Sentences with phrase «living on city streets»

In a City Council Hearing last week, Taylor could not give an accurate number for the amount of people living on city streets, or for the number of admissions to city homeless shelters since de Blasio took office.

For one, the HOPE count might not be the most accurate count of the people living on city streets, Taylor said.

Ferals live on city streets, in alleys and parks.

It's a paper - thin excuse that clearly holds no water, and the lack of life on the city streets is a little disconcerting.

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Fun Fact: Says Heath: «We've always placed a focus on staying personally connected to the mission first - hand, so in addition to hosting regular team giving events, we also developed our Hive Initiation program: On the day that each new employee joins Bombas, before doing anything else, they are given 10 pairs of donation socks to walk around the city [with] and hand out, while interacting first - hand with those living on the streets.&raquon staying personally connected to the mission first - hand, so in addition to hosting regular team giving events, we also developed our Hive Initiation program: On the day that each new employee joins Bombas, before doing anything else, they are given 10 pairs of donation socks to walk around the city [with] and hand out, while interacting first - hand with those living on the streets.&raquOn the day that each new employee joins Bombas, before doing anything else, they are given 10 pairs of donation socks to walk around the city [with] and hand out, while interacting first - hand with those living on the streets.&raquon the streets.»

I live in a city, and frequently visit more than one place when I go on vacation, so having something I can carry up and down subway steps and on uneven streets is crucial.

At one time he spoke about the vision of Maujer Street» a vision of a life of genuine community between people in the midst of a great city; more recently he has spoken of the Kingdom of God, the hope for a future where God's rule would more fully permeate the lives and institutions of men on this earth.

Written from Jerusalem: Walking through the narrow, winding streets of Jerusalem's Old City on my first visit here in fifteen years, I was powerfully struck once again by the grittiness of Christianity, the palpable connection between the faith and the quotidian realities of life.

Rev 22:1 - 2 — Then he showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

Some would say it is a clear - cut case of street crime by hooligans — which crime has made city life a terror for decent, innocent citizens: «The reason such crime has increased so much is that we are too soft on criminals.

To their mothers they say, Give me food and drink; Swooning as though deadly wounded in the city» streets, their lives ebbing away on their mothers» breasts (Lam.

Every Christmas she and her staff and volunteers from churches all over the city put together a Christmas meal for those living on the streets.

He told me the name of the street and of the school he had gone to, and when he did so, I realized that I had never once in all my life set foot on that street or laid eyes on that school — this in a city whose population when I lived there was not much more than 200,000!

What if they were a little smaller and didn't start on time and only had three people in the band, but on nights, weekends and weekdays the congregants scoured the streets of their cities and served people who haven't seen kindness or felt grace in their entire lives?

I walked about half a block when my peripheral vision, trained to do so from living in the inner - city for 10 months, picked up on a group of guys walking quietly behind me on the opposite side of the street.

Opening on December 1, 2015, in the Division Street Entertainment District, Coconutz Chicago will be a respite from city life where every day is a vacation day on the Gold Coast.

Fifth Annual Octoberfest at Bull City Burger and Brewery Free Live Music on Parrish Street Supporting Durham's Habitat for Humanity Durham, -LSB-...]

Even though I live in New York, I visit Mexico often, usually to check in on my business Eat Mexico, which offers street food and market tours in Mexico City and Puebla.

with his attitude as if we have to be his servant, get back to Chilie and get those life values back, he is a football player, but a man first, and as a player and man, his all attitude sucks, i don't know why wenger kept him and take that shit, means we have to take it... I told yo before, get his ass on training camp, ruining all day, shut him up, keep him out of the squad, not even in bench to bring his laim superior attitude... All money he is making, he should think of Chilie street and reality for kids he was once... He is in a great city, a club that won in this league and would be in CL as every year without this type of laim ways... So, of course no one wants him around during that ceremony, not even in the room... Get real sanchez, you came from misery, benched for years by gardiola too, sell out, poor minded..

She has appeared on The Martha Stewart Show, Windy City Live, WGN News, ABC News as well as in numerous publications including The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun Times, Parents, Parenting, Shape, Family Fun, Woman's Day, and others.

Mommy guilt is an equal - opportunity affliction, the experts say — it strikes whether you're 20 or 40, CEO of your home or a Fortune 500 company, living in the big city or on Main Street USA.

«It was not all about the big projects only, that we would not overlook neighborhoods like Hamlin Park and the East Side and the West Side and the South Buffalo areas, that we would make sure that recovery, Buffalo's transformation, would also be seen on the street corners and the city blocks and that people's lives could be transformed by having simply a better quality of life,» Hochul said.

«Being able to support this organization and keep it running has a real financial benefit to the city, not to mention quality of life benefits for the people who live on a street next to a vacant building,» Wright said.

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Thursday he is launching a sweeping initiative to combat the persistent problem of homelessness in New York City, ordering teams to do a daily canvass of every block of an 8 - mile stretch in Manhattan to reach out to those living on the street.

On the day the city celebrated the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., leaders in southeast Queens urged residents and law enforcement agencies to continue the civil rights leader's work for peace by getting guns off the streets.

We need to be focused on the future we want for the city, having a fresh approach, trying new things that will improve the fundamental aspects of city living: strong schools, safe streets, reliable services connecting people to opportunity.

At a City Council hearing last week, Taylor was unable to say how many homeless people were currently living on the streets — which de Blasio pegged at 3,000 to 4,000 — or had entered city shelters since he was appoinCity Council hearing last week, Taylor was unable to say how many homeless people were currently living on the streets — which de Blasio pegged at 3,000 to 4,000 — or had entered city shelters since he was appoincity shelters since he was appointed.

A decline in the City's quality of life is her overarching theme, with subway delays, public urination, crippling traffic and increasing numbers of homeless people on the street prime examples she offers of problems caused, or at least not adequately addressed, by Mayor de Blasio.

He recently announced plans to overhaul the Department of Homeless Services and increase the city's outreach to people living on the street.

«If you live on 11th Street in Broolyn or in neighborhoods across our city, it feels like your voice doesn't matter to those in power,» he said.

«Well, the current rent laws have gotten us where we are, where people are on the street homeless because they can't afford to live in New York City.»

Advocates for homeless people filed a complaint with New York City's Civil Rights Commission accusing the Police Department of targeting people living on the street, a practice they say violates a two - year - old law that prohibits «bias - based profiling.»

Fifth, the benefits of fatherhood in a child's life extend beyond the walls of the family home and on to the streets of our towns and cities.

As many Nigerians trooped out onto the streets of Lagos, Abuja and other cities on Monday February 6, 2016 protesting poor governance, a worsening economy, increasing poverty and degenerating standards of living in Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari's spokesmen had late the previous evening informed Nigerians that the holidaying leader, who they had till then insisted was «hale and hearty» would no longer be returning on Monday due to «some tests» which results he would have to await.

At 7:40 a.m., NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio appears live on WPIX to discuss HOME - STAT, the city's new approach to reduce street homelessness.

De Blasio, a Democrat, and former NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg, a Republican - turned - independent, will hold a joint news conference Oct. 21 in the Bronx to plant the millionth tree of the Million Trees NYC program that Bloomberg launched in 2007 to improve the quality of life on the city's streets.

Spokesmen from Farrell and City Councilman Robert Jackson's offices urged the community board to withhold support of the license renewal until Il Sole's owner agreed to reach a compromise on outdoor operating hours during the summer, something officials believe will help improve quality of life on Dyckman Street.

Be part of the live audience at Manhattan Neighborhood Network's 59th Street Studios on Thursday, August 24 at 10 am to watch New York City Council District 8 candidates Diana Ayala, Tamika Mapp and Robert Rodriguez debate the most pressing issues in your neighborhood and discuss how they would address them if elected.

Billed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn as a move toward environmental justice, the East 91st Street project has long gotten flak from locals — who claim it will bring pollution, noise, rats, and wreak havoc on the overall quality - of - life.

The task force, chaired by city Human Resources Administration commissioner Steve Banks, Housing Preservation and Development commissioner Vicki Been and Laura Mascuch, executive director of the Supportive Housing Network of New York, will help the city expedite the creation of the new housing units, de Blasio said, as it faces high numbers of homeless people living in city shelters and on the streets.

About 58,000 people are living in city shelters with an estimated 3,000 to 4,000 others living on the streets.

Several houses of worship will provide sanctuary — and temporary sleeping space — to the homeless under a de Blasio administration initiative aimed at helping to reduce the number of people living on New York City streets.

ALBANY, NY (AP / WCBS 880)-- The push for a higher tax on New Yorkers making more than $ 1 million a year is getting fresh life with a new poll showing overwhelming support, a high - profile rally on Monday and the strengthening Occupy Wall Street protest in New York City.

Bratton also cited the hard - core homeless who refuse assistance from the city, preferring to live on the street.

City of Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown said in his letter of support, «This project will help to eliminate blight on this section of Main Street by bringing new economic and residential life to this building.»

At an oversight hearing Wednesday on how Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration is handling the city's homeless population, City Councilman Steve Levin asked Department of Homeless Services Commissioner Gil Taylor exactly how many people are currently living on New York City's streets, without a place to sleep at nicity's homeless population, City Councilman Steve Levin asked Department of Homeless Services Commissioner Gil Taylor exactly how many people are currently living on New York City's streets, without a place to sleep at niCity Councilman Steve Levin asked Department of Homeless Services Commissioner Gil Taylor exactly how many people are currently living on New York City's streets, without a place to sleep at niCity's streets, without a place to sleep at night.

He would not speculate on whether or not the increase in the number of panhandlers on city streets is in any way related to a significant decline in the number of summonses issued for quality of life infractions from fiscal year 2013, just before the beginning of the de Blasio administration, to the close of fiscal year 2015, which ended on June 30 this year.

He added, «As Jerry Brown continues to dump dangerous criminals on our streets, due to his early release boondoggle, I find my work with local groups like police and fire to be extremely important to maintaining the type of city and state I want to live in.»

Like the rest on Wall street, He made his first $ 10 Million Dollar's by inside - trading when Solomon Brother's (where he was a partner) was sold to another company (great inside info only reserved for the member's of the inner - circle who have ton's of shares in the company) who sent him packing (in my opinion a ruse (i.e. bonus) to keep the SEC from sticking their nose into the matter) and with that money started his own business & bought his way into City Hall where he now sits on his throne denying benefits to the familie's of those who sacrificed their lives to help other's on 9/11, threaten the political future of community representatives (Councilmember's) who dared to disagree with him or voted against one of his policie's etc., etc..

However, Pahaham, who lives on 214th Street, switched races after the City Council adopted new district lines, on the grounds that the move was tantamount to gerrymandering.