Sentences with phrase «helping city residents»

Rosenthal said that the legislation is key to helping city residents avoid an increasingly prevalent problem.

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As cities tackle pollution through regulation, new technology is helping city residents keep a personal track on their health.

A $ 15 an hour minimum wage, health care for all, increased funding for mass transit, support for teachers and other union members, stronger rent control and reversing income inequality are just a few of the way I will help city residents if elected governor of New York.

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But the public good doesn't end up helping as many people is it should, since the residents who live just outside the city center — who would use the roads — aren't able to commute in.

Things became so dire by the weekend of Aug. 24, the often tough - spoken Emanuel was begging city residents for help.

«This is all going to the city's infrastructure and to help its residents and small businesses.»

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.

Ryan O'Malley, a city councilor in Malden, added that most Malden residents support allowing marijuana firms, and that he hopes the revenue they bring could help the city replace lead pipes and address other problems.

If President Trump takes some or all of that $ 1 billion funding away, all San Francisco residents will lose because we'll all be forced to pay higher taxes to help fund our inefficient city government and its underfunded pension system.

As Harvey ravaged the Houston area, City departments responded to help meet the needs of residents.

And those views appear to feed the rural - urban divide: A 56 percent majority of rural residents says the federal government does more to help people living in and around large cities, while 37 percent feel they treat both urban and rural areas equally.

City planners hope the arch, a symbol of the country's pioneer spirit, will help reunite its residents.

Social impact «residents» that have been placed in coworking centres by All Good Work include BASE, which develops co-living residences for young adults with learning differences; RiF, which supports refugees and asylum seekers arriving in New York City; and AdaptLab — a team that helps filmmakers with autism and learning differences to work on productions and gain valuable skills for sustainable employment.

«Throughout this past session, Sen. Jeff Klein and Sen. Tony Avella worked tirelessly on behalf of the residents of New York City and helped make progress on issues that had been stalled for far too long,» de Blasio said in a statement.

Also at 11 a.m., NYC Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn Garcia, City Councilman Antonio Reynoso and others give away free reusable bags to passersby to help residents prepare for the imminent 5 - cent tax on paper and plastic bags, Court Street and Montague Street, Brooklyn.

As early as Monday, we may find out if two Canadian residents had help in their alleged plot to blow up a train between New York City and Toronto.

De Blasio has proposed a tax on city residents making more than $ 500,000 a year to help fund the transit system.

The Chancellor recently announced that in order to help make his «Northern Powerhouse» idea reality that the Greater Manchester City Region would see itself gain an elected, «London - style» Mayor, despite residents of Manchester City Council narrowly rejecting proposals for an Directly Elected Mayor for their local authority in 2011.

City Council candidate John Choe will open a weekly community service center in Flushing Monday to provide community residents with assistance in handling day - to - day issues and to help navigate what he calls «city bureaucracy.&raCity Council candidate John Choe will open a weekly community service center in Flushing Monday to provide community residents with assistance in handling day - to - day issues and to help navigate what he calls «city bureaucracy.&racity bureaucracy.»

Upstate and Long Island residents would have to pay 50 cents per trip to help fund mass transit in New York City and its suburbs, as well as upstate bus lines.

The campaign platform also includes a plan to establish a community hiring hall to help Syracuse residents obtain city and city - contractor jobs while simultaneously fulfilling affirmative action goals for minority hiring in city jobs.

He says the change would help cut down on dangerous driving in his city that is putting residents - especially children - in harm's way.

What's more, the city is waiving water and sewer connection fees, promising to help find tenants for the commercial space, and providing dedicated parking spots for building residents on Remsen and White streets.

That includes helping establish the Capital South Campus Center, supporting the creation of Albany's Citizens» Police Review Board, creating a program to honor influential African - American city residents and pushing affordable housing development in the South End, she said.

BP Katz Renders Her Office Available Mon - Thu to Assist Residents with HEAP Application QUEENS, NY — With the first cold snap of the season sending shivers throughout the city, Borough President Melinda Katz announced that residents in need of financial assistance to help heat their homes this winter are encouraged to come to her office Residents with HEAP Application QUEENS, NY — With the first cold snap of the season sending shivers throughout the city, Borough President Melinda Katz announced that residents in need of financial assistance to help heat their homes this winter are encouraged to come to her office residents in need of financial assistance to help heat their homes this winter are encouraged to come to her office -LSB-...]

It's part of the Empire State Poverty Reduction Initiative (ESPRI), which aims to help 16 cities improve the lives of their lower - income residents.

«Every public housing resident deserves to live in habitable housing that provides them with respect and dignity,» said City Council Speaker Corey Johnson, who helped conduct an oversight hearing of NYCHA at the Council.

«IDNYC is a valuable tool for all City residents who enroll because it helps ensure equal access to municipal services,» Borough President KATZ said.

Neighborhood resident Kathy Ann Vignola, 62, also ripped de Blasio for assembling an 18 - member commission to help decide the fate of «oppressive» monuments that are «inconsistent with the values of New York City.»

The duties of the public advocate are limited but include acting as the city's ombudsman and helping residents having trouble with the government get the services they need.

«We hope we can look to city government to help MTA, the city and the residents be all we can be.»

«This funding will help strengthen the link between rural areas and smaller cities, supporting regional economic growth and increasing ease of access for residents and visitors to our state.»

Enthusiastic and frank, Catsimatidis portrayed himself as someone with both CEO experience that would help him run the nation's biggest city and a regular - New - Yorker background that enables him to relate to its residents.

Milwaukee leaders are calling on residents looking for work to consider helping build hundreds of new apartments and homes in the city.

«We look forward to working with the city on a plan for the future of Fresh Kills that will benefit Staten Island residents by helping to restore the ecology and natural resources of this area,» Crotty said.

«Many neighborhoods have a significantly higher density of licensed premises than anywhere else in New York State, and a New York City resident on the SLA would help inform the regulations of the SLA within NYC so we can continue to promote livable communities,» Glick said.

At 9:30 a.m., residents and leaders of communities that helped elect NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio unite to oppose the «lack of real affordable housing and good jobs in his rezoning plan,» City Hall steps, Manhattan.

Bharara said the arrests should help the beleaguered residents of city housing projects.

«Throughout this past session, Sen. Jeff Klein and Sen. Tony Avella worked tirelessly on behalf of the residents of New York City and helped make progress on issues that had been stalled for far too long,» Mr. de Blasio said in a statement.

Mr. de Blasio has made supportive housing — which is affordable housing for vulnerable populations with services like healthcare, substance abuse, and mental health help on site for residents — a central component of his plan to tackle the city's ongoing homeless crisis, which has seen both the shelter and the street population on the rise.

De Blasio, for his part, touted his various achievements at the city level, including his new $ 500 million life sciences initiative, his universal prekindergarten initiative, new programs the city has created to help young people get jobs in the film and TV industry, the city's rent freeze program and the fact that the city now gives residents who are being harassed by their landlords a lawyer for free if they can fight the case.

A longtime Battery Park City resident, Notaro helped found the neighborhood's CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) team and is president of the First Precinct Community Council.

«St. Peter's is a citizen and resident of Albany County, and while we all should celebrate whatever other organizations do in other counties and other cities, that doesn't help solve Albany's problem,» Barba said, adding he's fond of the institution.

Senator John A. DeFrancisco said, «I was happy to support the Salina Crossing project in Syracuse to help revitalize our neighborhoods on the north and south sides of the city and provide quality affordable housing to many of our deserving residents.

The task force is made up representatives of more than a dozen nonprofits, including the Bowery Residents Committee, Supportive Housing network of New York, Catholic Charities and HELP USA, well - regarded operators and providers among the city's shelter, supportive housing and homeless services professionals.

To harness the power of New York City residents and social media, the agency will completely redesign its dispatching, routing and tracking operations to help crews cover more ground, slash paperwork, and ramp up their efficiency.

According to the council, restoring the tax would help the city pay for the cost of police, fire, transportation and other services used by city residents and commuters who come into the city every day.

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.

The mayor dismissed the personal criticism from Cuomo as he repeated calls he's made in recent weeks for the state to «step up» and offer more resources to help with the city's growing population of nearly 60,000 homeless residents.