Sentences with phrase «blocks away»

Liberty Plaza, located at 10 Liberty Street, is within the district; one other, Barclay tower, is a couple of blocks away.

Former Gov. George Pataki joined the chorus of politicians, mostly Republicans, who have denounced the proposed center as an affront to those killed several blocks away on 9/11.

At least one protester had walked from the Staten Island courthouse where the grand jury deliberated on the Garner case to the memorial several blocks away.

This mosque will make a mockery of those who died horrible deaths only two blocks away!

Police Commissioner Bill Bratton introduced himself to the roomful of kids as «Bill,» and told them about discovering a book called «Your Police» at the Boston Public Library two blocks away from his house when he was their age, in the same building as the local police station.

Two Bronx high schools — High School for American Studies at Lehman College and Bronx Science (the two are literally blocks away from each other as part of the northwest Bronx's education mile)-- have been named to U.S. World and Report's top 100 American high schools.

(CNN)- Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid is breaking ranks with President Obama over the issue of the proposed construction of a controversial Islamic center and mosque just blocks away from Ground Zero.

This is not the first time Delaware North has requested tax breaks from the Erie County IDA to move their offices from one building in downtown Buffalo to another a few blocks away.

Meanwhile, activists with the Coalition for Educational Justice rallied on the steps of City Hall as the hearing took place a few blocks away.

Council Speaker Christine Quinn 224 West 30th St, Suite 1206 New York, NY 10001 Speaker Quinn's district is just a few blocks away so many constituents in the community - at - large are Speaker Quinn's constituents.

While some expected to see Elaine's ashes in an urn on the bar, sources tell us they were kept safe in her apartment three blocks away.

Some 1,700 students from kindergarten through fifth grade share a small building there, along with six trailers and an annex 15 blocks away.

Kelly was feted later Monday evening a few blocks away, at the maisonette of Tina Brown — who threw a seated dinner for the former Marine, his wife Veronica and his son Greg, the «Good Day, New York» host.

2) Lazio refers to the project as the mosque AT Ground Zero, even though the site is actually about two blocks away from the Twin Towers site.

A few hours later, the authorities found and removed what they described as a second explosive device four blocks away.

Gov. David Paterson this morning again took to the airwaves to urge developers of the controverisal mosque proposed for construction blocks away from Ground Zero to reconsider his offer to help them find a new location, saying to do so would be a goodwill gesture to end a nationwide media frenzy.

A defense lawyer for the man accused of blowing up a bomb in Chelsea last year all but conceded that her client committed the crime, instead focusing her closing arguments to jurors — and claims of innocence — on a second, unexploded device found four blocks away.

Just three blocks away, inside the Avant at Delaware Avenue and West Huron Street, Republicans were celebrating victory.

«My office is three blocks away, so I can only tell you, it was difficult on the streets,» said City Councilman James Vacca of the Bronx.

Howard ended his victory speech with a comment that drew cheers within the Avant but would likely cause those three blocks away in the Statler to cringe.

I already have staff members who live two blocks away celebrating that they now have their personal garage back

«I already have staff members who live two blocks away celebrating that they now have their personal garage back,» he wrote.

Perhaps coincidentally, State Senator Adriano Espaillat held a press conference 3 blocks away shortly before Rangel arrived.

Kingston's Democratic party elite — incumbent aldermen and the committee chairman, along with assorted business and community leaders — were holed up a few blocks away at Clement's HQ, guardedly optimistic that the slim lead would hold and the candidate they had endorsed would roll over divided Republican opposition to take City Hall.

The famed statue will be moved three blocks away from its current location opposite the «Charging Bull» sculpture in Bowling Green to the...

Firefighters are battling to save what's left of Beth Hamedrash Hagadol, the historic synagogue at 60 Norfolk St.. You can see and smell the smoke from blocks away on the Lower East Side tonight.

Speaking at a Brooklyn school just blocks away from the area Mr. Grimm represented, Mr. de Blasio lamented Mr. Grimm's decision to maintain his innocence on 20 federal charges throughout his re-election bid last year, only to plead guilty to one count of tax evasion in December.

for America, organized both the rally and the drive for petition signatures against the Islamic center, located two blocks away from Ground Zero.

A week before the Hinchey festivities, state Sen. George Amedore announced he had relocated his Kingston district office from Crown and John streets to the media center at 721 Broadway, a few blocks away.

The closing, in turn, hurt business at Onondaga County's convention center just two blocks away.

First daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner may be moving from their Washington, D.C. home a few blocks away from the Obamas — only to live in the neighborhood of the president's former rival, Hillary Clinton.

The governor held one of these conference calls yesterday, despite the fact that he was just blocks away from the Capitol at the executive mansion at the time.

There is already a mosque four blocks away.

The latest edition of the Mount Hope Monitor is now online: Stories include: PS 204 Teachers, Parents: Current School Building Not Up to Par Teachers and parents suspect that the academic success of their school, on West 174th Street in Morris Heights, is hurting their chances of moving to a new location a few blocks away.

«And it's two blocks away.

Although they lived blocks away, Alexander said, the Seneca - Babcock neighborhood proved to be highly influential in their lives.

Blocks away, some 1,500 people packed the historic Riverside Church for a star - studded tribute to King.

Ben Fried, editor - in - chief of Streetsblog, noted that the proposed route does not include stops near J / M / Z trains and is two to three «long» blocks away from any L train stops.

She also cited the county agency's granting of $ 6.8 million in tax breaks for a 209 - room hotel being built a few blocks away from the harbor by Destiny USA.

The BPCA had said they disagreed with that interpretation, and said they were putting millions of dollars into the neighboring Asphalt Green community center — which opened two blocks away in June and charges more than four times as much for an adult membership as the Stuyvesant center.

However, his Spanish is hesitant, and, though he lives only a few blocks away, he seemed like an outsider to many of the people he was addressing.

Instead, he was the featured speaker at a more recently planned, and bigger event just two blocks away, in front of the state Capitol.

During a fundraiser an hour earlier at the historic Nom Wah Tea Parlor, a few blocks away, Quan talked about her groundbreaking and somewhat unexpected victory, which has given many Asian American activists hope for the future.

In the Bronx, 54 % of respondents were opposed to the mosque being built so close (two blocks away) from Ground Zero.

Early last week Governor Andrew Cuomo scheduled a protest rally in opposition to Trump, initially slated to be held about 15 blocks away at the New York Hilton.

Its not several blocks away.

A flew blocks away, in between dozens of downed trees and power lines, Julia Blanchard is going through the same thing.

He deserves an Oscar for his performance,» Nixon said, referring to state budget negotiations going on just blocks away.

And the discussions are occurring at the more secluded governor's mansion, a couple of blocks away from the Capitol.

The woman called her mother, who then called 911, and cops found Cicale a few blocks away.