Sentences with phrase «group of city residents»

Before the national stalwarts of the charter school movement settled in a drain New Orleans, a group of city residents who resided on the West Bank of the Mississippi River — Algiers — formed a nonprofit that would eventually be the first organization to open schools.

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They sent a survey to an email list of Kansas City residents that Howard had collected and conducted a focus group with six current loyal members to find out what they liked — and didn't — about Howard's current business model.

The check, which was from the singer's Parkwood Entertainment group, was presented to the United Way of Genesee County and will help Flint residents who are still coping with the city's lead - poisoned water, reported the Detroit News.

Newly released city data shows over the past two decades African - Americans have been arrested for pot at a disproportionate rate compared to white residents, even though the two groups make up a similar percentage of the population.

A New York City advocacy group for low - income and minority residents filed a lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase Bank last fall for what it says are illegal and exploitative tactics that have cost the two named plaintiffs thousands of dollars in penalty fees it contends they shouldn't have had to pay.

The plan calls upon churches to, among other things, «adopt» street gangs and allow troubled youths to use church properties as safe havens; intercede for youth in the juvenile court system; provide vocational training to inner - city residents; organize capital for micro-enterprises; develop educational curricula heralding the achievements of blacks and Latinos; initiate neighborhood crime watch groups; and establish counseling programs for battered women and the men who abuse them.

The proposal, which was eventually adopted in a weakened form, spoke not of jobs allocated to minority groups but of the percentage of workers to be drawn from unemployed residents of Milwaukee's inner city.

Several residents volunteered to serve on the committee, and Park District director Kirk Reimer said he has received commitments from city and school district officials asking to be part of the group.

Frustrated with numerous delays in constructing a skate park near the city's downtown in recent years, a group of residents and city business owners came forward with a proposal to build a 10,000 - to 12,000 - square - foot temporary facility on a 7 acres next to the DuPage Children's Museum on Spring Avenue.

Later today, a group of City Council members intend to introduce two separate bills that would create a residential parking program, giving preference to local residents over outside commuters.

Watchdog group Reinvent Albany praised today's City Council votes in favor of bills that improve the Open Data Law and create a portal for city residents to register to vote onlCity Council votes in favor of bills that improve the Open Data Law and create a portal for city residents to register to vote onlcity residents to register to vote online.

A group of people gathered at the Battery Park City esplanade on Fri., June 3, when B.P.C. resident, physician and amateur astronomer Sheldon Palgon examined Saturn through his powerful telescope.

Committee Members work with community groups, residents, and city agencies to monitor public safety and quality of life issues.

The Commission, a panel of 15 people appointed by the Mayor and City Council, is seeking input from residents, community organizations and other groups in creating new districts.

«I've had a wonderful opportunity to serve the public in city and state government for almost 15 years and I've served the community,» said Tabone, a Bayside resident and attorney for John Catsimitidis» Manhattan - based Red Apple Group with a long career of civic involvement.

A majority of New York City residents, suburbanites and upstate dwellers, as well a large swath of voters across all age groups, races and religions showed support for the initiative.

A Specific Affordable Housing Plan A large group of churchgoers, NYCHA residents, senior citizens, and advocates recently rallied near City Hall to push for an affordable housing plan from the Metro - IAF coalition led by two Brooklyn pastors and affordable housing builders.

Members of a South Bronx residents group that formed at the last minute to oppose the deal said they sent messages to state and city officials Monday describing their objections to the plan.

That was the message of public housing residents, community groups and elected officials who rallied at City Hall on Thurs., Jan. 29 to campaign for increased city and state funding for the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) propertCity Hall on Thurs., Jan. 29 to campaign for increased city and state funding for the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) propertcity and state funding for the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) propertCity Housing Authority (NYCHA) properties.

Stringer's office is in the midst of developing Speak Up New York, an online platform that he says has the potential to transform the way that residents, community groups and city officials interact.

Environmental groups and city officials denounced the State Legislature's decision saying it would lead to another year of bags contributing to waste and pollution, but state lawmakers argued more time was needed to study the financial impact of the fee on low income residents.

Several advocacy groups and outspoken residents are suing to stop New York City from tearing up a five - block section of the wooden Coney Island boardwalk and replacing it with concrete and plastic.

The MTA's official watchdog group is pushing for the creation of a special fare that would allow some New York City residents access to transfer among buses, subways and the Long Island Rail Road for a single, discounted price.

The task force is a Syracuse - based coalition of community groups and individuals who have pushed developers seeking tax exemptions in the city to commit to training and hiring underprivileged city residents.

A group of activists, residents and politicians also plans to march around Park Slope on Monday night to call for safety improvements to all streets in the city after three children were killed by drivers in the borough so far this year.

Lawyers representing a group of residents who are suing the city's housing authority invited the governor.

A group of suburban politicians and business owners that support keeping Interstate 81 running through the city of Syracuse are out with a poll they say shows most residents agree with them.

That was the message of public housing residents, community groups and elected officials who rallied at City Hall on...

Last Friday a group of residents of the city under the aegis of Ogbomoso Parapo staged a protest asking members of staff of the institution who hail from Osun to leave.

The group plans to march alongside over 100 Westchester residents in New York City this weekend to protest in favor of legislation and policies regarding human rights, immigration reform, and women's rights.

Servicing the needs of more than 184,000 residents composed of a variety of ethnic and income group that reflect in a true sense the mosaic mirror of the City of Brooklyn.

NEW YORK, NY (05/11/2012)(readMedia)-- Early this afternoon, a team of welfare recipients, unemployed New Yorkers looking for work, public housing residents, and people living with HIV / AIDS — members of the grassroots organizing groups Community Voices Heard (CVH) and Voices of Community Activists and Leaders (VOCAL - NY)-- led other New York residents in a series of actions in Lower Manhattan to highlight the inequality prevalent in our City today, and lift up the need to restore critical programs currently proposed to be cut in Mayor Bloomberg's Fiscal Year 2013 budget.

The Board of Estimates and Landmarks Commission are scheduled to meet May 10, Clear said, but a special meeting likely will have to be set for one of the groups to accommodate both city leaders» and residents» interest in the reviews.

Many of the city's largest civic groups, many economists and West Side neighborhood groups agreed with Mr. Silver's opposition, though sometimes for different reasons, saying the stadium would hurt development by discouraging office tenants and residents who would not want to work and live next to it.

Other community benefits not easily quantified like access to quality affordable housing, placing vacant and historic properties back into productive use, and providing job training and opportunities to unemployed and underemployed city residents have also been effectively addressed through SIDA's support of projects like Salina Crossing, Bankers Healthcare Group and the Hotel Syracuse, to name a few.

Silver's proposal, which a group of Battery Park City residents approved Wednesday night, would mitigate the rent charges, saving residents about 35 percent over the next 30 years.

She also said the proposed mergers would weaken the voice of marginalized groups within the city and push Syracuse to «eternal poverty» by taking away city assets and shifting the financial burden onto city residents.

Rosa, who is replacing Assemblyman Guillermo Linares, promised to form a «group of three,» and to work together with city Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez and state Sen. Adriano Espaillat to tackle the issues facing uptown residents.

A group of Queens elected officials and residents rallied on the steps of City Hall on Friday to criticize Mayor Bill de Blasio and what they say are his failed homeless policies, an over reliance on using hotels as shelters and a lack of communication from City Hall.

The Upper West Side, one of the city's most desirable neighborhoods, has attracted a large group of undesirable residents that Mayor de Blasio vowed on Thursday to wipe out: rats.

In the news, LES residents (including members of the neighborhood advocacy group, GOLES) testified yesterday at a City Council hearing on the NYPD's controversial «stop and frisk» policy.

According to the order, the independent monitor must be appointed within the next 60 days and will be chosen by the mayor, the City Council speaker and the president of the Citywide Council of Presidents, a group of tenant leaders chosen by Nycha residents, which sued the agency in February.

The hearing drew a large audience outside of the usual good government advocates, including tenant and community preservation groups, immigrant advocacy organizations, NYCHA residents, current City Council candidates, and women's groups.

The group wants Fayetteville - based COR Development to hire and train city residents, especially those from distressed parts of the city, for construction jobs at the harbor.

Meghan Heintz of More New York, a group that advocates for policies that increase housing supply in the city, argued at the hearing that the tech hub was a boon to residents of nearby neighborhoods, and warned against the consequences of prohibitively restrictive zoning.

Dr. Lilian Calderón - Garcidueñas said her group studied 203 autopsies of Mexico City residents ranging in age from 11 months to 40 years.

The Harvard Chan researchers, working with colleagues in Japan, were able to conduct a «natural experiment» among a group of elderly residents of the coastal city of Iwanuma, located about 80 kilometers west of the earthquake epicenter, where nearly half the land area was inundated by the tsunami.

Founded in 2000 by a group of inner - city residents who lost their gardening space to developers, Milwaukee.

Produced entirely in its namesake city, The Chi is a coming - of - age story centering on a group of residents who become linked by coincidence but bonded by the need for connection and redemption.

When I took a group of at - risk high - school boys from the inner - city of Chicago to volunteer at a homeless shelter, numerous residents commended the boys, telling them «It's so great to see you all in here helping people instead of being out on the street gang - banging.»