Sentences with phrase «of city residents approve»

Sixty percent of city residents approve of how Cuomo is handling his job, compared to 42 percent who approve of de Blasio's job performance.

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

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

39 % of city residents approve while 44 % disapprove.

Not exact matches

On each poll, participants indicated whether they approved or disapproved of the job performance of President Barack Obama, their state governor, senators, representative and their mayor, if they lived in a city with more than about 10,000 residents.

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.

A community park for residents on the northwest side of Naperville was approved Wednesday by the city's Plan Commission.

The committee unanimously approved the Chicago Park District plan over the objections of residents who fear the tot lot will alter the square's 19th Century character and set a precedent for carving up the city's boulevard system.

A community park for residents on the northwest side of Naperville has been approved by the city's Plan Commission.

Residents of Bayside Hills stood on the lawn of a small corner lot at 50 - 20 216th St. Sunday to protest a variance application that if approved by the city Board of Standards & Appeals, would allow for a second home to be built on the property.

«Even if the rent increases ultimately approved are at the low end of the proposed ranges,» Nadler said, «I have many serious concerns about what this decision would mean for the more than 1 million low - and middle - income rent - stabilized residents of New York City who are already facing a crisis of affordability and cost - of - living increases.»

The City Council's governmental operations committee will vote on Tuesday, November 14 to approve a bill allowing online voter registration for city residents, Council Member Ben Kallos, chair of the committee, told Gotham Gazette on ThursCity Council's governmental operations committee will vote on Tuesday, November 14 to approve a bill allowing online voter registration for city residents, Council Member Ben Kallos, chair of the committee, told Gotham Gazette on Thurscity residents, Council Member Ben Kallos, chair of the committee, told Gotham Gazette on Thursday.

«We are gratified that the City Planning Commission voted to approve the development of 25 Kent Avenue, which will continue Williamsburg's 200 - year long entrepreneurial tradition,» said Toby Moskovits, head of Heritage, and a third - generation Williamsburg resident, following Wednesday's hearing.

If the proposal is approved, Killian, a Republican member of the Rye City Council, said that Westchester residents would ultimately be punished for exercising their right to withhold their children from the common core tests.

Silver's proposal, which a group of Battery Park City residents approved Wednesday night, would mitigate the rent charges, saving residents about 35 percent over the next 30 years.

For instance, Council members last year approved more waivers of fees so residents could hold block parties (80) than they introduced resolutions on city issues (77).

Cuomo has cast doubt on his willingness to approve the (crucial) part of de Blasio's plan that involves increasing taxes on wealthy city residents, but he said that supports expanding pre-K, somehow.

The Syracuse Common Council approved a Resident Employment Ordinance on Monday, requiring contractors who do business with the city to use workers from Syracuse neighborhoods for 20 percent of all work.

As the New Haven Board of Education considers approving the deal to hand over money to help fund Achievement First Inc.'s new Elm City Imagine school, a question that arises is who exactly is behind the proposal to divert scarce taxpayer funds from New Haven and Connecticut residents to subsidize Achievement First Inc.'s effort to create the Elm City Imagine School in New Haven?

Despite strong objections from some East Village residents, the City Planning Commission approved a plan by Cooper Union yesterday to build two tall buildings that school officials hope will lift its fortunes after a decade of deficits.

Following a major referendum last year in which San Francisco residents approved a $ 100 million bond measure to install as many solar panels in the city as the rest of the nation does all year, Mayor Willie Brown announced a $ 7.4 million project to install solar panels on the roof to the Moscone Convention Center.

Local fractivists fear a moratorium would conflict with the city's «Climate Bill of Rights and Protections» — a measure that effectively, if not symbolically, preempts drilling in Lafayette in the name of residents» health — which was approved earlier this year.