Sentences with phrase «city public systems»

«This is especially a problem in big - city public systems that urgently need renewal and resources but are increasingly being left behind with the biggest challenges,» he writes.

Baltimore City, MD — The Baltimore City Public System came on board as partners with REAL School Gardens in 2017 with Gwynns Falls Elementary School as our first partner.

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The problem is that city and local governments may be hesitant to accept liability for the risks the tunnels may pose to existing infrastructure or let private companies compete with public transit systems.

While pricey, cost of living in New York City is offset by its top public transportation system, diverse population, and electric atmosphere.

The breakdown of the New York metro area's public transit system is sure to cause a city - wide headache, leaving roughly 600,000 commuters scrambling.

Austin infrastructure is strong with an international airport and, unlike other large Texas cities, a strong public transit system.

On Monday, just hours before a scheduled press event about GE's move, the industrial giant pledged to invest $ 25 million in the city's underfunded public school system by creating a career lab and other resources.

Global consultancy firm Arcadis put together its first - ever Sustainable Cities Mobility Index so people can evaluate how their homes» public transit system compares to ones in other cCities Mobility Index so people can evaluate how their homes» public transit system compares to ones in other citiescities.

New York City looks set to finally replace its outdated, difficult - to - use Metrocard system for public transit.

The underground system, previously hidden from the public, was used to transport post across the city for 76 years.

«The state and city used Katrina to wipe away the dysfunction and corruption in the school system,» Medberry says, referring to the city's charter school initiative, which largely replaced public schools with privately operated institutions after 2005.

It's a shame that so many expensive coastal cities have troubled public school systems.

The most obvious shortcoming for Baltimore (and the one where those other cities have us beat) is our public transportation system, a top consideration for Amazon.

The Firefighters» Pension System of the City of Kansas City, Missouri, Trust, 414 East 12th Street, Kansas City, MO 64106, which held 100 shares of our common stock on November 7, 2008; along with the following co-filers: Miami Fire Fighters» Relief and Pension Fund, 2980 N.W. South River Drive, Miami, FL 33125 - 1146, which held 10,785 shares of our common stock on November 8, 2008; and the City of Philadelphia Public Employees Retirement System, Two Penn Center Plaza, 16th Floor,

I am proud that he was a Harvard undergraduate during my time on the faculty at Harvard and I think that the Bank of England is fortunate to have someone with his degree of experience in public policy and also experience as a participant directly in financial markets, at the helm at what will be a challenging time for the city of London and England and the global financial system.

Our mission is to support the growth of public banking in Massachusetts, initially focusing on an infrastructure bank to help cities and towns with the costs of upgrading buildings, roads, and water systems, with environmental remediation and adaption to a changing climate, and with improving city services.

«No solid evidence has come to light that suggests privatizing the city's water and sewer systems would be in the public's best interest,» watchdog group Public Citizen concluded at thepublic's best interest,» watchdog group Public Citizen concluded at thePublic Citizen concluded at the time.

While cities such as Boston and New York are well - known for their efficient public transit systems, both suffer from aging infrastructure and struggle to keep up with existing demand.

TfL, which is responsible for the city's transportation system, determined that Uber was not «fit and proper to hold a private hire operator license» owing to its lack of corporate responsibility and to concerns regarding public safety and security, according to a TfL statement.

Hetrick - Martin runs the Harvey Milk High School for gay and lesbian teenagers, an institution that is part of the New York City public school system.

Which is one very sensible reason why the majority of teachers in the big city systems do not send their own children to the public schools.

(i) Unable to restore the power in a few states for more than 10 + days, since a tornado passed by it (ii) Unable to restore power for 7 + days in a snowy North Eastern state, since a hurricane passed by it (iii) Having no quality in science, math and technology; depending on «imports» to uplift them (or depending on Jesus to save them)(iv) Horrible crime in downtown, ghettos of any major city (v) Unemployment of 23 % (vi) Having a president who believes that the earth is 6000 years old (vii) Having a presidential candidate which believes in subjugating women (viii) Having more than 50 % of its 2012 graduates un / under - employed (ix) No public transport, resulting in hell on earth even for a small rise in crude - oil prices (x) A crappy health care system (xi) A debt of 14Trillion, which corresponds to 50K per US resident.

Oh and if you're feeling up to braving the streets of Paris on a bicycle, try out the «Vélib», the public bike - rental system with stations all over the city.

NIAMEY HARRIS Mission - S.F. — Football / Basketball — Senior This Harris, who is not related to Najee, gets the slight nod over the Antioch standout due to the fact that he may go down as one of San Francisco's most - decorated athletes to come out of the city's public school system.

Whitehurst is now a science teacher in the New York City public school system and is planning to finish his master's degree in biology at CCNY.

The money the taxpayers spent to build Ford Field could have gone to anything including public school system or adding police officers to the city.

What's more, these students were among the most disadvantaged in the New York City public school system.

Roland Fryer, a celebrated young professor of economics at Harvard University, has spent the past decade testing out a variety of incentive schemes in experiments with public school students in Houston, New York, Chicago, and other American cities that have school systems with high poverty rates.

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Mayor Rahm Emanuel began pushing for a longer school day while he was on the campaign trail, saying Chicago's school day is the shortest in the nation when compared to public school systems in nine other large cities.

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There are 307,021 children in the city's public and Catholic school systems in that program, the research found.

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The largest food vendor for the District's public school system has agreed to pay $ 19 million to settle a lawsuit alleging that the company overcharged the city and mismanaged the school meals programs, with food often arriving at schools late, spoiled or in short supply.

«Something was missing at a public hearing held by the State Senate on Tuesday to examine New York City's campaign finance system: the public.»

Cuomo highlighted the issue in his campaign policy book on government reform, wrting, «Like New York City, New York State needs a system of public campaign financing to set limits on campaign spending and to increase participation by qualified candidates who lack the means or the connections to raise significant campaign funds.»

As expected, former Queens Sen. Shirley Huntley has pleaded guilty to a mail fraud charge stemming from her embezzlement over a three - year period of $ 87,700 from Parents Information Network, Inc. — a nonprofit that received public funds to (ostensibly) help educate parents about the New York City public school system.

The email bears the subject line «this election can't be bought,» highlighting the fact that Spitzer is independently wealthy and has said he won't participate in the city's public campaignn finance system if he makes it through the petitioning process and onto the ballot.

The email from Forward NY — a collection of labor groups and advocacy organizations opposed to Spitzer's candidacy — criticizes Spitzer for not participating in the public financing system in New York City and «jetting around» to various talk shows on cable and network TV.

At 1 p.m., Brewer is scheduled to testify at NYC Council Committee on Justice System public hearing on low wage theft, Committee Room, City Hall, Manhattan.

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The MTA discriminates against people with disabilities because of its widespread lack of elevators and electric lifts in the subway system, rendering it significantly more inaccessible than other cities with large public transportation systems, according to two lawsuits filed yesterday.

The appeal comes as Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, D - Manhattan, and Senate Democrats push for public financing system, similar to what's in place for New York City.

Adams, a possible candidate for Brooklyn borough president, said he was surprised by the differences in the city campaign finance system — which includes a public financing component — and the state's system, which is widely derided by good - government groups for its loopholes and sky - high contribution limits.

«Every day, they stand up and fight for New York City residents, they fight to keep our public hospitals open and serving our most vulnerable patients and on behalf of the thousands of nurses in NYC and the thousands that serve within our public hospital system, we applaud and enthusiastically support these candidates who stand with our patients and communities.»

But the governor, in making a refocused pitch for overhauling campaign finance laws with a system of public financing with matching dollars, told reporters earlier today in New York City he finds the process of raising money as it is now deeply unpleasant.

On changes to the state's campaign finance laws, Skelos indicated he would be open to reforms that did not include a public financing system that is modeled after the New York City system.

The Brennan Center studied the impact of public financing in the New York City system and found that nearly 90 percent of the city's census block groups had at least one person who gave $ 175 or less to a city council candidate in 2City system and found that nearly 90 percent of the city's census block groups had at least one person who gave $ 175 or less to a city council candidate in 2city's census block groups had at least one person who gave $ 175 or less to a city council candidate in 2city council candidate in 2009.