New York City's rent laws, which expire on June 15th, to include more protections for tenants.

«There are at least half a dozen City agencies in the Downtown Brooklyn area, all of which have access to their own automobile fleet,» he wrote in a Feb. 1 letter addressed to the mayor.

Gallo praised Cook's efforts on behalf of the city but said that with dozens of events to promote annually and an anemic budget (the office's advertising budget for 2012 stands at just $ 100) the office lacked the means to effectively reach out and draw tourism dollars to Kingston.

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The demonstrators — a cohort of about three dozen older New Yorkers, millennials, and one as young as 10 years old — were one of a number of groups that had gathered at locations across the city on a recent Wednesday to protest at the offices of Democratic state Senators who the protesters believe have betrayed them.

Only a half - dozen of 57 counties outside New York City have kept their sales taxes at 3 percent, according to state data, and now they aren't being allowed to raise it.

«Put simply, it is a 19th - century solution to a 21st century problem,» Lippman said at Sunday's press conference while flanked by more than half a dozen elected city officials, including the district attorneys of The Bronx, Manhattan, and Brooklyn.

Dozens of pro-police protesters met a wave of counter-demonstrators outside City Hall tonight, singing songs and hurling insults at one another.

Children from the Hamilton Madison House and Chung Pak day care centers gathered at City Hall — alongside dozens of child care providers, day care center workers, parents, politicians and faith and community leaders — for a June 7 press conference denouncing the mayor's proposed $ 51 million cut to city funding for child cCity Hall — alongside dozens of child care providers, day care center workers, parents, politicians and faith and community leaders — for a June 7 press conference denouncing the mayor's proposed $ 51 million cut to city funding for child ccity funding for child care.

Criticism of Quinn over the sick leave issue sparked spirited applause at the March 20 LGBT forum, but the tableau presented at City Hall on March 29 ---- with the speaker surrounded by more than a dozen Council members, major labor leaders, and fired up members of both 32BJ and Make the Road New York, a social justice organization ---- provided a striking contrast with the week before.