Sentences with phrase «other city neighborhood»

One way of closing the Authority would be for Mayor Bloomberg to buy Battery Park City from the state for $ 1 and then to run it like any other city neighborhood, without the extra layer of bureaucracy.

Densely built Logan Square, the larger neighborhood surrounding Palmer Square, has less open space than any other city neighborhood except South Lawndale.

Another excursion is called «The Best of Buffalo,» a 2 - hour tour of Allentown, the medical corridor, and other city neighborhoods.

But other sources have disputed the notion that Weisbrod would leave, Crain's reports, with plenty still on his to - do list — including the rezoning of Midtown East and a number of other city neighborhoods.

Not exact matches

In 1981, when he was acting as adviser to then New Jersey gubernatorial candidate (later Governor) Tom Kean, the RNC assembled a ballot security force consisting of off - duty law enforcement officers wearing armbands that read «National Ballot Security Task Force» that was alleged to have engaged in voter intimidation in minority neighborhoods of Newark, Camden, Paterson, and other cities.

The West Philadelphia sites, on the other hand, are closer to the city amenities that Amazon plainly wants nearby — neighborhoods with varying housing stock, transit links, university campuses, cultural attractions — but also are crammed among them, said Bill Luff, founder of the commercial real estate consultancy CRE Visions.

On a regular basis city and neighborhood governments are looking at passing breed specific laws relating to pit bulls and other dog breeds that are considered to be dangerous or a nuisance.

One of the oldest cities in the county, Escondido boasts similar amenities to many of the other San Diego neighborhoods — good weather, proximity to the ocean, restaurants, bars, art galleries, etc. — but with considerably lower home prices.

One small example of this in our neighborhood is the urban farm one of my friends and mentors started to provide jobs to «returning citizens»: It required the city to help give away land and clear vacant property and some startup capital from a local farming company, but it is based on the church's understanding of the needs of the people and explicitly tied to the concept that faithful believers can help disciple and encourage people who have been incarcerated for harming others, walking them through the transformative process.

The plan calls upon churches to, among other things, «adopt» street gangs and allow troubled youths to use church properties as safe havens; intercede for youth in the juvenile court system; provide vocational training to inner - city residents; organize capital for micro-enterprises; develop educational curricula heralding the achievements of blacks and Latinos; initiate neighborhood crime watch groups; and establish counseling programs for battered women and the men who abuse them.

The church coordinated not only Foster the City but also other social justice initiatives in the surrounding neighborhoods.

If you have money you want to put to use to help others in need, you would be better off (as would the people who need the help) to put it to use in your own town, your own neighborhood, and your own city.

As a result, there are many neighborhoods and cities throughout this country that exhibit a different multicultural feel than others.

Baldovin describes how in medieval Jerusalem, Rome, Constantinople, and many other cities where Christianity formed the symbolic basis for social life, worship was not confined to the neighborhood church.

You can love others right in your own country, in your own city, probably even in your own neighborhood.

We follow Jesus into the neighborhood, in the inner city, among the homeless and other places.

Still others use a hall in the church, rent buildings in the neighborhood or press the city to make warehouses and schools available.

Alinsky was a regular lecturer there, along with other community theorists and practitioners: Richard Hauser, Milton Kotler (usually accompanied by Pastor Leopold Bemhard, then at First Lutheran in Columbus, Ohio), SDS neighborhood organizers, SCLC clergy from many cities, SNCC organizers, Maulana Ron Karenga of black nationalist work in California, Ivan Illich of Puerto Rican New York and Cuernavaca, Mexico.

Through their churches, evangelicals enter into contact with people from other neighborhoods, cities, and even distant reaches of the country.

Soon after its founding, the company opened a storefront scoop shop in the city's Little Italy neighborhood, where it sold gelato and sorbet to walk - in customers on the main floor while also hand - packing pints in the basement that it sold to bodegas and other neighborhood stores.

In the next two years, Pete's Fresh Market plans to open stores in two other suburbs: Willowbrook and Orland Park, Ill. «Suburban locations are much more diverse than our city stores, which are located in more predominately Hispanic neighborhoods,» Dremonas says.

We are committed to building and nurturing partnerships with each other, our city government, and other businesses and neighborhood organizations to improve and enhance the quality of work and life in our community.

Other than being the hottest neighborhood in the city right now (yeah, we said it — and this writer may or may not be biased because she lives there), Greenpoint is jam - packed with awesome places to eat and drink, both old and new.

Randy would load Malik, Brian and six or seven other neighborhood boys — enough for a full team — into his Chevy Caprice and drive them to park in west Baltimore with the «mangiest» field in the city.

As Geoff often says, neighborhoods like Harlem exist all over the country, in Detroit and Baltimore and New Orleans and Houston and in dozens of other cities.

Even though almost every student at the KIPP Academy... is from a low - income family, and all but a few are either black or Hispanic, and most enter below grade level, they are still a step above other kids in the neighborhood; on their math tests in the fourth grade (the year before they arrived at KIPP), KIPP students in the Bronx scored well above the average for the district, and on their fourth - grade reading tests they often scored above the average for the entire city.

Fifteen other fountains in neighborhood parks across the city also were turned on, and the Chicago Park District opened registration for its summer programs.

They will have the opportunity to connect with other special needs parents as well as with more than 80 exhibitors located in the Chicago - area, from the neighborhoods in the city to the Chicago suburbs.

Chicago Children's Museum (435 E. Illinois St. in North Pier Chicago, Room 370, Chicago 60611; 312-527-1000): Five one - week sessions of City Stalkers begin July 12 take children on explorations of Chicago with one session focusing on architecture, another on neighborhoods and foods, and others on the environment, transportation and news gathering; $ 100 per session.

Sure, it «s a city neighborhood like a lot of others.

Whereas other communities treat the winter as just another business - as - usual season that requires heavier clothing and a few more vacation days, Wicker Park seems to take on a glow and a manner that suggest a vigor and vibrancy like no other time of the year; in fact, it may be the one neighborhood that becomes more oriented to outdoor activities during the winter than any other subdivision in the city.

The biggest possible city site for a new Bills stadium — just to the east of the Buffalo River, with a north end zone aimed at the downtown skyline — has stirred a hornet's nest of potential opposition from two neighborhoods, one predominantly African - American, the other overwhelmingly white.

The abrupt decision to end the websites DNAinfo and Gothamist led to the firing or more than 100 reporters in New York City and other communities in the country that provided hyper local coverage of neighborhoods.

Also at 1 p.m., NYC Councilmen Mark Treyger and Alan Maisel, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, state Sens. Diane J. Savino and Roxanne Persaud, Assemblywoman Pamela Harris and others hold a press conference to call on New York City to include Brooklyn neighborhoods Coney Island and Canarsie in the new ferry system, City Hall, Manhattan.

«Through an entirely volunteer grass - roots effort, Scott Stringer collected more than 100,000 signatures from every neighborhood across this city — more than any other candidate running for office this year,» the statement said.

Q&A topics include: why the mayor and Governor Cuomo appear friendly and cooperative on pre-K when together but express different views when apart, will the city fund a single year of full day pre-K if the state does not, how many of the prospective new pre-K seats are in traditional public schools v. charter schools, what is the greatest challenge in converting existing 1/2 day pre-K sites into full day sites, how can the mayor assure that proceeds of his proposed income tax surcharge would remain dedicated solely to the pre - K / middle school program, regulatory issues around pre-K operators, how there can be space available in neighborhoods where schools are overcrowded, how many of the prospective new sites are in schools v. other locations, why the mayor is so opposed to co-locations of charter schools while seeking to co-locate new pre-K programs, the newly - announced ad campaign by charter school supporters, his views on academically screened high schools, his view on the school bus contracts, why he refused off - topic questions Friday evening despite saying on Friday morning that he would take such questions, the status of 28 charter schools expecting to open in fall 2014 in locations approved by the Bloomberg administration, his upcoming appearance on the TV series The Good Wife and his view on city employees marching in the Manhattan St. Patrick's Day Parade in uniform / with banners.

The state Department of Environmental Conservation said Tuesday that its latest air monitoring program near the Peace Bridge shows the air people breathe in adjacent neighborhoods beset by high asthma rates is comparable to other similarly sized cities and high - traffic urban areas.

Common Council members representing the city's poorest neighborhoods are voicing support for a newly unveiled casino plan while many members from other Albany wards are reserving judgment.

We had a very good summer in this city due to the significant amount of overtime that allowed me to put thousands of additional police officers» in public housing and other high crime neighborhoods, Bratton said.

This complements the more than $ 20 billion resiliency plan we're undertaking across the five boroughs to protect our neighborhoods and infrastructure from flooding, sea level rise and other climate risks, helping us create a more resilient, sustainable and equitable New York City.»

City neighborhood and development commissioner Paul Driscoll doesn't think there are any other housing projects like it in the city: a mix of market rate apartments with affordable apartments in one buildCity neighborhood and development commissioner Paul Driscoll doesn't think there are any other housing projects like it in the city: a mix of market rate apartments with affordable apartments in one buildcity: a mix of market rate apartments with affordable apartments in one building.

In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, Bloomberg allocated $ 250 million to improve storm protections on the eastern shore of Staten Island and in other low - lying neighborhoods, as well as to ensure city agencies can continue their work during a future hurricane.

One comes from one of the poorest neighborhoods in the city, the other has built an organization that helps network more than 400 local, small businesses.

Diaz added, «Children in the Bronx and other poor neighborhoods across the city are in danger of being left behind in this rapidly changing work place.

Torres pointed out that an original agreement between the state and city from 1979 specified that excess BPCA revenues were to be used for affordable housing in other neighborhoods.

That set off a four - way race for mayor of a city that has seen a booming downtown but also persistent problems with crime and poverty in other neighborhoods.

««Through an entirely volunteer grassroots effort, Scott Stringer collected more than 100,000 signatures from every neighborhood across this City — more than any other candidate running for office this year.»

Other providers wondered how the city would sell the idea to neighborhoods that have shown a reluctance to house the homeless in any form.

New York City's comptroller Scott Stringer is criticizing the planned LinkNYC free Wi - Fi program, arguing that it will actually accentuate existing inequality by delivering the fastest service to the wealthiest (read: most advertising lucrative) neighborhoods years ahead of other parts of the city, reports Matt Flegenheimer for the New York TiCity's comptroller Scott Stringer is criticizing the planned LinkNYC free Wi - Fi program, arguing that it will actually accentuate existing inequality by delivering the fastest service to the wealthiest (read: most advertising lucrative) neighborhoods years ahead of other parts of the city, reports Matt Flegenheimer for the New York Ticity, reports Matt Flegenheimer for the New York Times.

City officials contend that the 75 other SURA employees — who work in the departments of law, neighborhood and business development, or planning and sustainability — are dedicated to urban renewal work.