Sentences with phrase «other boroughs did»

But a second attempt to vote on Praschak's nomination also failed when most Democratic Council Members from other boroughs did not show up, meaning the conference could not get a necessary quorum.

«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.

Still, they feel like the other boroughs don't have to beat the drum quite as hard.

Not exact matches

Boozy barbeques do not appear to be the norm in this tree - lined borough: only 9.9 % of residents drink microbrews — less than most of the other Quebec neighbourhoods on our list.

PS1, in the borough's Sunset Park area, is one of only three public schools in New York that don't serve meat to pupils; the others are Peck Slip School in Manhattan and The Active Learning Elementary School in Queens.

When presented with a hypothetical congestion pricing plan that would toll motorists entering Manhattan, but lower tolls at other crossings that don't involve the borough, voters opposed the plan 52 - 40 percent.

Many outer - borough residents have jobs in places other than Manhattan, and the large majority of those who do work in Manhattan come by public transportation.

By contrast, 2,752 inspections were done in the other four boroughs combined, with 2,817 violations being issued, the report said.

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

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

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

But it still could mean job losses — most of them women, including two currently on maternity leave — and the council's free newspaper, which keeps residents informed of social housing opportunities and other council services in a borough where many do not have the internet, is also under threat.

Mark Weprin, who was in the Assembly when he ran for Council last year, chose not to put out the newsletter and two other current Assembly members from the borough — Ann - Margaret Carrozza (D - Bayside) and Michael Gianaris (D - Astoria)-- refused to do so this year.

Right now, 12,700 Bronx families are still on waiting lists for seats in public charter schools, and the Bronx has fewer gifted and talented programs than any of the other boroughs, with less than four seats for every 1,000 students.Two of our school districts — District 7 in the South Bronx and District 12 in the central Bronx — don't have a single gifted and talented program, and together they educate more than 45,000 students.

Which got us thinking: how does the Bronx size up on the hotel market compared to the other boroughs?

Adams does not employ a full - time driver, but he does have a staffer «designated to serve when necessary as a driver, which he uses only as needed to meet his schedule of events and meetings across Brooklyn and other boroughs,» Ringel said.

«What the borough president and I wanted to do was simply have an event where people could just meet each other, get to know each other, and build relationships,» said Council Member Greenfield at the event, who noted that there is a «commonality of interests» between the Jewish and Latino communities, especially as both share the immigrant experience.

For the first time LGBT Bronxites do not have to travel to Manhattan or to other boroughs in order to relax in a comfortable and supporting atmosphere.

The borough party did not back down from the primary when the IDC announced plans to align with mainline Democrats to run the Senate, unlike other borough Democratic machines that ended up?

Mayor Bill de Blasio supported her for speaker, as did other borough leaders and her colleagues, and the mayor is planning to join her in the parade on June 11, marching beside or behind López Rivera.

The Bronx Democrats, unlike party machines in other boroughs, could finally boast a united front on most issues, even if they didn't quite turn out «as many bodies as they used to,» in the words of Mr. Kappstatter.

You don't always have to go to Brooklyn or other boroughs.

The data that it does have indicates that while Uber and other taxi apps have had a hard time penetrating the Manhattan market, they've made a much deeper incursion in the outer boroughs and upper Manhattan, where yellow cabs are scarce, but where livery cars and green borough taxis abound.

Ms. Rose and other local officials said they don't have a problem getting members of the de Blasio administration to meet with them on the Island to discuss borough issues.

One of the de facto roles of the office is to serve as the spokeswoman for the borough, which Marshall has done by championing museums and other cultural institutions to the tune of $ 107 million.

The reason that there are no buildings from Queens on the list, a housing agency spokesperson explained, is that that borough has primarily had single - family foreclosures, and does not have as much multi-family housing stock as the other boroughs.

«We don't want to see the hodgepodge development that has occurred in other areas that have been devastated by natural disasters occur in our borough,» Matteo said in a statement.

Don't Forget the Backyard Cats Not so much in Manhattan, but definitely in the other boroughs of NYC and all over the country, people host feral cats in their yards.

To be frank I don't want fast travel to be the only option to get around the city especially if this thing now or eventually extends to other boroughs, it would ruin immersion for me a little bit.

If the MTA continues its tradition of not running the L train during Bushwick Open Studios, which has been three years out of five in the art event's existence, an enterprising Brooklynite might do well to set up a weekend campsite for those coming from other boroughs, or even people like me just coming from south Brooklyn.

Other motorists who pay the least live in Rivière - du - Loup ($ 342), Pintendre ($ 398) and the two boroughs of the city of Lévis, Saint - Jean - Chrysostome ($ 413) and Saint - Étienne - de-Lauzon ($ 419).