Sentences with phrase «many other boroughs»

«I work very closely with an organisation called the Vineyard, which is so successful it draws people in from other boroughs!

So there was considerable resentment among these proud warriors of their suddenly lovable opponents from that other borough.

The ride - sharing app Uber has recently shifted its focus to the city's other boroughs, leading it to a milestone: More people are using it than the city's fabled yellow cabs.

«I get the sense that on Sunday night the four other boroughs would have followed, however we'd responded,» he says.

Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance Jr., who styles himself a progressive reformer, is actually far more punitive toward poor and minority defendants than his counterparts in other boroughs.

Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. (D - Astoria) said he was pleased the march drew not only members of the borough's various ethnic communities, but also elected officials from other boroughs and from differing political ideologies.

New York Daily News article on BP Adams joining three other borough presidents in a call for Governor Andrew Cuomo to back a rent subsidy plan designed to combat homelessness.

But she couldn't get a quorum after party leaders from the other boroughs — in solidarity with Wright — advised their council members not to show up, sources said.

He said the Island «can't be compared to the other boroughs,» where youngsters are «walking with no sidewalks, no crosswalks, no crossing guards» and there are longer waits for public buses to transport the kids to school.

Other borough houses will be acquired for redevelopment and auctioned next spring through a city program now controlled by the state.

With less mass transit options than the other boroughs, about 82 percent of Island households have at least one car.

Among Manhattan voters, the mayor's overall approval rating stands at 62 percent, while 49 percent approval of his handling of the budget — higher than any other borough.

With less mass transit options than other boroughs, Staten Island residents rely heavily on driving, and 82 percent of households in the borough own at least one car.

The New York Post reported that the city's other borough presidents had only spent hundreds of dollars on photographers for public events.

This year, Torres, Cohen, and Mark - Viverito join eighteen other Council Members that are part of Participatory Budgeting in other boroughs.

«This legislation is about fairness — waiting an hour or more for a ferry at night or on weekends is an unacceptable situation which is not tolerated in any other borough,» Ms. Rose said.

Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr.: «Throughout this process my office, my colleagues in the other boroughs and Comptroller Scott Stringer raised serious concerns about the proposed «LinkNYC» WiFi program.

In Brooklyn, unlike other boroughs, district leaders also serve simultaneously as state committeemen.

When Mr. Schneiderman and a bevy of city Democrats called for a special prosecutor last year, Mr. Donovan declined to comment on the proposal, unlike his counterparts in the other boroughs.

«They're very, very concerned about intrusive government and as I go especially out of Manhattan every one of the other boroughs believes that the current government is very Manhattan - centric,» Lhota said.

Then there is another of the district's unquantifiable qualities: Staten Island's ingrained feeling of aggrievement, which grows out of its situation as an isolated suburban enclave tethered to America's largest metropolis, and out of the traumatic memory of the Fresh Kills landfill, where the city dumped other boroughs» trash for half a century.

But he said «the world changed» when the paperwork wasn't submitted and Republicans got involved in the other boroughs.

Dilan is, like Sampson, from Brooklyn, which wouldn't fly with the other boroughs.

Manhattanites made 68,690 noise complaints to 311, more than any other borough.

The Bronx weighs in on a study that shows it houses more residents who are overweight than any of New York City's other boroughs.

The theory is that New York residents, or tourists staying in Manhattan, will have no desire to travel to New Jersey if there is a casino in Manhattan or one of the other boroughs.

What about the other boroughs?

you are also completely discounting a large portion of the city's population, who reside in the FOUR other boroughs (brooklyn, bronx, queens, staten island).

In 2005, the Democratic former Bronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer won 59.8 % of the borough's vote against 38.8 % (35.3 % Republican, 3.5 % Independence Party) for Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who carried every other borough in his winning campaign for re-election.

Even with a ferry dock, however, the area will still need ferry boats for water transport to other boroughs — which Mayor Bill de Blasio has said is one of the objectives of his administration.

The Bronx, for instance, would not back a Queens candidate — and vice versa — because that would concentrate too much power in the other borough.

even Dominican legislators from other boroughs know she has done nothing for her district and even less for the Dominican community!

Among the objections is the fact that just one in 10 Staten Islanders is part of the «Close to Home» program, meaning primarily teen offenders from other boroughs would be sent here.

Freshdirect has expanded its services to every corner of The Bronx, something it does not necessarily do in other boroughs.

«The fact is that their symbolic subway rides followed the typical pattern of ignoring the impact that terror concerns have on Brooklyn and the other boroughs, which are also potentially at risk.

The SoHo offices of the Atlantic Development Group, which has worked on several Bronx housing projects and donated thousands of dollars to former Bronx B.P. Adolfo Carrion (as well as several other borough officials), was raided yesterday morning as part of a probe by the city's Department of Investigation.

As in past years, Queens got a jump on the other boroughs, -LSB-...]

Brooklyn leader Eric Adams, along with the 4 other borough leaders, are demanding the city immediately give bottled water to public schools.

Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer: «Today's agreement meets the goals that I and the other Borough Presidents were fighting for: community input on the siting of WiFi kiosks and more high - speed hotspots in northern Manhattan and the other boroughs.

There's one set up every Tuesday outside Bronx Borough Hall, though other boroughs have gotten more fountains placed.

The city will sell 18,000 outer - borough livery hail licenses which will permit drivers to pick up street hails in northern Manhattan and the four other boroughs.

There were more housing cases filed in the Bronx Housing Court than in any other borough in 2013.

Most of the other borough presidents also fell in line.

The letter was addressed to Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, who shares one vote along with other borough presidents on the city's franchise review panel.

She won her home borough of Staten Island with 71 % of the vote, but did not break 35 % in any other borough.

«Mr. Mayor, if Melinda Katz doesn't want it in Queens, if other boroughs don't want it, come take a new look at The Bronx,» he said.

«Services and amenities abundant in other boroughs are lacking here and despite having world - class hospitals our borough's health indicators have been slow to improve.»

The center is the first of its kind on Staten Island, following the lead of every other borough in the city, each of which already has such a center dedicated to providing comprehensive civil legal, criminal justice, and social services free of charge to victims of domestic abuse, sex trafficking, and elderly abuse.

Addressing a crowd that included the heads of New York's four other boroughs as well as Christine Quinn, the speaker of the City Council, Diaz described his «holistic vision» and «conceptual master plan» for the borough which, he said, «is reshaping the Bronx and advancing a strong agenda for its future.»

Four other borough schools have followed suit.