Sentences with phrase «island cities among»

It also provides a ranking of the top urban heat island cities among the 50 largest metropolitan statistical areas.

Not exact matches

Given the interest in offshoring business and assets among the ultra rich technorati, it seems unlikely that congress would ultimately be able to pin down tax liability, labor rules or much else if these companies decide to exercise their technical genius to seastead, build a jungle city, or find a nice island to operate from.

Schneiderman was endorsed by Marriage Equality New York, Empire State Pride Agenda, Equality Long Island, Gay and Lesbian Independent Democrats, LAMBDA Independent Democrats, Lesbian and Gay Democratic Club of Queens and Gay City News among other leading «Toeiva» advocates in the State.

It was among the least controversial measures before the Council today — which included two major land use projects, the creation of condos at the graffiti mecca 5Pointz in Long Island City and the creation of mixed use developments in blighted Willet's Point, Queens.

For Jamaica, StreetEasy attributed its rise to a number of favorable factors, including «a healthy growth in population since 2011, strong growth in interest among buyers and renters, comparatively low prices and convenient access to the New York City subway and Long Island Rail Road systems.

On Staten Island, cancer rates among males were 13.48 % higher than those for the city as a whole.

Cuomo chose Long Island to make his announcement, a New York City suburb where property taxes are among the highest in the nation.

NYMTC's co-chair positions are rotated annually among representatives from the Mid-Hudson South region, New York City, and Long Island.

McMahon, whose Staten Island district represents the only New York City - area district within reach for Republicans, is among the most well - funded freshman members — he's raised $ 1.5 million to date and had more than $ 1 million in cash on hand through the end of the first quarter.

The city is launching a $ 6 million effort to reduce recidivism among female inmates at Rikers Island.

Among other benefits for the district attorney offices across the city, the funding will provide Bronx County with a vertical integration system which proposes delegating every stage of the prosecution to a single assistant district attorney in order to eliminate delays and backlogs in trial cases, a Rikers Island prosecution bureau and a Conviction Integrity Unit to review past convictions and ensure the fairness of tried cases.

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.

Castorina has never run for public office before, but is well known among the Island's elected officials for his pro bono lawsuit filed against the city in 2010 to restore school buses for seventh and eighth grade students.

Among the three hundred or so attendees were Republican State Chairman Ed Cox, Republican County chairs from Queens, Manhattan and Staten Island and New York City's two Republican members of the New York State Assembly, Staten Islanders Nicole Malliotakis and Ron Castorina.

Among the mayor's campaign promises were the preservation or creation of 300,000 units of affordable housing in the city, a vow to close down Rikers Island within 10 years, and a plan to open 90 homeless shelters in the five boroughs.

Kramer has already reported that among the fire companies expected to be on death row are Ladder 53 on City Island, and Engines 271 in Bushwick, 161 on Staten Island and 4 at the South Street Seaport.

Several elected officials — among them City Council Minority Leader Vincent Ignizio (R - South Shore) and Councilman Steven Matteo (R - Mid - Island / Brooklyn), who asked Bratton about the police headcount on Staten Island at a recent Council hearing — have said they'd like to see more officers on the streets.

But there is no apparent evidence that these controversies and disputes have been mitigating factors for interest in Success schools among parents, especially in areas of the city with historically troubled schools, nor for interest in a Success school on Staten Island.

The transformation of Governors Island into a driver of innovation and a project that would bring a streetcar to the East River waterfront are among proposals New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio planned to highlight in his State of the City address Thursday.

For the good he saw in the new state budget, the mayor mostly praised Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, a Bronx Democrat who de Blasio has said is the city's strongest ally in budget negotiations among Cuomo, who is a second - term Democrat; Heastie; and Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, a Long Island Republican.

A new battle could be brewing after City Council members responded strongly to DNAinfo New York's exclusive report Thursday that City Hall has identified possible locations on Staten Island and in College Point, among other neighborhoods, to build new jails in an effort to close Rikers Island.

Over the past week the governor has outlined plans for free tuition at state colleges, child care tax credits and voting reforms, among others and over the past two days regional plans for New York City, Buffalo, the Hudson Valley and Long Island.

Among those being considered are Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis, a Staten Island Republican who unsuccessfully ran for New York City mayor in 2017, City Councilman Eric Ulrich, former Rep. Nan Hayworth, of Westchester County, ex-state Sen. Jack Martins, of Nassau County, Mineola Mayor Scott Strauss, and Nassau County Leigslator Laura Schaefer.

Join TravelQuest in the summer of 2017 for an incomparable Pacific Northwest eclipse adventure that includes cruising among the San Juan Islands, crossing into Canada to visit the charming city of Victoria, and then a leisurely loop back southward, combining artsy Port Angeles with the unique rainforest ecosystem of Olympic National Park.

The multi-cultural nature of its major city led to religious tolerance among the island's residents.

The committee brings together representatives from the City of Ventura, Ventura Visitors & Convention Bureau, San Buenaventura Mission, Santa Cruz Island Foundation, Consulate of Mexico, City of Loreto, Mision Nuestra Senora de Loreto, Eco Alianza, and Sister Cities SOCAL among others.

Little - known destinations such as Jaffna in the North of Sri Lanka, El Nido Pangalusian Island in the Philippines and Mexico's ancient Mayan city of Yaxchilan are among everything from tiny towns to palm - flecked beaches named in a list of the world's top 20 hidden gems.

The ferry ride to the islands makes for an interesting mini cruise, with great views of the city skyline, while Ward's Island is an ideal spot for taking a stroll among the leafy streets and quaint cottage - like houses.

Numerous marinas have sprung up amid the increasing interest in the city, with Kona Kai Marina, Shelter Island Marina, and The Wharf, among some of the most notable developments.

The third - largest city in the Caribbean, with a metro population of around 2.1 million, diverse and dynamic San Juan, Puerto Rico also ranks among the region's top gay tropical vacation destinations (the offshore Puerto Rico island of Vieques is another LGBT hot spot).

Indeed, among the islands in Honda Bay, Cowrie Island is among the top choices of visitors in Puerto Princesa City.

Getting to know the city is a must among all Puerto Plata tours since you will get to visit San Felipe Fort, an 16th century fort overlooking at the Atlantic ocean and is now a museum, you can jump on the only cable car of the caribbean or try the purest white rum made in the island.

Foremost among these Philippine beach holidays destinations are the pristine beaches located in the Island Garden City of Samal, a fifteen - minute boat ride away from the busy districts of Davao City.

This game takes place in an area called Svart Alfheim, which is comprised of several floating islands, chief among them, The Floating City of Ryne.

Recent exhibitions include the Santiago de Compostello, Spain, the Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC, the Institute of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH, the Miami Art Museum, FL, the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, the Kempner Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Site Santa Fe, New Mexico, the Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, NY, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY, the Whitney Museum, NY, MASS MoCA, North Adams, Mass., the Worchester Museum of Art, Worchester, MA, the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland, OR, the Museum of Modern Art, NY, the San Francisco Museum of Art, CA, the Hirschhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, the Centre d ¹ Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland, the Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, among many others.

Recent solo shows include The Present Moment, Instituto Moreira Salles, Sao Paulo, Brazil; (2017 - 2018); Museo Tamayo, Mexico City (2017); The Last Resort, Kaldor Public Art Projects, Sydney, Australia (2017); Answer Me, The New Museum (2016); The Present Moment, Instituto Moreira Salles, Rio de Janeiro (2016); Teshima Seawall House, Benesse Art Site Naoshima, Teshima Island, Japan (2016); Haus der Kunst, Munich (2014); the French Pavilion at the 55th Venice Biennale (2013); the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (2012); The Serpentine Gallery, London (2011); The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati (2009); The Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami (2008); and the Fondazione Nicola Trussardi, Milan (2005); among other venues.

Hammond has had over 40 solo exhibitions and her work has been shown internationally in venues such as: the New Museum, the National Academy Museum, the Downtown Whitney Museum, and White Columns in NYC; the Brooklyn Museum and Smack Mellon Studios in Brooklyn; the Bronx Museum; P.S. 1 MoMA Contemporary Art Center in Long Island City, Queens; the Museum of Contemporary Art and the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles; the National Museum of Women in the Arts, in Washington, D.C.; the Tucson Museum of Art and Museum of Contemporary Art in Tucson; the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis; the Phoenix Art Museum; Site Santa Fe, the Center for Contemporary Arts in Santa Fe; the Vancouver Art Gallery; the American Center, in Paris; the Neue Galerie, in Graz, Germany; the Gementemuseum Den Hague in The Hague, among others.

His work has been included in group exhibitions at P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City; Contemporary Art Museum, Houston; Brooklyn Museum of Art; De Young Museum, San Francisco; New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York; and Museum of African Art, New York, among others.

Recent group exhibitions include The Drawing Center, New York, NY; MoMA PS1, Long Island City, NY; El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY; Abrons Arts Center, New York, NY; RISD Museum, Providence, RI; deCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA; Futura, Prague, Czech Republic; and the Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC, among others.

Shaw has had solo presentations of his work at Kunstverein Hamburg, Hamburg (2018); Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver (2015); Schinkel Pavillon, Berlin (2013); MoMA PS1, Long Island City, New York (2011); and Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto (2006), among others.

Her work has been included in group exhibitions at Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (2016); Atlanta Contemporary (2016); MoMA PS1, Long Island City, New York (2014); Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2013); and Night Gallery, Los Angeles (2013), among others.

Recent group shows include The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY; The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; and MoMA P.S. 1, Long Island City, NY, among others.

Sommer's works have been exhibited and collected by the world's most important institutions, among them: Art Institute of Chicago; Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, Tucson (founding artist); George Eastman House, Rochester; Institute of Design, Chicago; J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Museum of Modern Art, New York; National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.; Nelson - Atkins Museum, Kansas City; Philadelphia Museum of Art; Princeton University Art Museum; Rhode Island School of Design, Providence; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.; and internationally at Maison Europeene de la Photographie, Paris; Tokyo Fuji Art Museum, Japan; Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

She has presented her work and collaborations domestically at Issue Project Room, Brooklyn; Katzen Arts Center, Washington, D.C.; Kelly Writers House, Philadelphia; The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Los Angeles; MoMA PS1, Long Island City; Ontological ‐ Hysteric Theater, New York; REDCAT, Los Angeles; Swiss Institute, New York; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; and internationally at Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, Mexico; and Teatr Weimar, Malmö, Sweden, among others.

I am perfectly content living in New York City and the Hudson Valley but I fantasize about living in Tangier, perhaps an island off Ireland, among Cezanne's landscapes in south France or Rome.

Among the most memorable are photo essays on children's street games, city workers atop the Brooklyn Bridge, Coney Island, and V - Day.

He has had solo exhibitions at Centre d'Art Contemporain, Geneva; Dia Center for the Arts, New York; Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; and P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City; among others.

Since then, Miller has launched a career that has resulted in over twenty solo and numerous group exhibitions in the United States and internationally, and his paintings are currently among the most widely collected works between the East End of Long Island and New York City.

Cemin's work is included in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Fonds National d'Art Contemporain, Paris, France; Emily Fisher Landau Collection, Long Island City, NY; Rooseum, Stockholm, Sweden; Eli Broad Family Foundation, Los Angeles, CA; and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA; and Inhotim, Minas Gerais, Brazil, among many others.

Beasley's work has recently been included in exhibitions at The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago (2016), The Hammer Museum at Art + Practice, Los Angeles (2016), White Columns, New York (2016), The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (2015) and MoMA PS1, Long Island City (2015), among many more.