Sentences with phrase «civic association»

When the church functions mainly as a source of local identity it must compete with all the other civic associations that provide identity at this level.

One example: de Tocqueville's «Democracy in America» describes the role of civic associations in America.

Iannece is also president of one of the largest civic associations in the newly - drawn district (Bayside Hills).

Mr. Recchia's forays in front of the press this month have been at two televised debates and civic association forums where candidates in the Staten Island and Brooklyn - based district are expected to show up.

«Ed Day has excelled in true public service for over 35 years as a law enforcement officer, civic association president, PTA Life Award winner, youth coach, and legislative advocate for the community,» said Anthony Miranda Executive Chairman NLOA.

Eastern Michigan also recommends listing your memberships with civic associations, churches or school organizations to show your involvement in the community.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - day Saints has drawn the ire of Flushing civic associations for its -LSB-...]

People precede polity in this Lockean view of civic association by contract and government by consent, and the economic realm precedes the political.

Indeed, the typically American crazy quilt of private philanthropy, political involvement, religious commitment, and civic association seems to be sewn again and again.

David L. Schindler criticizes the liberal view of the human person that he sees encoded into the American project in First Things, to which Richard John Neuhaus responded with a more positive view of our national heritage, in which religious faith and a strong tradition of civic associations moderate the excesses of liberal individualism.

Only a densely active society with many vital civic associations is sufficiently defended against the state, whose tendencies have historically been tyrannous.

These have long been left for well - meaning civic associations and nonpartisan groups, but were taken up again and pursued with considerable energy and finesse by the Bush campaign among conservative Christians in 2000 and 2004, and by the Obama campaign among African Americans, Latinos, and college students in 2008 on the basis of new forms of political targeting.

Eastern Queens United, a group of a dozen civic associations, criticized the redistricting process for dividing communities.

The LIA is also backing a Long Island Builders Institute proposal to require civic associations and others who challenge local planning and zoning board decisions to post a bond.

Flushing residents and civic associations want to know why the Mormon church is intent on constructing a chapel on 33rd Avenue that exceeds zoning regulations when it could build one on the land it already owns downtown.

Meng, who recently won the Democratic primary for the district, accepted idea of debating Halloran, but wants to let the area's civic associations sponsor the debates.

At 6:30 p.m., the Coalition of Nassau Civics Association holds a hearing on extreme weather, South Side High School Auditorium, 140 Shepherd St., Rockville Centre, Long Island.

The events ranged from dozens of remarks in front of Brooklyn and Queens civic associations and community boards, to a «ribbon cutting and photo - opp» at the Gourmet Glatt Market in Borough Park and a keynote address at a Bronx and Queens Builders Association event.

Claiming that the all - white school board and the white superintendent served as the political arm of the city's Italian - American civic association, African - American ministers and activists mounted a grassroots effort that led to the ouster of every white member of...

Under the auspices of tireless civic associations Street Art Communication (you know the TV) will be the end of August in Kosice greats current form muralizmu from Poland, Chile and France.

Wayne is also active with pro bono matters and civic associations associated with cultural and historic preservation and is an avid art collector of the drawings of the old and modern masters.

The Commission developed from an idea of a local resident and the Park Board appointed representatives from local civic associations.

One reason HPCA suspends its meetings a month earlier than most other civic associations or community boards might be to allow it to prepare its summer block party.

Subsequently he bounced around between a Flushing civic association and a more conservative Middle Village one infamous for skewering politicians, all in Queens.

Some do not trust private efforts, private businesses, corporations, or even individuals and civic associations to bring sufficient care to the able - bodied poor.

«People aren't just atomistic individuals bouncing around in a free market; they are members of communities with attachments to faith, family, and civic associations that give their lives meaning.»

«It's difficult to get any of them to come to my civic association because we are on the fringe,» said Nagassar Ramgarib, president of the Queens Village Civic Association, in the auditorium of the Queens High School of Teaching, Liberal Arts and the Sciences.

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Her pitch: As president of the civic association, Ms. Eisenstein developed forums with over 20 community leaders and experts in town government, affordable housing, land use, planning, zoning, water management, agriculture, code enforcement and transportation.

Suffolk County prosecutors have dropped a felony grand larceny charge against a former 23 - year - old Poquott village trustee who had been among Long Island's youngest elected officials before he faced charges of stealing funds from the North Shore community's civic association.

Nonetheless, Iannece supporters, including those at the civic association he was once president of, have looked within to make sense of their candidate's loss.

Mr. Vicari, a retired chemical engineering patent attorney who worked for Union Carbide, submitted a report to the Riverhead Town Board in December on behalf of the civic association.

«When people have a question or problem, they don't go to the political club or to the local elected: they go to the civic association.»

«Through the work with the civic association, I just recognized how important being civic, being informed, being educated and how precious where we live is,» she said.

Fried presented an unorthodox plan calling for a Central Park conservancy model, which allows for parks to be cared for by a semi-private entity, while Day presented his own record of fighting for open spaces as a civic association leader.

David Antwork, the attorney representing the civic association in the lawsuit, said Sunday while the board's Sept. 6 vote to incorporate the community's roads was «a huge step forward» in resolving the litigation, the lawsuit was still pending until the issue between Woodson and the town board is addressed.

FORT WADSWORTH — A local civic association has said enough is enough about the constantly rising price of tolls on Staten Island bridges.

In his capacity as district director, Rosenthal has been Lancman's primary liaison with community groups, civic associations and nonprofit organizations, while also assisting constituents with problems and coordinating events and services.

The civic association forum also featured Republican candidates Joe Lhota and George McDonald, and Democrats Rev. Erick Salgado, a Staten Island resident, and city Comptroller John Liu.

Schmidt resigned from both the civic association and the village board in 2014 amid questions about his dual roles with the organizations.

Schmidt filed a lawsuit on May 12 in State Supreme Court in Riverhead against civic association president Carol Pesek, her husband, village trustee John Pesek, and civic association officer Felicia Chillak.

«We want to do the grass - roots work — training people on speaking to community groups, going to civic associations, block associations, lawmakers.

Another rival for the seat, Bob Friedrich — a civic association leader who has run for various offices in the past — said Lynch «lives in the area, but she is a supporter of the de Blasio administration and an ideological agenda that doesn't work in Eastern Queens.»

«Due to dwindling membership and non-participation, very soon you may lose your civic association, too.

Suffolk County prosecutors have dropped a felony grand larceny charge against a former Poquott village trustee who had been among Long Island's youngest elected officials before he faced charges of stealing funds from the North Shore community's civic association.

However, I did participate in 8 different candidate forums, sponsored by the League of Women Voters and 7 civic associations, and was well received by audiences.

Residents at a well - attended meeting for the Mattituck - Laurel Civic Association Wednesday night shared new ideas to remake a «dangerous» intersection near Love Lane, the civic association's president said Thursday.

For nearly two decades, the urban planning consultant has kept a close watch on the borough's historic buildings and landmarks and has become a known name in the civic association community because of it.