Sentences with phrase «of city residents»

Another strength is the makeup of the union: predominantly black and Latino, many of them city residents who will vote in Democratic primaries.

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

There are a lot of views about what to do with the authority that provides housing to thousands of city residents well down the economic ladder.

Since these agents are local, they understand the needs of city residents.

Construction on the light rail is expected to finish in 2017 and offer additional capacity to accommodate the growing number of city residents.

There's a plan in place to do that, and hundreds of city residents are currently learning construction trades.

Millions of city residents are struggling to pay rent.

She, among others, has said the merger will minimize the voice of city residents.

This means that almost a quarter of city residents lacked medical coverage as of 2011.

This means that almost a quarter of city residents lacked medical coverage as of 2011.

Almost half of city residents polled said the mayor «failed in his goal» to turn the city's public schools around.

The average age of city residents is 26 years old, so there's no shortage of singles running about town on a quest for friendship, romance, or love.

This dysfunction, combined with the socioeconomic background of city residents — 83 percent of students were eligible for free or reduced - price lunch — contributed to poor academic results.

Thousands of city residents either turn down group coverage or lack access to group health insurance.

Since these agents are local, they understand the needs of city residents.

Fifty - eight percent of city residents approve of the job the mayor is doing, while just 22 percent disapprove, and 20 percent were unsure.

The poll found that 58 percent of city residents approve of the job the mayor is doing while 22 percent disapprove.

«On a house assessed at $ 100,000, the owner paid $ 58.80 in 2010 to cover the costs of city residents attending community colleges in other counties.

So city and district officials created the pre-apprenticeship program ROAR to train hundreds of city residents in the construction trades.

Albany, NY — A new Independent Democratic Conference survey of MTA riders found that a majority of city residents believe that the city should pay $ 428 million to match the state's commitment to fund emergency repairs outlined in Phase 1 of the MTA's Subway Action Plan.

That means that a city resident with a home assessed at $ 100,000 paid $ 58.80 in additional taxes in 2010 to cover the costs of city residents attending community colleges other than ECC.

47 % of city residents report de Blasio is attempting to rid the city of corruption while 32 % assert that he and his administration are adding to this problem in the Big Apple.

Today, De Blasio, who proposed raising the income tax of city residents making at least $ 500,000 to pay for pre-K and other school programs, said that Cuomo wasn't ruling it out at all.

«Meet People Who Don't Work in Tech,» reads the ad on Facebook by San Francisco - based startup UpOut, seeming to voice a collective desire of city residents.

At the same time, Emanuel, who avoided raising taxes in his first term, in September asked for a huge property tax increase to cover some of the city's shortfall — a proposal that is anything but popular as he fights to recover the trust of city residents.

Cohoes Mayor Shawn Morse claimed that the recent arrest of a city resident who has called for his resignation was based on repeated phone calls and text messages the man allegedly sent to Morse's cousin.

«Mayor de Blasio doesn't need to reach into the wallets of city residents to make that happen.»

«Nor should they be supplementing the commutation costs of city residents travelling to work at NYC - based businesses.

Though the city's annual contribution to the MTA has historically been a paltry $ 100 million, Mr. de Blasio argued that the fares and tolls millions of city residents pay every day more than account for a fair contribution to the authority.

Yet Marist recorded a mediocre 39 percent of city residents rating the mayor's job performance as good or excellent.

Pluralities of city residents disapprove of both his handling of public schools and the city's budget, and 53 percent disapprove of his handling of issues of poverty and homelessness.

(CNN)- Disgraced former Rep. Anthony Weiner may seek political redemption by running this year for New York City mayor, but a new poll of city residents suggests many of them may not be ready to forgive him.

A Niagara Falls man is facing manslaughter charges following the stabbing death of another city resident early this morning.

Nearly two - thirds of city residents believe the Staten Island grand jury should have brought charges against police officer Daniel Pantaleo in the July death of Eric Garner, a new poll revealed.

For the sake of city residents, more action must be taken to address noisy clubs and bars.»

«Any way you cut the numbers — poverty rate, unemployment rate, actual number of city residents working — they lag behind where things stood prior to the Great Recession of 2008 — 09,» Heaney writes.

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

Roughly 40 percent of city residents between the ages of 50 and 64 have less than $ 10,000 saved for retirement, even though a New Yorker would need to have saved $ 215,000 to live at poverty - level for a 15 - year retirement.

The next major legislation on the council's agenda is Councilor Khalid Bey's proposal that Syracuse city contracts and services require 20 percent hiring of city residents.

The mayor, for instance, is four - square against any deal that would jeopardize the water supply of city residents.

Now, nine months after Hunter took charge, the Citizen Review Board is about to be reborn, strengthened by legislation that Hunter and a committee of city residents crafted during hours of meetings over the summer and fall.

But Metro - North officials said they expect riders who would use the proposed lines to be primarily of city residents who use public transportation, and would get to the new stations by subway, bus or bike.

Of these buildings, 1,724 or 53 percent were clustered in Manhattan north of 110th Street and the Bronx — disproportionately higher than the area's population (only one - fifth of city residents live in these neighborhoods).

Jacobs sees the Lowline as an extension of city residents» efforts to make use of abandoned space to improve their environment through parks, gardens and other environmentally friendly projects.

According to the 2010 Census, 3.4 % of city residents identify as black.

Though the city was legally obligated to operate a public museum, it could no longer afford to do so, and a survey of city residents» priorities ranked the existence of the museum, which opened in 1854, dead last.

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

The audience — a mix of city residents, district teachers and others had plenty of pointed questions, with some taking shots at Redd's leadership and others expressing concerns about charter schools steadily replacing the district schools.

Before the national stalwarts of the charter school movement settled in a drain New Orleans, a group of city residents who resided on the West Bank of the Mississippi River — Algiers — formed a nonprofit that would eventually be the first organization to open schools.