Sentences with phrase «early city states»

Approximately 9,000 years ago they began establishing cities that eventually expanded to represent the Harappan culture, rivalling the early city states of Mesopotamia.

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There is no strong case to ban digital currency in the city - state, Singapore's central bank said in February, noting «it is too early to say if they will succeed.»

Otherwise, there's the nearby and ever - entertaining New York City, a hundred - plus miles of Atlantic Ocean coastline, a smallish mountain range or two, a major amusement park, a half dozen professional sports teams (most of them mediocre at best), small - time skiing, a pretty Ivy League campus by the name of Princeton University, a wealth of black bear in exclusive suburban communities, the early homes of such celebrity types as Martha Stewart, Jack Nicholson and Bruce Springsteen, the site of the Hindenburg disaster, and (for visionary types) the ghosts of Albert Einstein and Thomas Edison, who lived and worked in the state for awhile.

Later on Monday, officials from the company, the city and state will take questions about the move to the hub, announced earlier this year.

In other states, Google will set up early tests in Boulder, Co., Kansas City, Kan., Omaha, Neb., Raleigh, N.C., Provo, Utah, and Reston, Va..

Illinois» move earlier this year to withhold state money from cities over pension underfunding has raised a red flag that the practice could endanger bond payments.

The city and the state of Michigan entered into a consent agreement in early April by which the state's government has greater oversight of Detroit's finances.

Certainly, early agriculture is already part of the genesis story and we know that there were neolithic city states for many, many years before any of this stuff got written down.

And other texts: Letter of Consolation to all who Suffer Persecution (1522), Temporal Authority: to what extent it should be obeyed (1523), covering a wide range of the responsibilities of the state, Ordinance of a Common Chest (1523), That Jesus Christ was born a Jew (1523), a defence of the teaching that Jesus was the promised «Messiah» of the Jews, To all Christians in Worms (1523), Concerning the Ministry (1523), Trade and Usuary (1524), stricter than some earlier medieval theories but not in practice greatly different (and he sent a letter to the Saxon Chancellor, Gregory Bruck on the same topic), To the Councillors of all Cities in Germany that they establish and maintain Christian Schools (1525), How God rescued an Honourable Nun (1524), the story of an escape from a convent, A Christian Letter of Consolation to the People of Miltenberg (1524).

Today, we have sold to over 15,000 cities in all 50 states of the US and Washington D.C. MexGrocer.com is a California Limited Liability company and was founded in early 2000 in San Diego, California.

As the commentator stated on Sky Sports, these late wins can be the true sign of champions, and with Manchester City having lost earlier on today, we have also closed the gap at the top to only two points.

Earlier this week, I went to a small town about 40 minutes east of where I live to speak on behalf of the immigrant community in the hopes that the city council wouldn't vote to oppose SB 54 (California's major piece of legislation that creates real limits on state and municipal law enforcement from being used for immigration enforcement).

Right now the very early majority of tickets is on the road side in each game except Oklahoma City, and we'd expect support to continue on Boston and Golden State in the early games.

The Madrid side will be playing their first match in pre-season which may put them in the same frame, fitness wise, as Manchester City who United beat 2 - 0 on Thursday in the United States of America, the early hours of Friday in the United Kingdom.

This particular cruise as stated earlier was departing from New York City, which made it very convenient for myself and many other families that were not looking to hit the road or fly in the sky for their family vacations.

Errol Louis thinks things would have been easier had the city and state curbed their spending habits earlier.

PPS: Maybe much of what the government did was basically just sitting around waiting for something to happen, which is fine, but I'm still curious how an early Village would evolve into a polis city state, and what governance issues they had to deal with from a human perspective, ie daily.

Earlier this month she filed a complaint with the State Ethics Commission when Mayor Lovely Warren held a similar event at City Hall.

A 61 - year - old cab driver posted on Facebook early today that city and state politicians were to blame for his financial ruin — then pulled up to the gates of City Hall and shot himself dead with a shotgun, authorities scity and state politicians were to blame for his financial ruin — then pulled up to the gates of City Hall and shot himself dead with a shotgun, authorities sCity Hall and shot himself dead with a shotgun, authorities said.

After the city's almost year - long refusal to contribute funding was finally resolved by the state legislature's mandate earlier this month, we can now finally take all of the aggressive steps outlined.»

Elia, speaking to early childhood educators, administrators and advocates, noted that only 7 percent of Long Island 4 - year - olds have access to state - funded, full - day pre-K, compared with 100 percent of such students in New York City.

Earlier this year, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and state legislators approved a law that would allow ride - sharing companies to operate anywhere in the state (previously, they were limited to New York City).

At a press conference early this morning demanding more education funding from the state, Ms. James went after Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the $ 2 billion tax cut plan he unveiled ahead of his State of the State speech last week, separating her from other city lawmakers, including Mayor Bill de Blasio, who have largely refused to criticize the state, Ms. James went after Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the $ 2 billion tax cut plan he unveiled ahead of his State of the State speech last week, separating her from other city lawmakers, including Mayor Bill de Blasio, who have largely refused to criticize the State of the State speech last week, separating her from other city lawmakers, including Mayor Bill de Blasio, who have largely refused to criticize the State speech last week, separating her from other city lawmakers, including Mayor Bill de Blasio, who have largely refused to criticize the plan.

Earlier this week, city and state officials both held press conferences via phone where they lambasted the other side to the press.

As promised in the «state of the city» speech earlier this year, cameras were installed in the Council chambers in time for April budget hearings.

The City Council has consistently advocated for voting and election reform in its annual state legislative agenda, including early voting, instant runoff voting for citywide primaries, and public campaign financing at the state level.

Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos abruptly left the final leaders meeting before the weekend early, complaining there was too much emphasis on the needs of the New York City Mayor Bill deBlasio at the expense of the rest of the state.

Just after the legislative session ended in early summer, Cuomo announced state regulations to step up inspections at day care centers in New York City.

Kavanagh is hopeful that with the renewed focus on New York City's dysfunctional Board of Elections and Governor Andrew Cuomo's inclusion of proposals for early voting and automatic voter registration in his State of the State address, progress on the long list of voting reform bills in Albany may happen this year.

As The New York Times wrote earlier this year, the transit problems date back multiple elected administrations on the city and state level and a lack of investment in existing infrastructure.

«As members of the New York State Senate, we are deeply offended by Mayor Bill de Blasio's recent assertion that the children in New York City are more deserving and more in need of early childhood education than the 4 and 5 - year - olds in the communities we represent,» three Republican state senators — John Flanagan, Joe Robach and John DeFrancisco — said in a stateState Senate, we are deeply offended by Mayor Bill de Blasio's recent assertion that the children in New York City are more deserving and more in need of early childhood education than the 4 and 5 - year - olds in the communities we represent,» three Republican state senators — John Flanagan, Joe Robach and John DeFrancisco — said in a statestate senators — John Flanagan, Joe Robach and John DeFrancisco — said in a statement.

State Police responded to a Broome County 911 report of shots fired in the area of 117 Glenwood Road in the Town of Dickinson near the Binghamton City Line early Thursday Monring.

Stringer also criticized de Blasio's proposal, unveiled during his State of the City address earlier this year, to address the city's «affordability crisis» by creating 100,000 new «good - paying» jobs over the next 10 years, with 40,000 of those jobs created over the next four yeCity address earlier this year, to address the city's «affordability crisis» by creating 100,000 new «good - paying» jobs over the next 10 years, with 40,000 of those jobs created over the next four yecity's «affordability crisis» by creating 100,000 new «good - paying» jobs over the next 10 years, with 40,000 of those jobs created over the next four years.

Schneiderman said earlier this summer during a visit to Syracuse that he would open a first round of $ 20 million in grants to a competition among cities across the state.

The agency argues the developer has not come up with the entire $ 158 million it committed to in an earlier agreement with the city, but the company insists that a promise of $ 138 million from the Empire State Development, an agency run by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, is sufficient for the city to turn over the lease.

New York City has just 28 slots left for new charters, a number that could easily drop to zero over the next year with the growth of local charters guaranteed under a state law passed earlier this year.

Capital and City and State reported earlier this week that both Klein and New York City mayor Bill de Blasio had engaged in talks over the terms of Klein's return.

Mark - Viverito commissioned an analysis earlier this year on the potential price of deporting undocumented immigrants and prohibiting Muslims from entering the country — which found they could cost the city and the state $ 800 million in tax revenue and bring about a decrease of 340,000 jobs.

Manhattan - based Park Strategies, which is also one of the larger state lobbyists, filed in Nassau to represent 20 clients, including Forest City Ratner (which also registered its own employees as lobbyists); Gannett Fleming Engineers, which has won more than $ 6 million in county contracts since 2011, mostly to design and oversee wastewater treatment plant improvements; and Allvision, a company that was poised to erect large electronic billboards across Nassau before the project stalled earlier this year.

State Sen. Malcolm Smith and City Councilman Dan Halloran were arrested early Tuesday, the FBI said.

At a highly anticipated press conference in the middle of Times Square, Queens State Senator and potential mayoral candidate Malcolm Smith took Lil» Wayne to task for saying he doesn't like New York City in an interview earlier this week.

Just hours earlier, the State Assembly had voted to give residents living in the city's 1 million rent regulated apartments a brief reprieve - pushing back the expiration of the rules until Friday while they hammer out a deal.

A three - member panel of the State Parole Board has turned down a disgraced former city detective's bid for early release.

Early evidence and a review of unofficial election results suggests that it largely passed over the state's cities.

In early 2015, the Legislature rejected Cuomo's proposal to increase New York City's overall minimum wage to $ 11.50 and $ 10.50 for elsewhere in the state.

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, she served in a communications capacity on the staffs of New York State Comptroller H. Carl McCall and New York City Comptroller Bill Thompson.

In her State of the City address earlier this month she proclaimed Syracuse a sanctuary city — a largely symbolic move that could put the city at odds with the White HoCity address earlier this month she proclaimed Syracuse a sanctuary city — a largely symbolic move that could put the city at odds with the White Hocity — a largely symbolic move that could put the city at odds with the White Hocity at odds with the White House.

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS — A city councilman is calling on the State Liquor Authority to vote against renewing a liquor license for a controversial restaurant that was embroiled in a sex scandal involving police officers earlier this year.

In early April, with hundreds of New York City's elite gathered at a power breakfast at Cipriani Wall Street, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo extolled the merits of the state's new sexual harassment policies, calling them a model that would be «binding on every government in the State of New York.&rstate's new sexual harassment policies, calling them a model that would be «binding on every government in the State of New York.&rState of New York.»

Earlier in July a Hartford resident and city councilwoman filed a complaint with the commission over a flier that was mailed out to residents of the 2nd state senate district.