Sentences with phrase «of upstate cities»

It proposes to reduce homelessness and high levels of poverty in many of our upstate cities.

Portelli, 62, is a former Albany City School Board member who ran for mayor of the upstate city last year, also on the Green Party line.

Jackson won't just be focusing on New York City, but also on minority - heavy portions of upstate cities like Rochester and Buffalo, which Democrats believe are being disenfranchised through the proposal.

Mayor Richards says Rochester has the lowest per capita rate of any upstate city for the state's aid to municipalities fund, which results in the city paying more for its schools than Buffalo, even though there are fewer students.

The measure comes after Gov. Andrew Cuomo has traveled the state to call for a reduction in gang violence through the addition of State Police personnel in Suffolk County and a handful of upstate cities, including Albany and Rochester.

While New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg went out of his way to offer support to the governor and for his budget plan, Mayors of upstate cities, including Rochester Mayor Tom Richards, begged for a bail out.

Most of our upstate cities have horrendously high child poverty rates, some higher than 50 percent.

Filling the budget holes of upstate cities can't be done with such legerdemain.

The size and condition of the houses being rehabbed in Buffalo — the oldest of these upstate cities — appear to be the biggest factors.

New York Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie will be Tompkins County today as part of a tour of upstate cities.

First, Miner publicly criticized Gov. Andrew Cuomo, an ally of Mahoney's, over the economic troubles of upstate cities like Syracuse.

In his capacity as mayor of an upstate city, Brown said he's not concerned that a Democratic majority with a majority of downstate representatives in the Senate would negatively affect his community.

The letter also asks for their opinions on expanding charter schools and allowing mayors of upstate cities to control education policy.

But mayors of upstate cities are already more accountable than New York City mayors were before mayoral control was implemented in 2002, said Bob Lowry, deputy director of the New York State Council of School Superintendents.

Altogether, the lawmakers grilled the mayor for a record four and a half hours, leaving little time for the mayors of upstate cities to testify.