Sentences with phrase «city businesses leave»

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For somebody who had never been to New Orleans, but moved there initially to teach and then a year later left the classroom to start a company, I've seen firsthand just how much the community has invested in bringing in and retaining young people who really want to contribute to rebranding the city, bringing it from, old oil and gas and just tourism really into the 21st century with lots of high - tech, high - growth businesses.

Fast - forward to today, and the fourth - generation business, based in New York City's South Bronx, has left the pushcart era far behind.

On a macro scale, experts see disturbing parallels between Trump's proposals on current business issues and the legacy he left in Atlantic City.

A survey of New York City employers after implementation of the city's paid sick days law showed that more than 91 percent of respondents did not reduce hiring; 97 percent did not reduce hours; and 94 percent did not raise prices as a result of the law.26 In a similar study from Connecticut, which passed a statewide paid sick days law in 2011, employers also reported no effects or modest effects to their bottom lines.27 And an audit of the District of Columbia's paid sick leave law, effective in 2008, found that it did not discourage business owners from basing their businesses in the District, nor did it incentivize them to relocate their businesses outside of WashingtoCity employers after implementation of the city's paid sick days law showed that more than 91 percent of respondents did not reduce hiring; 97 percent did not reduce hours; and 94 percent did not raise prices as a result of the law.26 In a similar study from Connecticut, which passed a statewide paid sick days law in 2011, employers also reported no effects or modest effects to their bottom lines.27 And an audit of the District of Columbia's paid sick leave law, effective in 2008, found that it did not discourage business owners from basing their businesses in the District, nor did it incentivize them to relocate their businesses outside of Washingtocity's paid sick days law showed that more than 91 percent of respondents did not reduce hiring; 97 percent did not reduce hours; and 94 percent did not raise prices as a result of the law.26 In a similar study from Connecticut, which passed a statewide paid sick days law in 2011, employers also reported no effects or modest effects to their bottom lines.27 And an audit of the District of Columbia's paid sick leave law, effective in 2008, found that it did not discourage business owners from basing their businesses in the District, nor did it incentivize them to relocate their businesses outside of Washington.28

On April 12, Nelson and Robinson arrived 10 minutes early for a business meeting at a Starbucks in the Center City neighborhood of Philadelphia and wound up leaving the location in handcuffs.

Not even the networks can hide any longer the fact that so many cities in California are bankrupt because they can not get their spending under control, and businesses are leaving in droves due to over regulation and taxation.

Selling Alexis makes business and footballing sense, he will leave for free in the next season to man city or even Chelsea, he priced himself out of Bayern, because he wants to play for pep, he's not bigger than arsenal, we can't have an unhappy player around our new signings..

City's withdrawal from the Mahrez talks leaves # 57million record signing Aymeric Laporte as their only major incoming business of the January window.

Liverpool's manager had indicated when his team were in Los Angeles that, after signing seven players, his business for the window was done, a decision that had been triggered by the club's failure to complete a deal for Leicester City left - back Ben Chilwell.

Our presenters, left - to - right: Madeleine Levin, FRAC; Hitesh Haria, Deputy Superintendent, Business Operations at Memphis City Schools; Alonzo Brown, Principal, Crump Elementary (Memphis); Keith Williams, President, Memphis Education Association; Kim Stewart, Dietitian, Memphis City Schools

In an attempt to preserve some of his administration's policies after he leaves office, Mayor Bloomberg will establish a new office to help businesses, especially smaller ones, navigate city bureaucracy.

Business owners say that a session that saw the minimum wage increase, to eventually $ 15 an hour in New York City and $ 12.50 upstate, along with a phased - in partial paid family leave, will be costly to smaller employers who operate on the edge in a shaky economy.

Left to right: Jean Lowe of the Greater Rochester Housing Partnership; Rochester City Council President, Lovely Warren; Carlos Carballada, Director of Neighborhood and Business Development for the City of Rochester; Tom VanNortwick of HCR; Rochester City Councilmember Carolee Conklin, and Rochester City Councilmember Jacklyn Ortiz.

Business owners say that a session that saw the minimum wage increase to eventually $ 15 in New York City and $ 12.50 upstate, along with a phased - in partially paid family leave, will be costly to smaller employers who operate on the edge in a shaky economy.

Over the years, as businesses in Utica left or closed, the city has faced a problem of what to do with the empty buildings.

Across Midtown, the smallest of of the Big Apple's businesses say they're getting ready for the City Council's proposed paid - sick - leave bill, which, according to a compromise announced by Council Speaker Christine Quinn last Thursday, would require companies of 15 or more employees to provide five paid sick days for each full - time worker by October 2015.

«Ultimately, the encroachment of residential uses in these areas will force businesses to relocate and, in many cases, leave the city altogether, along with the good - paying jobs and economic diversity that they support.»

«Business executives, college students, and everyone in between utilize ride - sharing apps when visiting cities around the nation and upstate New York riders should not be left at the curb,» Seward said.

Some small businesses and paid sick leave advocates in the city are supporting the new proposal.

The Binghamton Mets — a Double - A minor ball team — won't leave the city, which is good news for local businesses.

A group of City Council members, left - leaning activists and business leaders are studying some of New York City's tax break programs, such as the Industrial and Commercial Abatement Program, which are set to expire in 2016.

Stringer urged law makers to abolish the tax rebate from the old Industrial and Commercial Incentive Program, a city business booster left over from the mid-1970's, the News reported.

By JOSH ROGERS Mayor Bill de Blasio last week put Downtown's Julie Menin in charge of one of his signature priorities — providing paid sick leave to small business workers — when he tapped her to be the city's next Consumer Affairs commissioner.

A Capalino spokesman told the Times Union that «Mr. Capalino served on the board of the New York City - based AJ Contracting and left its board before the organization went out of business.

Rep. Peter King of Seaford, seen April 28, 2017, left, responded on Twitter to the devastation caused by Hurricane Harvey in Texas where Jennifer Bryant, right, surveys the ruin inflicted on her family business in the city of Katy on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017.

«Business executives, college students, and everyone in between utilize ride - sharing apps when visiting cities around the nation and upstate New York riders should be not be left at the curb.

By Paul Snyder Madison's flirtation with property flipping to turn a profit is a financial risk better left untaken, according to critics who say the city has no business playing the land market.

In October, he joined a coalition of small business owners pressuring City Council Speaker Christine Quinn to support a paid sick leave bill.

Sean Ryan [email protected] A Milwaukee business group suing to overturn the city's sick - leave law takes little solace in a pending bill to establish similar federal rules.

After covering those obligations, the city would assign 35 percent of what's left to the general fund, 25 percent to infrastructure, 15 percent to business development, 10 percent to major equipment purchases, 8 percent to housing and community renewal, and 7 percent to another contingency account to be called the «tribal fund.»

Supporters take the position that self - storage has stepped in only after manufacturing jobs have left the city for various other reasons, and that many small businesses rely on self - storage as a low - cost warehousing option.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Ben Walsh will leave his job as deputy commissioner for neighborhood and business development at the City of Syracuse in two weeks.

Crain's New York Business, in a March 28 story, quoted Kathy Wylde, president of the Partnership for New York City and a contributor to Quinn's campaign, as saying, «We don't support paid sick leave, period.»

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On the heels of the approval of health care reform in Washington, dozens of members of the City Council are introducing a bill today that would require paid sick leave at thousands of city businesses, supporters sCity Council are introducing a bill today that would require paid sick leave at thousands of city businesses, supporters scity businesses, supporters said.

Since leaving office, he has pursued private business as a partner in Arapaho Partners, LLC, a business consulting firm based in New York City.

Opponents of the paid sick leave bill, such as the Five Borough Chamber of Commerce and Partnership for New York City, say small business workers would start to abuse the new rules and that it would discourage new hiring.

The city passed legislation that requires businesses with at least 20 employees to offer six weeks of fully paid family leave to parents — both moms and dads and both full - and part - time employees who work in the city.

Prior to the ruling, unionized Seattle teachers went on strike just as the school year began, leaving charter schools the only public schools in the city open for business.

At noon, they leave their classes for afternoon jobs in the city's public offices and private business concerns.

Ride quality, meanwhile, is downright heroic thanks to a fully independent rear suspension (the NV200 / City Express have bumpy rear leaf springs and the Transit Connect has a twist beam rear axle), so if youre in the business of transporting delicate items like wedding cakes or antiques, this should top your shopping list.

With only one week left to save his business, Josh McMillan boards a plane to Kansas City in a last - ditch effort, leaving the details to chance.

On the other hand, Amazon has always proved itself to be an opponent of «e-fairness» at every turn, has done grievous harm to communities of readers across the country by driving booksellers out of business and leaving many cities without a bookstore at all.

«It would essentially leave land managers and business owners without the ability to remove cats from their property in the city of Los Angeles,» he said.

New Guy — lovely and well meaning, but who should never leave New York City again — inharmoniously closed business deals the entire time, hastily guzzling his California Cab.

Anthony used to cover city news, business and politics for DCinno in Washington D.C., but left to explore South America.

Whether it's for business or pleasure we'll make sure every aspect of your stay is pleasant and trouble free, leaving you free to enjoy the vibrant city of Derby.

Busses to the city leave from out - front of the hotel and take about 15 minutes to the Sydney Central Business District.

Sail with this pioneer of stingray city and learn about what life has been and is currently like in Cayman — enjoy meeting the stingray with the man who was the First to train them to feed from the hand of humans - yes back in the 1980's they fed on the scraps left by the local fisherman whilst cleaning their daily catch - but they are very shy animals and it took Captain Crosby 6 months to get them trusting enough to feed from his hand - a feat which has lead to a very important business for the whole island.

Frequently these lodgers driven by the corporate imperatives of weekday business, frequently desert the inner city to be at home on weekends - leaving the hotel prepared to offer discounts at the last minute.