Sentences with phrase «city residents lacked»

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But while we certainly haven't solved every issue facing urban residents, there is an urgency and energy toward improving economic opportunity in cities that is lacking in the discussion about rural communities.

The plan lacks any form of congestion pricing, a policy supported by a collection of transit and environmental advocates that the mayor feels is unfair to car - owning residents of the city.

De Blasio, who just yesterday refused to adjust his spending plans to allow for hostile action from Washington, noted that the precise language of the coming executive orders is still unknown — but vowed to fight any efforts to uproot the city's five million residents lacking legal status.

In her statement, Farias claimed district residents are tired of seeing other areas of the Bronx and throughout this city prosper while our area remains stagnant due to a lack of vision and initiative from local elected officials who only care about themselves and not the people they represent.

At 9:30 a.m., residents and leaders of communities that helped elect NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio unite to oppose the «lack of real affordable housing and good jobs in his rezoning plan,» City Hall steps, Manhattan.

Dennis, who works with the precinct serving New York City Housing Authority Developments throughout Queens, claimed residents of the borough's public housing apartments live in fear due to a spike in crime and what feels like a lacking relationship with police officers.

The ID cards will be available to all New York City residents age 14 and older, but are considered especially important for undocumented individuals who have difficulty accessing services because they lack identification.

That lack of response demonstrates the difficulties looming for Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration as it seeks to respond to a water crisis in a predominately minority city of 30,000 residents, many of whom are poor.

Liu, however, is also employing the term betrayal to characterize Avella's lack of fidelity to the Democratic Party and, therefore, progressive issues such as the Women's Equality Act, a more generous minimum wage, and permanent funding for de Blasio's pre-K initiative in the form of higher income taxes on the wealthiest city residents.

While in service, it proved to be extremely useful to residents lacking real transit options, and was an economic generator as well, bringing people in from other parts of the city to come visit the Rockaways.

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS — Slammed with swelling rents and a lack of new affordable housing, uptown residents demanded answers on why reasonably priced residences are so hard to come by and called the city's initiatives a mere «drop in the bucket» at a forum this week.

Dewberry said discussions about government reform have gone on for at least two decades, while poverty and lack of employment have driven city residents away.

A group of Queens elected officials and residents rallied on the steps of City Hall on Friday to criticize Mayor Bill de Blasio and what they say are his failed homeless policies, an over reliance on using hotels as shelters and a lack of communication from City Hall.

De Blasio — who was introduced by former Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia's granddaughter, Katherine — also said municipal identification cards will be available to all residents this year regardless of their immigration status, «so that no daughter or son of our city goes without bank accounts, leases, library cards, simply because they lack identification.»

«This lack of commitment is putting vital projects, the transportation needs of residents, and the economy of an entire city in jeopardy.»

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The issue: The adjective that lawmakers, business owners and upstate residents have hung on the lack of ride - hailing services outside of New York City is «embarrassing.»

Due to the unfairness of the ban, and it's lack of effectiveness, in May, many residents began asking the city council to repeal its breed ban.

A city without residents — an unfinished plan, a paradoxical place where the realization of a modern dream society in terms of urban infrastructure lacks only the inhabitants to live their fulfilled dream life.

The London - based artist told Dezeen that new developments in his home city are too often modelled on «maximum return on minimum investment», resulting in a lack of adequate public space for local residents.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) and others have pressed to close the nearby Indian Point nuclear power plant, but the mayor said city residents get more than 8 percent of their electricity from the facility and lack a ready substitute.

For land - lacking urban dwellers, the under - utilized window sill may be prime real estate for growing a bit of one's own food — allowing even the most hemmed - in city resident to take some baby steps for self - sufficiency.

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Thousands of city residents either turn down group coverage or lack access to group health insurance.

But while the city grew and prospered, Asheville struggled with two problems shared by many older cities, a deterioration of once - grand historic neighborhoods and a lack of affordable housing for local residents for whom even the $ 127,000 median - priced home was unattainable.

Residents of «edge cities» now seem to be facing many of the same problems they moved to escape — including residential sprawl, clogged transportation, and a lack of affordable housing.