Sentences with phrase «even as the city»

The deal would see Beijing take a firmer grip of Hong Kong's transport hub, even as the city's once world - leading port loses ground to rival ports on the mainland.

The State of Michigan actively promoted a plan to protect Detroit's vast art collection, recently valued above $ 2.75 billion, even as the city was seeking concessions from its capital market creditors.

Amazon unveiled plans on Tuesday for a major expansion in Boston's Seaport District, promising 2,000 new technology jobs even as the city remains in contention for the company's coveted second headquarters.

Even as City looked for the winner, it was QPR who broke away with Armand Traore, whose cross was headed in by Jamie Mackie.

All eyes will be on the Etihad Stadium on Thursday evening as City and United face - off in a crucial Manchester Derby.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio proposed an $ 84.86 billion executive budget that includes funding for the beginnings of a pre-K expansion, legal services for undocumented immigrants and more even as the city grapples with the potential of federal budget cuts from Trump.

As I explained in the post below, city residents may also be paying state taxes to cover the pension contributions of localities elsewhere in the state, even as city residents pay more than anyone anywhere for the city's own pension contributions.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Mayor Stephanie Miner released a $ 675 million budget last week that holds local water rates flat for a fifth straight year, even as the city saw a record 391 water main breaks last year.

Crime at city housing projects increased 2.4 percent last year, even as the city enjoyed a historically low crime rate overall.

The Council has backed Bratton's call for 1,000 more officers even as the city's crime rate has dipped to historically low levels.

Attacks at Rikers have steadily increased, even as the city funnels millions of dollars in funding to increase and retrain the jail's force.

It's not just city politicos on edge as another week passes without a state bailout for Hartford: Jobs for school administrators and teachers still hang in the balance, even as the city school board adopted a $ 418 million spending plan Friday.

The change, which was made earlier this year, has been criticized by good - government groups and others who say the New York Police Department is inappropriately interpreting the law to withhold critical information even as the city and the department...

The payout to an outside consultant hired to stem the violence at Rikers Island has ballooned from $ 1.7 million to $ 27.4 million in less than three years — even as the city jails system has seen a significant spike in assaults, records show.

Even as cities become more vulnerable to moderate storms, the intensity of hurricanes may increase dramatically, says Kerry Emanuel, a meteorologist at MIT.

Kinney said there is already some evidence that even as city heat rose during the latter 20th century, heat - related deaths went down — probably due to the introduction of home air conditioning.

Chalkbeat reported in May that the city's Renewal schools serve 6,300 fewer students since the program started, «a sign that many families are still shunning the schools even as the city spends hundreds of millions to revamp them.»

The share of students attending DCPS has fallen since Mayoral Control even as the city's population has grown.

In Long Beach, student test scores, AP class enrollment, high - school graduation rates, and college - attendance rates have all risen, even as the city's challenging demographics remained almost unaltered.

Even as the city suffers at the rebels» hands, midwife Bridget Hodgson becomes embroiled in a different sort of rebellion.

Today, however, even as the city jubilantly marks its tricentenary, it is faced — as we all are — with a period of unprecedented political and ecological instability.

But even as city officials earn high marks for environmental awareness, critics say New York is moving too slowly to address the potential for flooding that could paralyze transportation, cripple the low - lying financial district and temporarily drive hundreds of thousands of people from their homes.

Even as the city grows, the air clears.

This time around, even as city residents were just starting to pick up the pieces and assess the damage, the floods also caused fingers to point in every direction as to who, or what, was to blame.

Toronto and Windsor, Ont., are the biggest legal spenders among municipalities even as cities across that province have shown considerable restraint in their legal budgets, a new report shows.

This is occurring even as the City has taken on new safety programs over the last several years such as countdown signals and red light cameras.

After dozens of hours of play, I was thoroughly impressed with how Surviving Mars ran on the Xbox One X and on my GTX 1060 Core i7 quad - core Surface Book 2, even as my cities grew in complexity.

The trend is even propping rents up in struggling cities such as Houston, which posted an average rate of $ 47.43 per sq. ft. for high - rise office space — even as the city has seen 12 million sq. ft. of new space added to its energy - dependent office market in the past two years.

Not exact matches

It's just the latest in a string of disputes in recent months involving condo residents, owners, boards and property managers that have highlighted some of the downsides of condo life, even as scores of cranes erect new glass towers in Canada's largest city.

The company also required that buyers live in a city that had a Tesla service center — even though, as of mid-2014, only Beijing and Shanghai had such centers.

Most places I visit in the U.S., even far from cities, are littered with trash, as if invisible greenhouse gases and mercury - laden fish weren't enough.

Even the young now report problems, as cities get louder and buds blare music directly into ear canals.

It would probably take several volumes to list and explain the numerous permits and licensing requirements because each state as well as most cities and even counties have their own.

Even in the capital city of Phnom Penh, it's easy to find a two - bedroom, one - bathroom apartment with separate living room, kitchen, and balcony in a nice area for as little as $ 350.

The car share company, which operates in 63 countries and 300 cities, is currently the most valuable privately held startup, worth a staggering $ 52 billion, and its valuation could notch even higher as it is reportedly seeking a new round of financing, reportedly worth $ 1 billion.

The New York Times even referred to it as «the next borough,» a nod to its proximity to the Big Apple and the Amtrak train that gets you from city to city in just over an hour — less than it takes some Brooklynites to make their way to Manhattan.

Even better, Glendale is not only one of the safest areas of LA, but has been recognized by the FBI as one of the 10 safest cities in America.

Even as its groovy formula for urban renaissance is repeated in cities around the world — often with explicit reference to the original — the back - to - basics affectations of Brooklynization verge on cliché.

In his view, a few of Tinder's recent decisions — particularly the introduction of a monetized feature that allows users to «hop to a city they aren't even in» and browse local user profiles — have crystallized the app's primary purpose as a generator of entertainment, rather than actual connections.

Even if you don't use StartupStay to make an in - person connection with someone in another city, the site serves as a great way to discover others with similar interests and establish virtual connections.

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he three New York City - areas were the hardest hit as of Tuesday evening.

Even as fierce pockets of ISIS resistance remain in the city, the Iraqi prime minister has declared victory.

For Urgo, the ideal is to attract college and postcollege renters to buildings including the Forge in Long Island City and House39 in Murray Hill, with the idea that they'll fall in love with a space and remain even as they graduate to the next stage in their lives.

Dubbed by many as the «Spring Break Capital of the World,» Panama City Beach hosts nearly half a million co-eds every spring and keeps them entertained with outdoor concerts and contests, sandy beaches, popular restaurants and bars with extended happy hours, and even an amusement park.

So it is constantly looking for new tools and better ways to get the job done; and (d) the company is struggling — right along with every other tech firm — with how it can make the work force more diverse even though, in terms of gender at least, it's already as diverse as any firm in the city.

By contrast, states such as Connecticut and California mandate that even entry - level workers receive about $ 10 an hour, while cities and, increasingly, states such as Illinois and New York are phasing in a new minimum wage of $ 15 an hour.

The new EEOC guidelines are intended to bring to bear the weight of anti-discrimination law to prevent such practices, even when the actions are based on benevolent reasons, such as assuming that a working mother wouldn't want to move to another city, even if it would mean a promotion.

Even as millions of Chinese citizens leave the farm and flock to cities looking for work, there are fewer manufacturing jobs in China than there were 20 years ago.

But even with scarce public and private parking options in New York City, parking rental prices are not nearly as steep as one would expect given that $ 300,000 selling figure, according to Trulia's research.