Sentences with phrase «in upstate cities like»

The state's overall poverty rate is unchanged since 1980, but poverty has been increasing in upstate cities like Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse, as people with any wealth have moved to the suburbs.

Beginning 90 days after the budget is enacted ride - hailing apps like Uber and Lyft will be authorized to operate in upstate cities like Buffalo, Syracuse, Rochester and Albany.

Both Uber and Lyft have conducted an extensive public lobbying campaign over the last year to expand services, especially in upstate cities like Buffalo, which is being countered by an effort to block the measure by upstate taxi and livery companies.

The current minimum wage of $ 9, which was adjusted on Jan. 1 following a phase - in that began with a 2013 agreement, doesn't help most New Yorkers cover basic costs even in upstate cities like Buffalo, they write.

Similar marches initiated by the Alliance for Quality Education are taking place across the state Saturday, according to the release, including in upstate cities like Buffalo, Kingston, Rochester and Schenectady.

Clark, who is from Harlem, says gentrification there has pushed poor people out of her community, and she says she's found that many of them are relocating in upstate cities like Syracuse.

The union cited the push by the Cuomo administration on a variety of major construction projects, including a refurbished LaGuardia Airport and JFK International Airport, spending on airports in upstate cities like Syracuse and Rochester as well as renovations at the state fairgrounds.

Not exact matches

The lieutenant governor pointed out there are always challenges in trying to balance a $ 168 billion budget, but she said the state is very aware of the importance of historic tax credits — specifically to upstate cities like Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse.

Heastie, meanwhile, insisted lawmakers were working to conclude the session on a productive note, with a number of outstanding issues on the table ranging from expanding ride - hailing apps like Uber and Lyft to upstate New York as well as mayoral control of schools in New York City.

Gibson, who was known for his bipartisanship in Congress, sounded a bit like a gubernatorial candidate himself, criticizing Cuomo on the lagging upstate economy and troubled subway system in New York City.

Sen. Jim Seward, the Republican sponsor of the bill, had previously indicated this week he would want to see a vote on his version of the legislation, if anything to show a statement of support for allowing companies like Uber and Lyft to operate in upstate cities.

Last week, a group of upstate legislators, led by Assembly Majority Leader Joe Morelle, expressed concern in a letter written to Cuomo that lifting the perimeter rule would reduce the number of smaller commuter flights out of LaGuardia to underserved upstate cities like Buffalo and Rochester.

The ride sharing service Uber, which already operates in New York City, is making a big push to move into upstate cities like Syracuse, and Long Island.

«While I'll be the first to concede that in places like the City of New York you can find more telephone poles than Republicans or in upstate, you can find more cows than Democrats, we don't believe that only 11 percent of the population are the enrollments close,» said Horner.

And it seems that on the legislative end, lawmakers are prepared to pass bills allowing apps like Uber and Lyft to begin operating in upstate cities.

The basic political math of any Democratic gubernatorial candidate goes like this: run up the score in New York City, win in the suburbs and don't get creamed upstate.

Masterpole, 43, said he doesn't think the city — like other communities in upstate New York — is fighting crime as well as it should.

Why, as in... Why do Republican state senators upstate and on Long Island support sending tens of millions of dollars in new funding to New York City charters... instead of reserving that money for their own schools in places like Troy, Poughkeepsie and Plattsburgh?

As a working teamster running for governor, I believe that state government ought to raise the living standards of working New Yorkers, especially in struggling upstate cities like Rochester and my home town of Syracuse.

The same idea is now being replicated in a handful of cities upstate like Rochester where a photonics manufacturing facility is planned.

Democrat Kevin Cahill, the Assembly sponsor of a bill to expand ride - hailing services outside of New York City, confirmed there is agreement between Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Legislature on allowing services like Uber and Lyft to operate in upstate and Long Island.

Weather aside, what's kept New York from being like California, for better or worse, is the state Senate, which Democrats have been thisclose to flipping for years now without ever quite getting there, what with upstate's fear of the city running the whole show, and Democratic senators taking lulus (Albany - speak for bribes) and other enticements to switch teams and caucus with the GOP, and Cuomo content with that power - sharing arrangement that positions him at the top of the three - men - in - a-room triangle.

With Rob Astorino waging an upstate campaign (there are few Republican votes in the big city) based on hot - button issues like repealing the Safe Act, economic deprivation and mandate relief, the tide, even in Democratic districts like the 46th, will probably be running toward the GOP.

He insisted that Trump would win in upstate communities like Cheektowaga, and the many towns and cities around the nation that resemble them.

ALBANY — Governor Andrew Cuomo has signaled that he may push for mayoral control of schools in upstate cities in the upcoming legislative session, and upstate mayors are waiting anxiously to see what the follow - through looks like.

Del Smith says it's imperative for upstate cities to invest in businesses like Diamond's if they want to revitalize their urban economies.

He maintains two studios, one in New York City, and a second — a huge, aircraft - hangar - like space upstate — that endeavours to keep pace with his sculptural ambitions.