Sentences with phrase «class neighborhoods like»

De Blasio is also trying to bring in voters in ethnically disparate middle - class neighborhoods like Rego Park and Jackson Heights and the north shore of Staten Island.

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Also, I'd like to know if there was any talk at all about how they'd keep more extremist branches of muslims from holding classes, etc in their community center, will it be available for Christians and Jews and everyone else in the neighborhood to use without harrassment?

«In white neighborhoods — middle - class, upper - class ones like this one — everybody has the pool in the back, the grill in the back,» he said.

But working - class immigrant neighborhoods like these in Brooklyn suffer many afflictions: shabby buildings, drug dealing, too many young men with guns and too few with jobs.

Gallo, who helped draft nuisance abatement legislation in his role as city assistant corporation counsel, hammered on themes like building code enforcement and holding social service agencies responsible for their clients» behavior in a bid to appeal to working - class residents of Midtown, where quality - of - life crime and neighborhood eyesores are irksome and perennial issues.

As Michael Greenberg argues, building affordable middle - class housing in poor neighborhoods like East New York, South Williamsburg, and Crown Heights, leads to gentrification.

Our SummerStage festival removes the barriers to culture, bringing world - class artists, topical and popular, to neighborhood parks like Flushing Meadows Corona Park, free of charge,» said HEATHER LUBOV, Executive Director of City Parks Foundation.

The state senator, whose turf covers not Maspeth but neighborhoods like Bayside and Whitestone, read a scripted speech that sounded like a laundry list of middle - class outer borough complaints against the present administration: from de Blasio's «narrow - minded anti-motorist» Vision Zero program, to his opposition to bringing the city into line with the rest of the state's two percent property tax cap, to his allegedly insufficient support for co-ops and small senior centers, to the influence of high - power political consultants at City Hall, to the lack of public transit options in the deepest reaches of the city (which the state controls), to his purported failure to shield small businesses from rent hikes, to — yes — his scrapped plans to convert the Holiday Inn into a homeless shelter.

Like so many other kids in their working - class neighborhood not far from Long Beach's massive port, Jose had severe asthma, and it took doctors years to hit on a regimen that controlled his symptoms.

As evidence of peer influence, she also notes that siblings grow up to be very different adults; that adopted children are more like their biological parents than their adopted parents in terms of such traits as criminality; and that adolescents from poor neighborhoods are more likely to be delinquents than adolescents from middle - class neighborhoods, whereas being from a broken home has no effect on delinquency.

I enjoy mixing it up between cycling classes that feel like dancing on a bike, power yoga classes, running in my neighborhood, and the occasional barre class.

Based on the MTV television series, whereby two teenage metal - heads named Beavis and Butthead watch music videos and act like dumb - asses throughout their low - class neighborhood, Beavis and Butthead puts the duo on the road across the United States.

Adam Bousdoukos stars as Zinos Kazantsakis, the Greek - German owner, manager and cook (if such a word really applies to his approach to food service) of a neighborhood restaurant that does little more than reheat frozen supermarket items to a working - class clientele who like their comfort food bland, greasy and predictable.

Schools in the Los Angeles School District have moved a vast majority of their students out of their special education centers within the last three years and into neighborhood schools where they are fully integrated into elective classes like physical education, gardening and cooking.

In short, in the 1990s, in working class neighborhoods with leftist backgrounds, the cruising white Renault cars [used by plainclothes cops], disappearing people, unresolved assassinations, incidents like those at Gazi and 1 Mayıs neighborhoods in 1995 where shots were fired at residents resulting in deaths, led to a renewed blow on the rekindling hope for the future.

On a sunny day in April, the K - 8 school looks more like a country club nestled at the edge of a wilderness area and upper - middle - class residential neighborhood than a public school.

When students finally reach high school, especially if they live in poor neighborhoods, they may find just a smattering of honors or AP classes, nothing like the ample course offerings of well - resourced suburban districts and elite private schools.

Classes range from remedial math and reading workshops to college courses offered at nearby Laney Community College, and electives like Art and Ecology, offered by another neighborhood resource, the Oakland Museum of California.

But the reality that many kids must travel as long as two hours away from home in order to attend school (often on inefficient public transit) has also put a strain on the Crescent City's poorest families, who, like middle - class households, want high - quality schools within their own neighborhoods.

While everyone likes to talk about the joys of the neighborhood system, it's turned out to be class - and race - based in some pretty awful ways.

Left - wing policy supports neighborhood - based public schools, opposes any methods to measure or differentiate the performance of teachers or schools, and argues instead for alternatives to school reform like increased anti-poverty spending or urging middle - class parents to enroll their children in high - poverty schools.

For many parents, the neighborhood charter with smaller class sizes can quickly seem like a better option.

There were SMART Boards in some classes, pennants with colleges like Notre Dame, Vanderbilt, and Princeton — things that I quickly learned were common in some schools but absent from most in my neighborhood.

In upper - middle - class and wealthy neighborhoods, in particular, they are too busy doing other things, like playing sports, studying, and following a full schedule of activities booked by their parents.

To get Hispanic, Pakistani, Vietnamese and other parents interested in visiting the school, Faison and her staff canvassed the neighborhood handing out flyers which listed open house days, free GED and adult language classes, and workshops addressing school issues like bullying and classroom discipline.

That could mean fewer services at those neighborhood schools, like art, music, or technology classes.

A combination of best - in - class service and great relationships with vendors committed to helping independent retailers, has helped Natural Pawz fight off the likes of even Petco's smaller - format Unleashed by Petco stores — modeled to look and feel like neighborhood pet stores.

Groups like ICE FREE QUEENS, Queens is not 4 sale, Mothers on the Move, Brooklyn Anti-Gentrification Network, Equality for Flatbush, People's Cultural Plan, Take Back the Bronx, Brooklyn Hi - Art Machine, Mi Casa No Es Su Casa, East Harlem Preservation Coalition, East Harlem Anti-Rezoning Project, East Harlem No Se Vende, Defend Corona, Queens Neighborhoods United, SPARC, Chinatown Art Brigade, Decolonize This Place, People's Power Assembly Queens, People's Power Assembly Manhattan are all trying to solve problems that artists and gallerists haven't even figured out how to articulate, because the violence against working - class neighborhoods is paNeighborhoods United, SPARC, Chinatown Art Brigade, Decolonize This Place, People's Power Assembly Queens, People's Power Assembly Manhattan are all trying to solve problems that artists and gallerists haven't even figured out how to articulate, because the violence against working - class neighborhoods is paneighborhoods is palpable to us.

This involves things like people who help others with tech (SO many of our Insiders help their schools, neighborhoods, forums, and companies with tech decisions and problems), people who do cool Surface art on the devices in the stores, people who are teaching interesting classes, in general... people who really stand out as creative leaders in these communities.

• Post the Colorado early learning and development guideline videos to your social media channels earlylearningco.org • Raise awareness of child safety issues and helpful childproofing information • Organize a moms» or dads» night out • Put children's books in your lobby and waiting areas • Schedule family events at different times of the day and on different days of the week so that more families can participate • Add information about family - friendly resources on neighborhood websites like Nextdoor • Remind people it's okay to ask for help • Host a play group at a local recreation or community center • Collaborate with childcare centers and schools by joining PTOs, volunteering in classrooms, participating in fundraising and more • Recognize a child or family in distress and offer assistance • Provide parenting education classes for parents and for students before they become parents • Connect parents to one another and to important resources for support

When my two boys attended our neighborhood public school, I witnessed the dire results of budget cuts — programs like art, music, and electives were cut, class sizes increased, and teachers began leaving the profession.

«A» class properties are typically 10 years old or less, in great neighborhoods, in great condition, and have lots of amenities like pool, playgrounds, access to public transportation, etc..

Find out what your personal preference is regarding the type of neighborhood you'd like to buy (A, B, C, D class neighborhood), then the type of property (A, B, C, D class property) in that defined neighborhood.

I'd like to raise $ 1.5 - 2 million to purchase and rehab a small apartment building; under 20 units in an A class neighborhood

Like I said, I certainly don't want to discriminate against anyone, but at the same time I have some investments in upper - middle - class neighborhoods and the neighbors would be quite angry with me if I allowed a violent felon or some other horrible crime to move next door to them.

Does he have a reputation to finish on time Do his finished projects look like class A properties in class A or B neighborhoods?

Situated amongst the lush trees and park - like surroundings of Santa Anita Oaks, this remastered estate home embodies the distinct class and elegance of this internationally acclaimed neighborhood.

I'm not looking as much at metrics and numbers (although any that you can offer would be great) but more so about good neighborhoods to look in for Class B / C, recommendation of good teams, what rents are like.