Sentences with phrase «city groups since»

Sanders's successor, Richards, has doled out $ 6.3 million to city groups since.

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China had said the live - fire drills would happen on Wednesday off the city of Quanzhou, in between two groups of islands close to China's coast but which Taiwan has controlled since 1949, when defeated Nationalist forces fled to the island at the end of the Chinese civil war.

Since 2008, A.T. Kearney has annually ranked the world's most innovative cities, and for the second straight year, the City by the Bay topped the group's list of cities with the greatest outlook «to attract and retain global capital, people and ideas.»

This Friday December 29th at 6:00 PM members of more than two dozen New York City and other community groups who are seriously concerned about the situation in Puerto Rico, now that more than 100 days have passed since the devastation that hurricane Maria brought to the island, will converge on the south side of Union Square to have their voices heard.

Kurdish soldiers, militia groups and coalition airstrikes led by the United States have been fighting back against the extremist organisation in Iraq since it began capturing towns and cities in the country.

The Brooklyn - based group has coordinated the lighting ceremony since it began in 1977, then coinciding with the administration of Abraham David Beam, the first Jewish mayor of New York City.

The group were marking three decades since their graduation from Polytechnic College in the city of Rosario in central Argentina.

A group of ministers in New York's East Harlem Protestant Parish, a significant church mission in a critical area of a great city, describes so exactly the discovery of authority through the act of ministry that it is appropriate to quote it here — all the more so since it deals with ministry to an entire community and not only to individuals.

WDI Group, the acclaimed restaurant and hospitality group that has opened around 200 restaurants around the world since 1972, signed a long - term lease to bring Hong Kong - based Michelin - starred restaurant Tim Ho Wan to New York City for the first Group, the acclaimed restaurant and hospitality group that has opened around 200 restaurants around the world since 1972, signed a long - term lease to bring Hong Kong - based Michelin - starred restaurant Tim Ho Wan to New York City for the first group that has opened around 200 restaurants around the world since 1972, signed a long - term lease to bring Hong Kong - based Michelin - starred restaurant Tim Ho Wan to New York City for the first time.

The group, which has been running since 2014, is made up of 5,100 volunteers across 30 cities, and estimates it has served half a million people to date.

Arsenal was given one of the weakest team in this CL competition.Everybody expected a win, like by big margin but the whole match there was no fight and desire.The game was so poor at all front last night.City and Man Utd played their hearts out even though they were defeated.Man Utd players witnessed a horrific injury to their team mate, that will affect their focus and rhythm but they fought with desire to win the game till the end.City were the better team than Juventus, they played really good.I have even read an article on Sky that states even though Man utd and City is defeated they still can qualify the group stage, thats how their performance were reassuring.But Arsenal were really poor from starting the game till end.Zagreb got their first win in CL since 1999, that says it all.

Since then federal grand juries in Las Vegas and other cities have been hearing testimony about the Computer Group.

Tottenham has made the Round of 16 once this decade, Liverpool hasn't gotten out of the group stage since 2009, City made the semis in 2015 but otherwise haven't won a knockout tie, and Arsenal — well, information regarding the symptoms of Stockholm syndrome is widely available for fans.

Slightly hungover and a bit sore, we ambled along with Arthur Smith from Save Our Cemeteries (they're a non-profit tour group trying to preserve the cemeteries) and got a history lesson about New Orleans, not just about death, but about the lives that were led there since the city was founded 300 years ago.

City must win at Shakhtar while Paris must get the better of Bayern, who have won all three of their Group B games since the return of coach Jupp Heynckes.

Tevez has been ostracized by City boss Roberto Mancini since he refused to warm - up during a Champions League group match against Bayern Munich, and has not played for the league leaders since 21 September, 2011.

For only the second time since his departure in 2012, Pep Guardiola returns to the Camp Nou tomorrow as an opposition manager, as his Manchester City side visit Catalunya in what could arguably be considered the tie of the UEFA Champions League group stage.

This session will update on progress since last year's conference, on the work between coalition members of the Baby Feeding Law Group to develop a resource for food bank organizers and volunteers, and a pilot to implement the resource supported by Leicester City Council.

Ever since Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park opened on Roosevelt Island four years ago, City Hall has been arguing with the nonprofit group that built and runs the park over whether it is fully accessible to the disabled.

The group claims that it could be introduced and passed in the city without state approval — a crucial distinction, since Bloomberg's original proposal ended up losing steam once it was sent to Albany.

The facility since 1992 had been strapped with a deed that required its operator to run it as a nonprofit health care facility — but city agencies agreed to lift that deed last November at the request of the owner, Allure Group, which had promised to operate a for - profit nursing facility, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration has since fallen under intense scrutiny from city watchdogs — most recently, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman served subpoenas to parties involved in the flip, including the Allure Group and lobbyist James Capalino, who has previously raised money for both the mayor and prior owners of Rivington House.

Especially since there are few other open City Council races, outside interest groups will be paying close attention and may pour money into the race, knowing that a little can go a long way.

Whilst failing to win any outright overall control in any council area in Scotland, the SNP emerged as the largest political group in sixteen councils, including Glasgow City Council, knocking the Scottish Labour Party out of power in Glasgow for the first time since 1980.

Since five of the nine cities and villages in the Hudson Valley in the path of the proposed pipeline have passed resolutions opposing the Pilgrim Pipeline project, the environmental groups say further state review is a waste of resources.

They've been that way since 1979, according to Picture the Homeless, an advocacy group that staged a tour of vacant properties in Chelsea and Midtown West Tuesday night, in an effort to send a message to City Council Speaker Christine Quinn.

The two lawsuits, since combined by the judge, were filed in 2014 by the Partnership for Educational Justice, the group headed by TV personality Campbell Brown, and the New York City Parents Union.

The city's most influential charter groups have been ratcheting up their «failing schools» rhetoric since the summer.

One implication of the different spatial distribution of people by race is that lots of metropolitan areas have de facto segregated schools, while Brown v. Board of Education and the cases that followed were quite effective in requiring schools in small towns and rural areas with racially mixed populations to be integrated, since they don't have many schools period and don't have nearly as great residential segregation into large nearly mono - racial groups of neighborhoods the way that many large cities do.

New York City will become the nation's first major metropolis to close its public schools in observance of the two most sacred Muslim holy days, de Blasio announced — a watershed moment for a group that has endured suspicion and hostility since the Sept. 11 attacks.

He pointed to the group's work passing stricter gun control, universal pre-k for New York City and minimum wage increases, among other accomplishments, since the group allied with Republicans in 2012.

An elected official in the City of Buffalo, Council Member David Rivera recalled Lt. Duffy saying to a group of Latinos he met with in Buffalo the week before the election he'll be back, but no one has heard from him ever since and there are no Latinos from the City of Buffalo on any of the transitions teams though it is the largest community outside of NYC and among the most impoverished one with one of the highest unemployment rates in the regions, dropout rates and dependency on social services.

A former tenant organizer and director of a gay and lesbian advocacy group, Quinn, 46, has been on the City Council since 1999 and its leader since 2006.

And one of City Hall's most reliable and influential allies — the United Federation of Teachers — shied away from the fight again this year since the union is one of the very groups that does not support the current system.

Since the community benefits agreement between Columbia and West Harlem was signed in May 2009, Columbia University has transferred $ 3.55 million to the group so far and delivered another $ 10 million to the city's affordable housing fund.

Since then, Lewis, once head of the former activist group ACORN, and City Hall have battled on a number of issues, including the 5 - cent plastic - bag fee, which she opposes and the mayor supports.

Since our civic group's formation, over two years ago, I've shared in the pleasure of working in volunteerism with our neighbors, fellow civic leaders, elected colleagues in government and numerous city agencies.

And since they purchased the properties, both developers have been dragging their heels in complying with Read Property Group's pledges to hire local residents, build 24 percent affordable apartments and to build three bedroom apartments, according to community advocates and local City Councilman Antonio Reynoso's office.

The food emporium, which would move into the former Fulton Fish Market space that has remained vacant since the market moved to the South Bronx in 2005, has generated enthusiasm among community groups and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who said it would help economic development in the area.

Congressman Jerrold Nadler has drawn considerable rancor from religious Jewish groups since he became the first New York City congressman to come out in favor of the deal earlier this month.

Since before his inauguration, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has been a part of a scandal between animal rights groups and carriage -LSB-...]

The Campaign for One New York has raised $ 4.36 million and spent $ 4.01 million since it was created, but came under withering criticism for its fundraising from real estate industry officials and groups who wanted specific action from City Hall.

Since older people have greater potential for improving their fitness than younger people, a follow - up study conducted by a research group headed by doctor and molecular biologist Helmuth Haslacher from MedUni Vienna, in collaboration with Robert Winker's team from the Health and Prevention Center of the Healthcare Institution for City of Vienna employees, took blood samples from 47 marathon runners before an ergometer test, in order to carry out laboratory tests to determine levels of analytes, including inflammatory markers, muscle and liver parameters.

The Rice Biochar Group won the $ 10,000 grand prize in the city's «Recycle Ike» contest and used the money to jump - start a wide - ranging research program that has since received support from the National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy, Rice's Faculty Initiative Fund, Rice's Shell Center for Sustainability and Rice's Institute of Bioscience and Bioengineering.

BBC NEWS — Aug 28 — Group dating events, which draw hundreds of single men and women, have climbed in popularity since they were introduced in Chinese cities.

«Since India is a demographically expansive country, we try to restrict matches to their cities with people from their age group and interests.»

In fairness, I wasn't converted to the Stana Katic fan group since the last time I played Arkham City, but I don't think that I would have recognised her anyway.

However, the date for considering a new four - year contract for the superintendent was delayed as the result of the intervention by the Corporation for Boston, a multi-community group dedicated to easing racial tension in the city since school...

Since then, nearly 8,000 teachers have signed the manifesto; E4E has chapters in New York City, Los Angeles, and Minnesota; and Stone and Morris have left their teaching jobs to work full - time to expand the group nationally.

Since the state seized control of the city's troubled schools last December, Pennsylvania's plan to yield a number of them to for - profit EMOs has made front - page news and has drawn intense scrutiny from students, parent groups, and teacher unions.