Sentences with phrase «capital of the nation»

«New York has no future as the tax capital of our nation,» Cuomo said in his first State of the State address in 2011.
The ancients imaged the universe in terms of four directions or quarters horizontally, laid out relative to the society doing the mapping, with the center of the world located in the holy city and / or capital of each nation in turn.
Through all of these programs it expects to improve the human capital of the nation.
For a brief span of time, Jesus exercises his dominion by teaching in the Temple and proclaiming in the capital of the nation the edicts of the kingdom of heaven.
Boston, after all, is known as the Athens of America, not the Corinth of America: This city, with good reason, has been called the academic capital of the nation — and, given the massive accumulation of institutions of higher learning here, it may well be called the academic capital of the world.
«This state of New York has a proud legacy of being the progressive capital of the nation and I think that's more important today than ever before,» Cuomo said on Thursday.
The message echoed the open letter Cuomo posted on Facebook just four days after the election, in which he touted the state as a «progressive capital of the nation
«Our intolerance for the ongoing injustice is repugnant to our position as the progressive capital of the nation,» Cuomo said.
«We must turn this crisis into an opportunity to fundamentally remake our state into the progressive capital of the nation,» Governor Cuomo said in his message to the legislature.
The governor, a self - described feminist who established the Women's Equality Party, frequently evokes the suffrage movement as support for his claim that New York is the progressive capital of the nation.
«New York state is almost the corruption capital of the nation
I am pleased that the Governor has championed this legislation and strongly supported our efforts to position New York as the hemp capital of the nation.
The governor's vision for New York as the progressive capital of the nation is not rhetorical, but rather results driven.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo delivered a full - throated cry during his brief public appearance at the tail end of caucus weekend to restore New York to its rightful place as the «progressive capital of the nation,» which — in his eyes — requires action this year on raising the hourly minimum wage.
«For the second year in a row, New York State has earned the distinction of being the yogurt capital of the nation.
Governor Andrew Cuomo yesterday announced that, for the second year in a row, New York is the yogurt capital of the nation.
«Erik's intellect and experience will be an invaluable asset in the fight to restore New York as the progressive capital of the nation,» Cuomo said of Bottcher, who served as his liaison to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in the 2010 race.
We made New York the progressive capital of the nation.
«New York is the progressive capital of the nation, we can fight back, take back our country and push in the right direction,» Cuomo said.
Cuomo said his first goal is to restore «fiscal stability» to New York, while his second is to «regain the state's crown as the progressive capital of this nation
We're already the abortion capital of the nation.
In each of his State of the State speeches Cuomo has used the capitol building as a metaphor for something that was once glorious and can be restored; he has said he wants to re-establish New York «the progressive capital of the nation»; he has touted the number of on - time budgets he and the legislature have delivered (this year he'll say four in a row and counting); he has demanded more teacher accountability but explained new changes he's seeking; and, he has stressed a need for ethics rules overhaul and campaign finance reform while mentioning unsavory headlines.
It is however undisputable that Lagos state needs to be massively celebrated because over the years Lagos has been the commercial capital of the nation and the business hub for West Africa.
«This is not only in New York, but in the capital of this nation, Washington D.C.»
As the governor said, «New York has no future as the tax capital of the nation, and this veto sends a strong message that we will not put today's tough decisions on tomorrow's taxpayers.»
«New York is the progressive capital of the nation.
Maloney, a Democrat elected to a Hudson Valley House district in 2012, reiterated in the statement that Cuomo has been «a national progressive leader and his record of accomplishments has made New York State the progressive capital of the nation once again.»
This state's role as the progressive capital of the nation is important to me and should be important to every person in this room.
«This state has a proud tradition and a proud legacy as the progressive capital of the nation,» he said Friday.
The governor spent much of the speech emphasizing that the state is the «progressive capital of the nation» — perhaps giving Mayor Bill de Blasio a bit of a run for his money as what the New York Time's coined as Trump's «Opponent in Chief.»
«You have no long - term future if you are the tax capital of the nation,» Cuomo said, as cited by Bloomberg News.
«We must overhaul our government, clean it up and pare it down while simultaneously putting New Yorkers back to work and making New York once again the jobs capital of the nation
Any proposal to change the tax brackets would come with political risks for Mr. Cuomo, who has frequently proclaimed that under his watch, New York would no longer be «the tax capital of the nation
«We must turn this crisis into an opportunity to fundamentally remake our state into the progressive capital of the nation,» Cuomo said.
Relatively speaking, Santa Clara County is doing fairly well; however, it certainly does not hold the title of «Feminist Capital of the Nation» it once did in the 1970s.
In a separate statement Maloney released broadly, he called Cuomo «a national progressive leader and his record of accomplishment has made New York State the progressive capital of the nation once again.»
«We restored New York's reputation as the progressive capital of the nation
With spending under control, the State should cut taxes and reverse the mentality of New York as the tax capital of the nation, an image that defined New York for decades.»
Einstein completed the general theory of relativity in November 1915 in Berlin, the capital of a nation absorbed in the most destructive war Europe had ever known.
• ARPA - E will leverage the intellectual capital of the nation's universities, commercial, industrial, and investor communities, and the national labs to pursue high - risk, high - reward research that neither these entities nor DOE would pursue on their own.
The talk is based on a book, The Knowledge Capital of Nations: Education and the Economics of Growth, co-authored by Eric Hanushek and Ludger Woessmann, which was published this spring.
One of the goals was to «make Newark the charter school capital of the nation
What she got from a Boca Raton puppy boutique was 4 - pound, 11 - week - old Molly, loaded with germs, in need of oxygen treatments and born in Missouri, the puppy mill capital of the nation.
The HSUS released a report on «Missouri's Dirty Dozen,» a list of some of the most deplorable puppy mills in the state known as the puppy mill capital of the nation.
And as the oldest city in France, and the reputed food capital of a nation renowned for its cuisine, you really are running out of excuses not to visit.
In Praia, Santiago, the capital of the nation there are various celebrations on a daily basis.
Birthplace of modern cinema and self - professed gastronomic capital of the nation, ancient Lyon has much more to offer a would - be tourist than the fantastic restaurants it has become synonymous with.
Also at that time, in the post-Civil War era, New York City was rapidly becoming the artistic capital of the nation.
We have a nasty carbon bubble inflating and the people calling stop to it are trying to save the economy, jobs and capital of our nation from imploding once again like with the housing bubble.
America's Most Endangered Rivers of 2009 are: # 1: Sacramento - San Joaquin River System (CA) Threat: Outdated water and flood management The largest watershed in California is on the verge of collapse, threatening the water supply for more than 26 million people, placing the capital of the nation's most populous state at high risk of flooding, and damaging a once productive and healthy ecosystem that supported the nation's most diverse salmon runs.
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