Sentences with phrase «majority of the city»

The proposed legislation already has the support of the overwhelming majority of the city council.

Even though we will continue to see cold outbreaks in a warming world, the trend in the vast majority of the cities analyzed shows that these extreme cold nights are happening less often.

A slight majority of the cities - 53 % to be exact - had average rates that were higher than the state average, while 47 % tended towards the less expensive half.

At that point, the vast majority of city kids were still assigned to schools, and the conventional wisdom was that this would be the case for years to come.

Members of the council are split on the proposal, and the vast majority of the city's community boards and four out of five borough presidents stand in opposition of the plan.

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

The vote signifies the progress made in the 11 years since Hurricane Katrina and the levee breaches, when the Legislature took the vast majority of city schools away from the School Board to be run by the state.

In Consumer Guide ® testing, an Impala LTZ averaged 21 mpg in a slight majority of city driving.

«We have to be reminded just how much people are hurting... We have a clear majority of our city feeling economically insecure.»

Dogs labeled as Pit Bulls are just one of our many types of «Chicago dogs,» and the large majority of our city's homeless animals are capable of making wonderful family pets.

New York City has had a Ban the Box type ordinance in place for city employees since 2011, and on June 10th an overwhelming majority of the City Council passed a version of the law to cover private employers with 4 or more employees as well.

The vast majority of City fans couldn't care less about what the club is called.

The vast majority of the city employees lost during Bloomberg's term as mayor were essential workers.

In response to the groups» lawsuit, Daniels commissioned the report from disability rights expert Robert Burgdorf Jr., who found the vast majority of city intersections were not compliant with the ADA and that it could take 20 years for the city to meet the standards.

Phil's BBQ was mentioned in an article critical of a San Diego referendum campaign that harmed efforts to get wage - boost law adopted by the Democratic majority of the city council.

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

Katrina left a significant portion of New Orleans under water, few people and even fewer children in the city, and forced the vast majority of city schools to cancel the 2005 - 06 school year.

Kendall Stewart is of course a Democrat, as is a vast majority of the City Council.

In Consumer Guide ® testing, an Impala Premier averaged 21 mpg in a slight majority of city driving.

A test XLE V6 AWD model didn't do as well, averaging 17.1 mpg in a slight majority of city driving.

«When you have the majority of your city being given less opportunities, that hurts the economy, it hurts neighborhoods, and it hurts families,» says Megan Costello, the executive director of the mayor's office for women's advancement for Boston.

Is there any point in having beautiful, shimmering buildings if the majority of a city's population lack the financial muscle to even dream of living in them?

Marijuana companies will be banned from a majority of cities and towns in Massachusetts when recreational sales begin this summer, a Globe review has found, the latest indication that there will be fewer pot stores in the early going than many consumers expected.

Its unemployment rate is lower than the majority of cities on our list, and the median home price also beats most places.

The median home price in West Virginia is $ 150,000, but Charleston's housing prices are still more affordable than the majority of cities in our study.

Also, a majority of the city's population has graduated from college.

Rob Ford's revelation today that he purchased illegal drugs while in office came amid questioning at a city hall meeting in which a majority of city councilors asked him to take a leave of absence to address his «challenges.»

Christians and Jews were peoples of the book whom Muslims would tolerate» indeed Jews, who were a majority of the city's population, thrived in Ottoman Salonica and made it a center of rabbinical learning» but only if they paid a high tax and accepted second - class status.

Why were the majority of the city's inhabitants not prepared for this disaster?

In the same year, the Rev. Charles Wood with similar indifference, observed, «The poor are not provided for, nor are they wanted as part of the congregations which worship in the majority of our city churches.»

Amid attacks by Islamist rebel factions, the majority of the city's Christians fled in early spring.

The majority of cities recorded occupancy and rate improvements, a trend which has contributed to continued regional profitability growth.

He has had discussions with North Carolina's new governor, who (like the majority of the city of Charlotte itself) was against the anti-LBGTQ law that prompted the NBA to change the location for this game to New Orleans.

but the vast majority of City's home games sell out.

His position and abilty to read the game has provoked 16 offsides this season, with the higher tempo and integrate play that runs through the majority of City's ventures into the box O'Shea will be needed to prevent this once again.

• A majority of the city's community areas do not meet 1990 national guidelines for providing enough playgrounds, baseball diamonds and swimming pools, new city statistics show.

Way to Make Household Recycling Fun Decorate Your Recycle Bins The majority of cities supply at least one or two recycle bins to every interested household.

The selection of a food vendor is a critical decision for the District, where a majority of the city's public school students are poor and many rely on the school nutrition program as a primary source for meals.

The majority of city regions are focusing on gaining powers over skills, housing and transport.

The draft lines will be enacted unless a majority of City Council members vote to send the Commission back to the drawing board.

A majority of city residents, 51 %, say those disagreements matter only a little, 28 %, or not at all, 23 %.

Mr. Linn, meanwhile, has managed to settle the vast majority of the city's outstanding labor contracts with relatively conservative deals funded by health care savings.

Local small business owner Joseph Pinion III has announced his campaign for the Republican nomination in New York's 90th Assembly District, which encompasses the majority of the City of Yonkers.

These lower - end hotels are mostly on Niagara Falls Boulevard, where the majority of the city's lodging is located.

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.

«A majority of the City Council voted to adopt it,» said Councilman Brad Lander, who has been fighting hard for the bill.

The bill, originally sponsored by councilman Eric Ulrich — a Republican from Queens — and a majority of the city council, will create an independent department with an increased budget, subject to oversight from the council during the budget negotiation process.