Sentences with phrase «in more than a dozen cities»

Barbara Corcoran took an interest and six years later, Cousins Maine Lobster has become a national lobster franchise with 20 trucks in more than a dozen cities and some brick - and - mortar restaurants as well.

In more than a dozen cities, charter schools educate 30 % of or more of all public school students, and are creating a ripple effect uplifting entire education systems, and seating supportive education leaders who helped create alternative opportunities in positions of authority at local and state levels.

This annual dog walk and festival, which began as a local Best Friends fundraiser in Salt Lake City in 1996, now takes place in more than a dozen cities around the country, raising much - needed funds for hundreds of Best Friends Network partner groups.

These so - called B.R.T. systems are being constructed in more than a dozen cities and, when done well, draw passengers out of their cars and off of polluting minibuses, reducing emissions by over 50 per cent in cities like Bogota.

Building on the first - ever U.S. - China Electric Vehicle Forum in September 2009, the initiative will include joint standards development, demonstration projects in more than a dozen cities, technical road - mapping and public education projects.

Those initiative will «include joint standards development, demonstration projects in more than a dozen cities, technical roadmapping and public education projects.»

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The e-commerce giant will provide items such as winter clothing, toys and household essentials to be sent to more than a dozen hyperlocal nonprofits located near Amazon fulfillment centers in cities ranging from Boston to Chicago and Sacramento, California.

This Friday December 29th at 6:00 PM members of more than two dozen New York City and other community groups who are seriously concerned about the situation in Puerto Rico, now that more than 100 days have passed since the devastation that hurricane Maria brought to the island, will converge on the south side of Union Square to have their voices heard.

(WWM) Less than a week after Niger's president marched alongside dozens of world leaders in Paris following the Charlie Hebdo shooting, Muslim protests in Niger have claimed the lives of 10 people and destroyed more than 70 Christian churches in the desert nation's two largest cities.

Although most south Indians eat their curries with rice, and northerners use more than two dozen varieties of flat breads, there is hardly a big city in India where varieties of unleavened breads are not eaten.

On a recent visit to a local market in London, Ontario, a city of about 350,000 people, Mike Kerslake found only a few kinds of fresh chile peppers but more than a dozen varieties of dried peppers.

In Durham, North Carolina, the city's Meatless Monday campaign has garnered more than 1,372 personal pledges and the participation of dozens of restaurants, including unlikely eateries like The Pig and Dame's Chicken and Waffles.

With the college football playoff incoming, more than a half - dozen cities are looking to host the title game in 2016 and 2017.

Referendum proposals seeking property tax increases to bolster sagging school, library, municipal and park district budgets will be on the Nov. 4 ballot in more than two dozen towns, villages and cities throughout Will and southern Cook Counties.

They were joined by more than a dozen Democratic City Council members on the steps of City Hall in railing against the mayor's support for what amounts to a promotion of Cassano, 28, the son of former Fire Commissioner Sal Cassano.

Now, more than a dozen schools throughout Brooklyn are participating in the «Meatless Mondays» pilot program across the city, starting in the spring 2018 semester.

City lawmakers voted late Monday night to join more than two - dozen other New York communities in opposing a controversial oil pipeline linking the Port of Albany to northern New Jersey.

There are more than a dozen human relations commissions in the state, including in Syracuse and Onondaga County and the city of Auburn.

City Councilman Robert Jackson, a Democrat challenging state Sen. Adriano Espaillat in a primary next month, received the endorsements on Monday of more than a dozen district leaders in upper Manhattan.

A major labor union and more than a half dozen progressive groups are uniting to oppose Cuomo's proposals to legalize ride - hailing outside of New York City and to explore a law allowing for «portable benefits» among workers in the gig economy.

Murphy spoke at a community walk in the park Monday morning hosted by City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, which drew more than two - dozen local women.

ALBANY — Mayor Bill de Blasio may have come to the Capitol on Tuesday to ask state lawmakers for help with affordable housing programs and homeless shelter allowances, but he found himself forced to answer a barrage of questions about an unexpected issue as more than a half - dozen lawmakers pressured him to allow a property tax cap in the city.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)-- Lawyers representing more than a dozen parents in three lawsuits are urging a state judge to block a magazine executive from becoming New York City schools chancellor starting next week.

The group claimed responsibility for more than 100 bombings in the»70s and»80s — including two attacks in New York City that killed five people and injured dozens.

The conference today introduced a measure that create a recall trigger similar to what's available in more than a dozen other states, the latest anti-corruption proposal to be pushed in Albany in the wake of back - to - back arrests of state and city lawmakers in unrelated bribery scandals.

More than a dozen elected officials are signing on to a letter pledging support for charter schools ahead of a major rally in New York City.

As DOI Commissioner, Mr. Peters leads an agency with oversight of more than 300,000 City employees in 45 - plus City agencies and dozens of Boards and...

The terrorist group was responsible for more than 100 bombings in the 70s and 80s — including two attacks in New York City that killed five people and injured dozens.

Ponte's travels were first exposed in a scathing report by Department of Investigation Commissioner Mark Peters who also discovered that more than two dozen other corrections big wigs were improperly using their city cars for personal use.

ALBANY — There are no more than three dozen of them during the day, milling, munching, strumming and holding signs amid the 75 tents they plopped in a park between the Capitol and City Hall.

Flanked by more than two dozen city and state lawmakers, Schneiderman said the public has «lost confidence in this part of our criminal justice system,» and said «that erosion of trust and confidence must be addressed and must be addressed now.»

More than a dozen members of some Syracuse churches marched through downtown during a busy midday, calling for more action to prevent poverty in the Salt CMore than a dozen members of some Syracuse churches marched through downtown during a busy midday, calling for more action to prevent poverty in the Salt Cmore action to prevent poverty in the Salt City.

In a city weaved together by more than two dozen subway lines, no train comes within walking distance of the 75 - year - old airport, a gap in the system which has frustrated and puzzled generations of New YorkerIn a city weaved together by more than two dozen subway lines, no train comes within walking distance of the 75 - year - old airport, a gap in the system which has frustrated and puzzled generations of New Yorkerin the system which has frustrated and puzzled generations of New Yorkers.

Bradley B. Lauer Sr. and his family own more than a dozen West Side homes, apartments and vacant lots, and dutifully paid thousands of dollars in city taxes on them.

In addition to cutting more than a dozen jobs from Oswego's fire and police services at its Monday meeting, the city's common council also eliminated the entire planning and zoning department.

There are more than a dozen Syracuse public schools that are staring down major changes or closure in the near future, much like what three city schools are going through this year.

Litwin, whose company owns more than two dozen buildings with over 8,500 apartments in the city, had been the largest political contributor in the state.

Massey, who has already secured the Independence Party endorsement and is seeking the GOP nomination in a city where Democratic voters vastly outnumber Republicans, has plowed more than $ 1.9 million into his race already, much of it on more than a dozen different consulting firms and pollsters.

The New York City Housing Authority let dozens of apartments sit vacant for more than a decade — one for 21 years — and lost out on roughly $ 8 million in potential rental income, according to a new audit from Comptroller Scott Stringer's office.

Environmental Defense Fund, Austin Energy and more than a dozen other stakeholders are leading a broader effort in Texas» capital city.

Calls to more than a dozen zoological organizations were not returned, including the Wildlife Conservation Society, a conservation organization that also manages five zoos in the New York City area.

Barzilai, of Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City, and researchers at more than a dozen centers around the country plan to test metformin for its ability to fight aging in people 65 to 79.

In one case, more than 100 people were killed or missing after an avalanche of mud buried dozens of homes on a hillside above the city.

The storm dumped more than two feet of snow on Wisconsin, spawned at least a dozen tornadoes in the South and Southeast and flooded several subway stations in New York City.

In the latter's capital city Bangui, more than a dozen of Pretoria's troops were...

Ryan McGarry's Code Black, which debuted at the Los Angeles Film Festival last year, opens June 20 in New York City at the IFC Center and June 27 in Los Angeles at the Landmark Theater, before expanding throughout the summer in more than a dozen more cities.

They also looked at similar statistics in a dozen of the state's most populous counties and 21 cities with populations of more than 100,000 in Los Angeles and Orange counties.

Cerf ran Edison Schools for six years, shepherding Chris Whittle's revolutionary idea into more than 150 schools in dozens of cities across the country.

Although the measure was more about politics than policy — it was designed to raise the Hollywood actor's stature in advance of a future run for governor — the ballot initiative did reflect Schwarzenegger's sincere interest in inner - city schools, dozens of which he had toured during work for his nonprofit foundation, the Inner - City Gacity schools, dozens of which he had toured during work for his nonprofit foundation, the Inner - City GaCity Games.

In dozens of U.S. cities, more than one in five students now attend charter schoolIn dozens of U.S. cities, more than one in five students now attend charter schoolin five students now attend charter schools.