Sentences with phrase «outer borough»

Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez set forth that proposal during Monday's transportation committee hearing on the future of Citi Bike and emphasized the need to focus on outer borough neighborhoods where lower - income residents -LSB-...]

Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez set forth that proposal during Monday's transportation committee hearing on the future of Citi Bike and emphasized the need to focus on outer borough neighborhoods where lower - income residents have virtually no transit options, such as the South Bronx, parts of Staten Island and central Queens.

If the Queens Museum of Art wasn't so famous, they might have been my outer borough pick for their amazing panorama alone!

«Good Time» might give the theater audiences the view that dealing liquid LSD would benefit not some 1960's style hippies but rather the low life elements in New York's outer borough of Queens.

This weekend two of my favorite people visited New York and we took a trip to a beloved outer borough where Amish - style hats are on the list of immediately accepted trends along with dreadlocks, fedoras and flannels.

But his campaign will emphasize the middle class, which is often a code phrase for outer borough residents.

The state senator, whose turf covers not Maspeth but neighborhoods like Bayside and Whitestone, read a scripted speech that sounded like a laundry list of middle - class outer borough complaints against the present administration: from de Blasio's «narrow - minded anti-motorist» Vision Zero program, to his opposition to bringing the city into line with the rest of the state's two percent property tax cap, to his allegedly insufficient support for co-ops and small senior centers, to the influence of high - power political consultants at City Hall, to the lack of public transit options in the deepest reaches of the city (which the state controls), to his purported failure to shield small businesses from rent hikes, to — yes — his scrapped plans to convert the Holiday Inn into a homeless shelter.

The leafy outer borough district, according to the New York City Districting Commission, is 14 percent Hispanic, 32 percent white and 37 percent Asian, which includes residents of Chinese, Taiwanese, Korean, Pakistani, Indian and Bangladeshi descent.

The new revenue would be used to lower tolls on outer borough crossings like the Bronx - Whitestone Bridge, Robert F. Kennedy Bridge and Verrazano - Narrows Bridge.

To those who suggested that Quinn, long the frontrunner in the Democratic mayoral field, stumbled on the homophobia voters reflect once at the ballot box, Menchaca's and Torres» victories demonstrate that LGBT candidates can win in outer borough districts dominated by working class and poor people of color and without large visible gay and lesbian voting blocs.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo led the way when he nodded to his Queens roots and urged, «We must also find a way to reduce the costs for outer borough bridges in any plan ultimately passed.»

Mr. Smith warned the crowd that the accusations are part of a plot to eliminate a powerful black outer borough politician and target his district for real estate development and racial displacement.

Lower outer borough bridge tolls and money for roads and bridges were in an earlier plan proposed by Move NY, a grass - roots campaign, as a way to garner broader support by distributing the costs and benefits of congestion pricing more equitably across the city.

Schwartz has, in fact, garnered a good deal more support from the same outer borough leaders and driver advocates that either rejected former mayor Michael Bloomberg's congestion pricing bid or stayed on the sidelines, including the New York State Motor Truck Association, the Staten Island Chamber of Commerce, and Councilman Weprin.

He then launched into a list of what he called political victories for the Bronx: half - a-billion dollars worth of housing construction during the recession, a recent education summit and a new law that allows outer borough residents to hail livery cabs.

«But, as a born and raised Queens boy, I have outer borough blood in my veins, and it is my priority that we keep costs down for hard - working New Yorkers, and encourage use of mass transit.

We must also find a way to reduce the costs for outer borough bridges in any plan ultimately passed.»

Though he was a Long Island guy, Mr. DiNapoli was an adopted son of this former outer borough, at least for the day, for the good news he was bringing: economic growth in Downtown Brooklyn had outpaced the rest of the city over the past decade, according to a new report prepared by the comptroller's office.

He leaves the Democratic field to de Blasio, former Brooklyn Councilman Sal Albanese — another conservative - tilting outer borough Democrat — and police reform activist Robert Gangi.

Outer borough green taxis made 4,058 trips in the Bronx, out of their 55,399, according to the de Blasio administration.

From the return of functional state government to tax reform to a taxi plan providing better service to disabled and outer borough residents, we are better off today than we were one year ago.

«A comprehensive congestion pricing plan that is applied to all vehicles in the central business district is the best way to fully fund mass transit, reduce congestion and improve transportation for outer borough New Yorkers,» an Uber spokeswoman, Alix Anfang, said.

«Frankly, some of the outer borough communities that it serves are serviced in need of service but they're not necessarily low income communities or struggling communities,» Mr. Shorris said on NY1 last night.

It didn't help that Mr. de Blasio was a past opponent of congestion pricing and outer borough green cabs.

In addition, Kellner's plan would allow the sale of 6,000 outer borough and upper Manhattan street hail medallions to livery car owners - 1,200 of which would have to be handicapped accessible.

De Blasio didn't detail his specific objections to Mayor Michael Bloomberg's outer borough taxi plan, saying we need to «strike a balance.»

The measure faces strong opposition from more conservative - leaning outer borough Democrats and from the three - member Republican conference, as well as from fellow Brooklyn Councilman Rafael Espinal, whose district contains warehouses that ship and store bags and employ his constituents.

Congestion pricing as championed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg died amid opposition in the Democratic - led Assembly over concerns raised by suburban and outer borough lawmakers.

A judge's ruling blocking Mayor Bloomberg's outer borough taxi plan has thrown the NYC budget into flux with just two weeks remaining until the end of the fiscal year.

For instance, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio — who is targeting same sorts of progressive activist and outer borough voters that Mr. Weiner could be aiming for — said his strategy wouldn't be altered by a Weiner candidacy.

The break for New York City developers expired at the beginning of 2016, and Senate Republicans had backed budget language that would both renew the program and expand it into outer borough condos, a move seemingly designed to benefit breakaway Democrat Simcha Felder.

«Doubtful, but if he does, he will take white voters from his new home borough, Manhattan — not the outer borough base he's alienated with his lewd conduct and sprawling Park ave digs — making it impossible for Quinn to avoid a runoff with de Blasio.»

King and Weiner clashed bitterly on television in 2010, as the outer borough Democrat blamed the Nassau County Republican's party for the initial failure of the Zadroga Act, which covers the medical expenses of 9/11 first responders.

Rivals, in particular Dan Garodnick, enjoyed tighter bonds with colleagues and the implicit tolerance of the large, outer borough Democratic machines that traditionally control the selection process.

Weiner's district includes parts of Queens and Brooklyn — both of which are considered up for grabs, since there are no outer borough AG candidates in the five - person Democratic field.

Fresh off the city's defeat for the 2016 Democratic National Convention, former Brooklyn BP Marty Markowitz, who now promotes outer borough tourism, said he's already banking on 2020.

Mario Cuomo was an outer borough guy, a Queens lawyer.

He's also floating the dreaded toll idea (something he suggested for the MTA bailout and was promptly shot down by outer borough lawmakers), calling for streamlining environmental reviews and enacting legislation to permit the use of «design - build» contracts.

And it probably complicates Chris Quinn's attempt to get outer borough votes,» pundit Bill Cunningham said.

The outer borough sleaze is not new.

In seeking the post, the NYPD officer's son had touted his blue collar outer borough roots, and argued his experiences could help the delegation reconnect with the working class voters who supported Trump on Election Day.

My father was from the outer borough of Queens.

He knows how to appeal to the anger there is, especially among ethnic blue - collar workers about the state of the economy and playing outer borough against Manhattan.

In the Council, it faces opposition from conservative - leaning outer borough Democrats, the three - member Republican conference and from Brooklyn Councilman Rafael Espinal, whose district contains warehouses that store and distribute plastic bags.

A group of outer borough lawmakers gathered in Brooklyn today to unveil a bill to stop New York City's recently passed plan to levy a five - cent surcharge on paper and plastic bags.

Cuomo noted only about 5 percent of outer borough residents drive into Manhattan, with the vast majority of commuters taking mass transit.

State Assembly member David Weprin told the New York Times that the report didn't take into account how outer borough commuters would need to make their way into the congestion zone to run errands or the fact these drivers also have to shell out money on parking and gas.

Such a bid would make him the third white outer borough Democrat seeking to unseat the liberal mayor, as Queens State Senator Tony Avella and former Brooklyn Councilman Sal Albanese have already launched their own campaigns.

The mayor has also argued that surcharges will unfairly burden low - income and outer borough residents — a concern shared by many elected officials who represent those districts.

Joe Lhota, the Bronx Bomber, has never lost his outer borough sensibility.