Sentences with phrase «island states like»

Right now, it's cheaper than ever to jet out from one golden European destination to the next, to fly to island states like Iceland, hop across the Iberian Peninsula, or jetset between Mediterranean islands.

However, Greenland and small island states like the Seychelles and the Maldives that are generally considered vulnerable, also find their way into the top 10 list if it is calculated per capita.

Not exact matches

Maui — one of the most beloved of all the Hawaiian Islands — lives up to its superlatives with exotic beaches (like Kaanapali Beach), palatial resorts (like the Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea) and lush terrain (as seen in Iao Valley State Park).

Why go: Maui — one of the most beloved of all the Hawaiian Islands — lives up to its superlatives with exotic beaches (like Kaanapali Beach), palatial resorts (like the Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea) and lush terrain (as seen in Iao Valley State Park).

Like a lot of people in the cottaging enclave of B.C.'s Gulf Islands, Scott Simmons once felt a touch of envy when he looked across the waters toward Washington state's San Juans.

While most of the «big» states like California, New York, and Texas are represented in the top 10, it's worth noting that Arkansas (Walmart), Rhode Island (CVS), Minnesota (UnitedHealth Group), and Nebraska (Berkshire Hathaway) are outliers in that context.

I would like to acknowledge what is a long list: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Small Business Administration (SBA), the Office of the New York Attorney General, the New York State Department of Financial Services, the New York Legal Assistance Group, Staten Island Legal Services, the Legal Aid Society, MFY Legal Services, various bar associations, New York City Department of Small Business Services, Center for New York City Neighborhoods, Neighborhood Housing Services of Staten Island and the Northfield Local Community Development Corporation.

After the Three Mile Island nuclear accident in the United States, messages were continually available on computer bulletin boards like «emergency hotline,» «emergency planner information,» and «operations and maintenance information,» and many others.

That has prompted many major growers such as Treasury Wine Estates to look for cooler climate vineyards in places like the southernmost island state of Tasmania.

«There's never been anyone from the Big Island to make the type of impact he's made in a conference like the SEC,» says Mahelona's coach at Kealakehe High, Sam Papalii, who spent 18 years as an assistant at such schools as Hawaii, UNLV, Iowa State and Arizona.

«The State Senate needs reformers like Todd Kaminsky who know Long Island,» DiNapoli said in a statement.

As Senate Democrats hope to flip control of the state Senate with victories in the downstate suburbs and in the Hudson Valley, Democrats on Long Island this evening say turnout has especially heavy — a sign they believe is especially beneficial for candidates like Jim Gaughran and John Brooks.

But take heart: I'm sure if you and others of your like - mind wanted to take over, say, Ward's Island in the East River, I'm sure you could secede from NYS and pass your own state laws, as absurd as they might be.

Almost every one of the state's 63 senators receives a stipend, ranging from the extra $ 41,500 given to the chamber's leader, John J. Flanagan, a Long Island Republican, to the $ 9,000 bonuses given to ranking minority members of committees overseeing things like insurance, labor and — yes — ethics.

The battleground for the state senate centers on places like Long Island, where Republican incumbents Carl Marcellino and Kemp Hannon enjoy 1199 support as they try to fend off vigorous Democratic challenges.

It can foster the higher levels of energy efficiency being seen in states like Massachusetts, California and Rhode Island, which would eliminate any need whatsoever renewable energy to replace Indian Point.»

New York State has a slew of fascinating congressional races, from sure things for one party that will still bring a new face, like the contests to replace Charlie Rangel in CD13 after nearly fifty years or Steve Israel in CD3, to a bunch of races that could unseat young representatives and flip seats, such as Republicans Lee Zeldin on Long Island (CD1) and Elise Stefanik (CD21) or Democrat Sean Maloney (CD18).

«There's nothing like it on Staten Island, rare in New York City, and I would venture to say unique in the United States.»

The win was a vindication for Simon, who served as Democratic District Leader and State Committeewoman, with years of experience on local issues like Atlantic Yards, Long Island College Hospital (LICH) and the Gowanus Expressway.

While there are two Long Island races still being counted that could change things, it appears that Republicans will continue their hold on the state Senate, putting a dent in de Blasio's hopes for voting reform and other priorities, like a lengthy extension of mayoral control of city schools.

«But if you take those 10 bluest states, there are 20 houses of the Legislature,» he said after rattling off states like Illinois, Vermont and Rhode Island.

She also noted many residents of Puerto Rico have been moving to the United States — where they will be eligible to vote and have settled in swing states like Florida — in the wake of island's bankruptcy States — where they will be eligible to vote and have settled in swing states like Florida — in the wake of island's bankruptcy states like Florida — in the wake of island's bankruptcy criss.

We must ensure the cuts are equitable across the state so that areas like Long Island are treated fairly in sharing the pain.

ALBANY — Gov. Cuomo Wednesday announced a study into why four parts of the state like Staten Island have significantly higher rates of cancer.

The Expo would take advantage of the assets already on the plaza — like the State Museum, the art collection and the theaters — and add revolving expositions of the Adirondack Park, Long Island, New York City, the Hudson Valley, the Southern Tier, western New York and the Finger Lakes.

Because it was a compromise struck at the Constitutional Convention between the large colonies like Virginia and New York, and the smaller colonies like Connecticut and Rhode Island that all states would get an equal say in the Senate to prevent the large states from forcing their policies on the Smaller states.

Let's see, Doc: Lew Lehrman, Pierre Rinfret, Perry Duryea (a Long Island darling and previous fixture in the Legislature) and then there was a hitherto obscure Peekskill Assemblyman and protege of D'Amato's named George Elmer Pataki who rid the State of Cuomo fatigue...... like you, I find it laughable that this gang is counting its chickens already in the middle of a rather contentious campaign for the White House right in the here and now.

A provision included in the state budget permitted the two ride - hailing apps to begin service in cities like Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse as well as all of Long Island — but not until July 9.

First, there were threats, delivered in phone calls or through intermediaries: He would seek to dissolve their fledgling coalition by pressuring his fellow Democrats to reunite; pummel recalcitrant Republican senators for months with a seven - figure advertising blitz backed by national groups like the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence; and campaign on Long Island, where 9 of the 30 Republican senators live, and across the state.

With Republicans in charge of Albany things like the MTA payroll tax were kept at bay and resources like state school aide disproportionately stayed in wealthy districts, including many on Long Island.

Further proving that there is no level of sense too minimal for New York State politics, Long Island Democrat and known mustache - wearer Steve Levy met with statewide Republican leaders yesterday with the hopes of wooing their support in the GOP gubernatorial primary — and it looks like he made his case pretty well.

Either way, it is clear that «pro-choice» Democratic state Sen. Eric Schneiderman would like to make abortion rights a key issue in his battle with «pro-life» Republican Staten Island District Attorney Daniel Donovan for the state's top law enforcement spot.

Indeed, in one important way, according to Gary Kalman, executive director of the Washington D.C. - based Financial Accountability and Corporate Transparency Coalition, the corporate formation laws are actually tougher on businesses in places like Panama and the Cayman Islands than in the United States.

Like several other anonymous givers in recent elections, the limited liability company was not principally housed in New York, but in Delaware, a state where the laws provide such anonymity to businesses» corporate founders that some tax experts compare it favorably to the Cayman Islands.

For residents in high - tax states such as New York and, in particular, very high property tax regions like Long Island, this change will result in many residents paying a great deal more in taxes.

But his priorities are a lot different than the ones I have to the people on Long Island and people like Cathy Young, Mike Nozzolio and Hugh Farley and all across the state of New York.»

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?

The senators responsible for stalling the third track are the same ones who like to remind us every two years that GOP control of the State Senate is good for Long Island.

The senators responsible for stalling the third track are Republicans, the same senators who like to remind us every two years that GOP control of the State Senate is good for Long Island.

And in recent days, Mr. Flanagan has shown flashes of political sophistication in his own party, working outward from his base on Long Island — where nine Republican state senators, including Mr. Skelos, live — while reassuring more conservative upstate Republicans on issues like the Safe Act, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's 2013 gun control law, which he supported but many rural residents abhor.

For years, the Republican «Long Island Nine» in the State Senate stayed out of the way when Cuomo looked to pass liberal social policies like gay marriage and gun control, and supported his fiscally conservative agenda on taxes, education, public sector unions and regulation.

Ms. Harris did this with the help of elected officials like Councilman Mark Treyger, a Coney Island Democrat, and State Senator Diane Savino, a Democrat who represents portions of Staten Island and Brooklyn.

The hospital, like other communities in Staten Island, experienced serious damage as a result of Superstorm Sandy, and this funding represents the latest effort by the state to rebuild back stronger and better than before.»

Like the anti-gun measures proposed by legislation proposed today, it's another issue that shadows U.S. Rep. Peter King, the Long Island Republican who achieved national attention for his hearings on Muslim extremism in the United States.

The bugs come from states like Alabama and Georgia, and they live off of pitch pines, the signature species of Long Island's Pine Barrens.

On the banks of the Moscow River, Crystal Island would rise as high as the Empire State Building but spread out like a tent, covering the Nagatino peninsula with a massive structure containing apartments, hotel rooms, shops, museums, theaters, and cinemas.

They would like us to start going backwards to 350 ppm or even lower and that's something actually some of the countries here also support, for example, the so - called small island states, some of which are already being lost to rise in seas.

The Wilds of New Guinea Even though it is only about one - tenth the size of the United States, New Guinea has 7 percent of the world's biodiversity, making the island a living laboratory for evolutionary biologists like Christopher Austin, who observes firsthand the adaptive mechanisms that spark the creation of novel species.

«They're like disposable razors,» says Matthew Des Lauriers, an archaeologist at California State University in Northridge, who has found the same kind of tools on Cedros Island off Baja California, where people lived more than 12,000 years ago.

Under their microscope, the team observed that those lipid molecules then accumulate in tightly - packed «islands,» or clusters, that don't move much — a state they call «solid - like.»