Sentences with phrase «cities represent over»

Five New York cities made the top 20 list which means FL and NY cities represent over 1/2 of the list.

The C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, bringing together more than 90 cities representing over 650 million people and a quarter of the global economy, has several initiatives underway.

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For women and girls all over the world, the city of Wakanda represents a fictional world in which their intelligence, alongside their fierce beauty, is an accepted norm of society.

While the new lab, in the city of Araras, will only represent a 10 percent increase in analytical capacity over the existing Sao Paulo lab that it will replace, executives said it would likely expand.

Real football clubs from all over Europe including Schalke, Manchester City and Roma have begun signing FIFA 17 professional gamers to represent their clubs in FIFA tournaments.

Arsenal's stunning 3 - 0 victory over Stoke City represents the first time since October of last year that the club has managed to secure four wins...

Representing BMG Fan Projekt, the German side's official supporters» club will support the Reds over the festive period during the Bundesliga winter break, and take in the Anfield clash with Stoke City.

The Reds» No. 21 impressed once again during Wednesday's 3 - 0 Champions League victory over Manchester City, with a stunning long - range goal at the Kop end representing the highlight of his all - action display.

This match represents the best possible option for Chelsea, as Stoke City have been playing as a relegation material over the last few months.

His arrival represents a boost for Tottenham, who lost right - back Kyle Walker to Manchester City earlier in the summer and are now set for talks with left - back Danny Rose over his future.

That worked incredibly well over the years to the point where they represent about 75 % of the hotel industry in New York City.

«As leaders of unions representing over half a million working New Yorkers, we held a conversation with the Speaker candidates so they could hear our members» concerns and share their own plans for the future of working people in our city.

«Harendra Singh has proven himself to be clinically incapable of telling the truth,» said Kevin Keating of Garden City, representing Edward Mangano, adding that over the course of Singh's testimony, «he probably lied 1,000 times and he's the centerpiece of the government's case.»

At a City Council hearing on criminal discovery practices in February chaired by Queens councilman Rory Lancman, Sergio de la Pava, a supervising attorney for New York County Defender Services who has been representing indigent defendants in Manhattan for over 20 years, described a typical experience in the borough's courtrooms: After waiting six months or a year for trial, he said, «The DA comes in with a cart and drops about six inches of material on your desk.

With over 200 non-union hotels planning to open their doors in our city in the next few years we must use the resources the membership provided in the dues referendum and continue to focus all of our energy on making our union one that represents as many workers in the hotel industry as possible.

«In the past five years, over 70 landmark projects have been undertaken, representing almost $ 500 million while fundamentally helping the redevelopment of the city of Buffalo and now into the neighborhoods of Buffalo,» Higgins said.

Trade groups representing restaurants, grocery and convenience stores filed an injunction to halt new menu standards in New York City, stepping up a battle over how food makers disclose nutrition information to consumers.

Council Member Eric Ulrich, the only city or state Republican elected official representing Queens County continues to support Bo Dietl over Malliotakis.

Over the past few weeks, a series of loosely related public corruption investigations coordinated by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara have spilled into public view, with targets including high - ranking New York Police Department officials, the union representing city jail guards, and the political fundraising activities of several people with ties to New York City's macity jail guards, and the political fundraising activities of several people with ties to New York City's maCity's mayor.

Teamsters Local 237 represents over half of all New York City Housing Authority employees.

That charge — laid out in a letter sent by Human Resources Administration commissioner Steve Banks to Sam Roberts, commissioner of the state's office of Temporary Disability and Assistance — represents another extraordinary escalation in the public battle between Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio over the city's homelessness problems.

He represented Bernard Kerik, the former New York City police commissioner who was convicted on federal corruption charges; Jerome Valcke, the former FIFA secretary general who was fired over allegations of misconduct; and Michael Steinberg, a Wall Street hedge fund manager who appealed his 2013 conviction for insider trading and was vindicated when the charges were dropped in October 2015.

The Working Families Party also endorsed Jumaane Williams, a New York City Council member representing a Brooklyn district, for lieutenant governor over incumbent Kathy Hochul.

NYCHA Employees Teamsters Local 237 Endorse of Keith Wright for Congress Teamsters Local 237 represents over half of all New York City Housing Authority employees.

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, long an MTS supporter, traded barbs with onetime Comptroller Bill Thompson over whether opposition to the plant represented «environmental racism.»

But the mayor and a State Assemblyman who represents the city are urging the Senecas and state to come together immediately to smooth out any disputes over their compact.

Weiner was in his seventh term in Congress representing parts of the New York City boroughs of Queens and Brooklyn when he resigned from the House in 2011 amid scandal over lewd photos sent via Twitter.

Faulkner's comments came during a news conference announcing a Manhattan Supreme Court suit — first reported by The Post — over the $ 13.6 million in city money spent on lawyers who represented de Blasio and several «underlings» in connection with investigations by federal and city prosecutors.

The Government's «City Deals» represent a great start to making that happen and they provide a real platform to Government should be ready to devolve powers over planning and welfare to work to cities, in a way that will give our great cities the ability to innovate and promote job creation.

Democratic lawmakers who represent upstate New York cities called on Wednesday for $ 12 million in state funding to bolster refugee re-settlement efforts amid uncertainty over the federal ban on migration to the United State.

The chairman of the NYC Civilian Complaint Review Board, Richard Emery, says there is nothing improper about his civil rights law firm representing a Queens man suing the city and eight cops over an incident in which the agency validated the client's allegation of excessive police force.

The Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, which represents about 24,000 cops, hired the consulting firm Tusk Strategies (run by Bradley Tusk, 2009 campaign manager for ex-NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg) to take on Mayor Bill de Blasio over raises and pensions for city cops in the future.

Markey, who has been in the Assembly since 1998 and represents Maspeth, Woodside and parts of Astoria, Sunnyside, Long Island City and Middle Village, pulled in just over 75 percent of votes, according to results reported by the New York Times.

Fourteen lawmakers represent the borough of Queens in the City Council, but only one posted a perfect attendance record over the last two years, according to statistics.

The mayor also said that while it is not his first choice, the proposal from Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo to charge motorists new tolls for driving into the city's densest areas represents a big improvement over earlier so - called congestion pricing plans.

If she triumphs over a Republican in November, she would be the only black elected official in the city to represent a majority white district.

City Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. (D - Astoria) and the union DC 37 Local 1549, which represents the cityâ $ ™ s clerical and administrative employees, called upon the New York Police Department last week to turn over 500 desk job positions to civilians.

He and union leaders have been fighting over the fact that the law firm he founded represents people suing the city and bringing cases before the board.

City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, who represents East Harlem, said Abyssinian threw the Harlem community «under the bus» over the Pathmark sale.

Over the holiday weekend, Mayor Bill de Blasio, the union representing horse carriage drivers and the City Council announced they had finally reached a deal to downsize the industry.

«It is wrong for the governor to try to take over urban planning, traffic management and real estate development in New York City,» said Richard Gottfried, the veteran Democratic assemblyman who represents the area.

We need a real shake up in local government that gives people a real choice over who represents them in their county and city halls.

1199SEIU represents over 220,000 nurses and healthcare workers in New York City, and over 400,000 total members along the East Coast, in hospitals, nursing homes, clinics, pharmacies and home care programs.

He was in his seventh term in Congress representing parts of the New York City boroughs of Queens and Brooklyn when he resigned from the House in 2011 amid scandal over lewd photos sent via Twitter.

Mr Clarke said: «I've been very proud indeed to represent the fine city of Norwich over these last 13 years.

Johnson, who represents Chelsea and famously came out to the country as gay while in high school, praised city government's accomplishments over the last four years, but said it still has much to overcome in the next few years.

And the city of Cambridge represents its hub, with a strong science base that comprises not just the university, but also Addenbrooke's Hospital, the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, the Sanger Centre, the Babraham Institute, and the European Bioinformatics Institute, along with over 250 biotechnology companies.

The new study «represents our best understanding of how tropical secondary forests change over time,» says Jennifer Powers, an ecosystems ecologist at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.

Yesterday represented an important moment in history with the March For Our Lives which took places in a lot of cities all over the world.

These higher rates of educational attainment due to the Milwaukee voucher program represent improvements of 15 — 20 percent over the rates obtained by the comparison group of public - school students — nearly as large as those for the African American students in the New York City study.