Sentences with phrase «majority of city residents»

The demonstration follows the release today of a Broad - commissioned poll, showing that a large majority of city residents want more choices...

They've come under heavy criticism for taking a seat at the negotiating table with Gov. Andrew Cuomo while mainline Senate Democrats - who are represented by Sen. Andrea Stewart - Cousins, a black woman, and represent the majority of city residents - are excluded.

«As evidence by the applause, the overwhelming majority of city residents see what I see.»

According to our latest NY1 - Baruch College City Poll, Cuomo still enjoys the approval of a majority of city residents — 54 percent, with just 24 percent disapproval.

Not exact matches

The city was originally known for its agriculture, but the majority of its employed residents now work in management, business or finance.

And those views appear to feed the rural - urban divide: A 56 percent majority of rural residents says the federal government does more to help people living in and around large cities, while 37 percent feel they treat both urban and rural areas equally.

In each of these places, as in most major American cities, a majority of residents support more liberal migration policies.

Despite the majority of its residents» opposition, Philadelphia became the first major U.S. city to approve a 1.5 - cent - per - ounce tax on soda and other sugary drinks.

Strategists nod to her recent appointment of L. Joy Williams, the president of the Brooklyn NAACP and board chair of Higher Heights, as a senior adviser, and Nixon's campaign launch in Brownsville, Brooklyn, a majority black neighborhood that encapsulates many of the flashpoints in the Democratic primary: It's the poorest neighborhood in Brooklyn and among the poorest in New York City, it's at the center of the affordable housing crisis, and residents are prepping for the 15 - month L train shutdown in early 2019, a symptom of New York City's dilapidated subway system that Nixon's branded» #CuomosMTA.»

The majority of outer - borough residents take mass transit to their jobs, with 31 percent going into Manhattan and another 25 percent to other areas of the city.

A majority of Blackwell's signatories were residents in cities outside of Syracuse.

A majority of New York City residents, suburbanites and upstate dwellers, as well a large swath of voters across all age groups, races and religions showed support for the initiative.

Steve Greenberg, spokesman for Siena College Research Institute, says Cuomo's push for a higher minimum wage is backed by the majority of New Yorkers, but is most popular among liberals, and residents of New York City, as well as 75 % of Democrats, who make up the core of support for the Democratic governor, who until recently was viewed as a moderate.

This past winter, they reached epidemic proportions when the majority of the city's 400,000 NYCHA residents found themselves without heat or hot water during the coldest days of the season.

The survey found 73 percent of New York City residents polled are «generally optimistic» about the next four years under Democratic Mayor - elect Bill de Blasio, and with a broad majority of voters backing his selection for police commissioner, Bill Bratton.

De Blasio pointed out, as he has repeatedly since this debate began, that New York City residents, through fares and state and city taxes, pay the vast majority of the MTA's expenses anyway (something that prompted one budget expert to describe the entire framing of this debate as «stupid.&raqCity residents, through fares and state and city taxes, pay the vast majority of the MTA's expenses anyway (something that prompted one budget expert to describe the entire framing of this debate as «stupid.&raqcity taxes, pay the vast majority of the MTA's expenses anyway (something that prompted one budget expert to describe the entire framing of this debate as «stupid.»)

But Cuomo's notion that some of the money is the state's and some is the city's obscures the issue, according to Brecher, since city residents supply the vast majority of the MTA's funding through fares, and state and city taxes.

Mr. de Blasio brought in $ 663,000 from more than 2,200 donors over the two - month filing period that ended Thursday, with a little more than half of the money coming from New York City residents and the vast majority giving $ 175 or less.

The vast majority of the donations came from residents in New York City and thus would be subject to matching funds for the campaign.

Steve Greenberg, spokesman for Siena College Research Institute, said Cuomo's push for a higher minimum wage is backed by the majority of New Yorkers, but is most popular among liberals, and residents of New York City, as well as 75 percent of Democrats, who make up the core of support for the Democratic governor, who, until recently, was viewed as a moderate.

The Assembly Majority is taking another step toward addressing the housing crisis by preventing residents from being priced out of their homes and out of the New York City area,» said Silver.

A poll conducted by the Oneida Indian Nation has found that a majority of Washington D.C. residents wouldn't be bothered if the city's professional football team changed its name.

Until 2011, Washington, DC was a majority - black city, and it remains ethnically diverse with a significant portion (49 % of current DC residents) identifying as black or African - American.

Wilmington is actually one of the few cities in the US where black people make up the majority of residents.

In 2012, The Daily Beast named Boston as one of the best cities for singles, citing a «well - being» score of 68 %, indicating that the majority of Boston residents rate highly in social, emotional, and physical health.

English is the first language of the majority of the city, but more than 15 % of residents consider Spanish their first language.

A recent study from New York University's Furman Center found that renters make up the majority of residents in 9 of the 11 biggest cities in the U.S., which includes Miami, New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago.

The city of Rialto is situated close to major interstates in California, making it ideal for commuters; in fact, the majority of Rialto residents commute more than 20 minutes each way to work.

As Los Angeles looks forward to September 2017, when the Getty initiative Pacific Standard Time «LA / LA» will pull focus onto the art of the region's Latinx community — nearly half the population — projects by artists of colour seem to be becoming less unusual in a city where non-white residents have long been the majority.

The city is home to a majority of the Amazon's residents, as well as production facilities for a number of multinational corporations.

By growing the majority of fresh produce consumed by local and New York City residents, valley farms also play an important role in promoting public health for some 12 million people.

A large majority of people in New York believe that global warming is happening because of human activities, and more than two - thirds think that parts of the city will even have to be abandoned over the next 50 years because of rising sea levels, according to survey results released this morning by Columbia and Yale Universities, which called the research the first comprehensive study of opinions from residents of the five boroughs about global warming.

That's not true beyond the city limits, where the majority of the region's jobs, residents, and cars are located.

Yes, but the ban does not apply to the suburbs and cities beyond the city limits where the majority of the jobs and residents and cars are.

According to recent demographics, people of Hispanic origin account for the majority of the city's residents (54.4 %).

The vast majority of residents make the trip out US 50 every day to get to Washington for work, but there are also a variety of jobs in the city itself.

Thanks to its central location in the U.S., Louisville residents are a day's reach from a majority of other cities in the U.S. by road through its network of Interstates 64, 65, and 71.

The city of Rialto is situated close to major interstates in California, making it ideal for commuters; in fact, the majority of Rialto residents commute more than 20 minutes each way to work.

But for the majority of residents, everyday living is easiest in the city and purchasing a condo makes sense for those that don't have time to deal with yard work and other maintenance issues.

While home ownership is common in outlying areas, the majority of Alabama residents in cities like Huntsville and Birmingham are renters.

National City, CA residents experience cool ocean breezes and warm sunny days for the majority of the year.

Although the city has several large employers, the majority of residents make daily commutes on the Dallas North Tollway and other busy freeways into more congested areas with higher rates of traffic accidents.

The majority of Wisconsin's residents live in the Milwaukee area, which makes this city a great place to get your education as a medical assistant.

At 30 June 2006, the Indigenous estimated resident population of Australia was 517,200 or 2.5 percent of the total population, with the majority of Indigenous people living in major cities, or regional Australia.

The majority of Birmingham, MI residents are married, representing 59 % of the city's population.

More than half of the residents of large cities say they would prefer not having to drive, as would a majority of African Americans and Latinos.