Sentences with phrase «favor of the city of»

Obtained a verdict in favor of the City of Cleveland after a three - week trial resulting in the then - largest eminent domain challenge in Ohio, which preserved property for future airport expansion

A California appeals court has reversed a trial court's ruling in favor of the City of San Francisco in a case challenging a city ordinance which places restrictions on a landlord's ability to evict tenants from their apartments, even if the eviction is for the purpose of the landlord's own use of the property.

But on a single day last June, the U.S. Supreme Court recast the argument over eminent domain in a way that has tremendous consequences for the real estate industry: In a five - four decision, the justices ruled in favor of the city of New London, Conn..

Not exact matches

«Experts are clearly favoring Atlanta,» noted Bert Sperling, the firm's founder and CEO, in a recent statement, nodding to the city's comparatively low cost of living, international air hub and potential ability to absorb tens of thousands of new workers.

Countries around the world — from Chile to South Africa to the picturesque colonial town of Trinidad in Cuba — are home to cities that have done away with the practical in favor of the fun, whether due to a city - wide artistic streak, a cultural love of color, or a Hollywood payout.

While a majority of Goldman Sachs (gs) shareholders voted in favor of executive pay plans on Friday at the bank's annual meeting in its Jersey City offices, around 34 % did not.

This coming together of history and technology is incredibly unique, and definitely works in the city's favor.

While the drink largely fell out of favor in coastal cities like New York and Los Angeles in the»70s and»80s, Wisconsinites» love for the Old Fashioned continued unabated.

He tried to do a favor for taxi medallion owners a favor at consumers» expense by capping the number of Uber vehicles that could operate in the city.

Moreover, programs designed to prevent moving may reduce beneficial mobility — leading residents to favor staying in place even when a move might increase their wellbeing or might be a better outcome for affordability in the city overall (if those moves then pave the way for higher - density development or better use / allocation of the existing stock).

LEIPZIG, Germany, Feb 27 - A top German court ruled on Tuesday in favor of allowing major cities to ban the most heavily polluting diesel cars, a move set to hit the value of 12 million vehicles in Europe's largest car market and probably force carmakers to pay for costly modifications.

In early October, Stonecrest's City Council voted 4 - 2 in favor of the name change.

«We've responded to the competitive environment by focusing on industries that are currently out of favor with the public - equity market, like biotech, medical devices, and early - stage information - technology companies,» says Patrick Boroian, a general partner at Sprout, which is the New York City - based venture - capital affiliate of financial - services giant Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette.

But outside of these two leading superstar cities, what are the favored locales of the global elite?

The report also offers its forecast of the cities that will be favored by the global super-rich in the future.

Home to fabled Swiss banks, these cities have long been the favored locations of global plutocrats.

What makes Amazon's project unusual is its location — in the heart of a city, rather than on a sprawling suburban campus of the sort favored by most other big tech companies.

While private listing data for Denver favor certain zip codes, these are not necessarily the priciest parts of the city.

Over the next decade, Cohn used his mob connections to smooth the younger Trump's relations with construction unions; inked a stingy prenuptial agreement with Trump's first wife, Ivana; leaned on city politicians to favor Trump deals; traded favors in Atlantic City's notoriously corrupt casino industry; and tried to strong - arm the National Football League into a merger that would give Trump a first - tier team at a fraction of the going rcity politicians to favor Trump deals; traded favors in Atlantic City's notoriously corrupt casino industry; and tried to strong - arm the National Football League into a merger that would give Trump a first - tier team at a fraction of the going rCity's notoriously corrupt casino industry; and tried to strong - arm the National Football League into a merger that would give Trump a first - tier team at a fraction of the going rate.

South Florida's budding business of medical marijuana keeps losing potential real estate, city by city, even though voters overwhelmingly indicated they are in favor of allowing it.

The Civic Center was filled with everything that made Chicago such an exhilarating and alarming city — jostling, shouting, joking, cajoling, backslapping, backstabbing, bargaining, dealing, favors granted, grudges paid with interest, intimidation, bribery, conciliation, grand gestures, obscene remarks, and the occasional spontaneous act of generosity.

In a recent nationwide survey, Professor Terry Moe found that 79 percent of inner - city poor people favored vouchers and 59 percent of whites in more advantaged communities favored them.

The city has pushed back against that order in favor of citizens using water filters instead.

Its author was born in Florence into a family of minor nobility, Guelph in its political alignment and thus siding with the popes in the city's political tensions (as opposed to Ghibellines, at the time mainly banished from Florence, who favored the imperial cause).

Along with Erich Fromm (with whom she was associated at the Berlin Psychoanalytic Institute and later in New York City) and with Adler, Rank, and Sullivan, she rejected Freud's compartmentalized conflict - centered, biologically reductionistic model of human personality in favor of an emphasis on the functioning of the self as whole in its relational context.

Unfortunately, the design and function of modern cities are not equally hospitable to both; they overwhelmingly tend to favor opportunity, often at the expense of community.

At the height of the watershed civil rights demonstrations in Birmingham, Alabama, in the spring of 1963, as the battle in the streets turned in favor of the demonstrators, a jubilant Martin Luther King, Jr., addressed an overflow crowd at St. Luke's Baptist Church and saluted those who had braved police dogs and filled the city's jails.

A small expression of favor the laborer would be able to get through his head; it would be understood in the market - town by «the highly respected cultured public,» by all ballad - mongers, in short, by the 5 times 100,000 persons who dwelt in that market - town, which with respect to its population was even a very big city, but with respect to possessing understanding of and sense for the extraordinary was a very small market - town — but this thing of becoming the Emperor's son - in - law was far too much.

Too many of the most favored and powerful have abandoned the Puritan ideal of the «city built on a hill» (language to which Ronald Reagan once appealed) and aspire to living in a mansion behind walls, where they can act out the anarchic fantasy of doing what pleases them.

Especially was it thought that a pilgrimage to the land that had been trod by the feet of the Saviour of the world, to the Holy City that had witnessed his martyrdom, was a peculiarly pious undertaking, and one which secured for the pilgrim the special favor and blessing of Heaven.

No one who reads Cardinal Lawrence Shehan's memoirs, in which he poignantly recalls being booed by masses of Catholic parishioners in 1966 when he testified before the Baltimore City Council in favor of an open - housing ordinance, can fail to realize that there were ugly elements in urban ethnic Catholicism.

One of the most convincing pieces of evidence in favor of this judgment concerning the social dynamics of American Catholicism is found in Kenneth Underwood's study in depth of Protestant - Catholic relations in one city that has had a large Catholic majority for some decades.

Elsie, the Borden cow, finished tenth, and Ronald McDonald was eighth... Despite pockets of loyal followers, McDonald's has discontinued its breakfast burrito, probably in favor of its new breakfast bagel, which they hope will attract a loyal adult following... Firefighters put a damper on what would have been a city - wide barbecue fest when they contained an early morning blaze at the Dean Sausage Company in Attalla, Alabama before it reached the cold storage lockers containing $ 200,000 worth of meat... Perhaps the most absurd recent product introduction and promotion is Light Done Right Dressingology, which purports to link certain low - fat and reduced - calorie Kraft salad dressings with personality types....

Wine in supermarkets bill advancing in House The House committee that killed last year's version of a bill to allow wine sales in Tennessee grocery stores on Tuesday overwhelmingly voted in favor of giving cities the ability to hold referendums on the proposal...

The tempo of the game favored Denver, who plays at the NBA's fastest pace, but it remains to be seen whether they'll have enough firepower to trade baskets with Oklahoma City over four quarters.

Traditionally, St. Paul has been the less favored twin — «Before I was elected mayor of St. Paul, my mother in Brooklyn thought the Twin Cities were Minneapolis and Indianapolis,» says Norm Coleman, who is now a U.S. senator — and there were doubts that the more affluent suburbs west of the Mississippi would cross the river to support the embryonic franchise.

Since the unveiling a year ago, Roma have made some slow progress on the new facility The mafia corruption scandal at city hall played in their favor, neutralizing their opponents on the council and empowering Mayor Ignazio Marino, a surgeon who studied in the United States and whose outsider status in Roman politics kept him clear of the dirty business.

And they're favored in their round of 16 Champions League matchup with Leicester City, making an appearance in the semifinals a realistic prospect.

Liverpool and City split their pair of Premier League matches this season, and despite City's overall dominance, they shouldn't be favored by much in their Champions League quarterfinal tie.

Whatever happens up until trade deadline, Derrick Favors has been an incredible part of this team and city.

Interest foe Isco demonstrated and Manchester City, and the fact that a former Malaga coach Manuel Pellegrini has taken Citizens looked to be in a favor of the club from Etihad.

City aldermen voted 6 - 1 in favor of giving the district the one - acre site, near Commercial Avenue and Wood Dale Road.

If the council had not voted in favor of the one - year, $ 35 million contract Tuesday, the city would have needed to find a new vendor on an emergency basis to have a meal provider in place for the start of the school year.

The mayor is in favor of lake water and some members of the City Council are against the idea.

«They're lending support to the residents in the city to get the important issues out,» he said, adding that Citizens has heard from more than 100 residents in favor of lake water.

A few observations: A handful of names such as Olivia, Cora, and Amara for girls, various forms of Alexander and Jack for boys are favored in such a wide range of cities that they can truly be considered international favorites.

The speaker claims The NYP's Fred Dicker «set me up» with a story in which Silver says he would be in favor of legislation that would block Mayor Michael Bloomberg's ban on large soft drinks in New York City.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has said he favors a three - year extension of New York City's mayoral control law, while the Assembly Democrats pushed during the budget battle for seven years.

Lawmakers are also considering an extension of a tax break for lower Manhattan real - estate that is favored by the Real Estate Board of New York and a provision to bolster New York City police and firefighter pensions.

The courtroom drama of the Joe Percoco corruption trial has served as a stinging indictment of Albany, a city of back - room dealings and back - scratching, fund - raisers and favors, where money talks and Cuomo administration officials have listened.