Sentences with phrase «authorities surrounding the island»

While there, it is discovered that Han has more going on than just his martial arts tournament, as drugs and prostitutes run rampant over the place, drawing the eye of the authorities surrounding the island who want evidence of wrongdoing before coming in.

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De Blasio had three nominees pending with the Senate to serve on the state - run authority, which manages transit — buses, subways, trains, bridges and tunnels — in New York City and surrounding areas including, Long Island: David Jones, a leader with the nonprofit Community Service Society who has advocated reduced transit fares for low - income New Yorkers; Manhattan Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez, who chairs the chamber's Transportation Committee; and Veronica Vanterpool, director of the Tri-State Transportation Campaign and a member of the MTA's «reinvention» commission.

A Long Island Power Authority transmission failure farther west on Long Island knocked out villagers as well as residents in surrounding areas.

For example, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which services New York City and surrounding areas including Long Island, has received more than $ 8 billion for system infrastructure upgrades, according to a press release from the Office of the Mayor.

Now the authorities are dredging the surrounding reefs and using sand to raise the level of the main island which is most densely populated.