Sentences with phrase «poor city residents»

But more often she was forced to be the champion for poor city residents who needed someone to fight for them because they had no other leverage, she said.

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The poorest in these bidder cities are likely to feel the biggest impact of HQ2, as Amazon employees boasting six - figure salaries accelerate neighborhood gentrification and price out existing residents.

Raymond Abbott is a high school dropout from Camden, New Jersey, one of the poorest cities in America with over 60 percent of its residents on welfare.

Now if Paul was writing today, he could have written about blacks vs whites, Republicans vs. Democrats, rich vs. poor, police vs. inner city residents, or even something like Christians vs. Muslims.

From what he could see, the parents taking their seats in the auditorium were the ones he had hoped to attract: typical Harlem residents, mostly African American, some Hispanic, almost all poor or working class, all struggling to one degree or another with the challenges of raising and educating children in one of New York City's most impoverished neighborhoods.

The issue there is that rich cities can afford to provide free day care to their residents, while poor cities can not.

A coalition of social justice and community activists Thursday demanded that Buffalo lawmakers override Mayor Byron W. Brown's plans to increase the city's police department budget by $ 500,000, arguing that such an increase is unjustifiable given what they characterized as the department's poor record on solving homicides and making residents feel safe.

«He accused Duggan of being corrupt, favoring downtown business interests over neighborhood concerns, and effectively creating «two Detroits:» one for prosperous newcomers, and another for mostly poor, longtime city residents.

He said the city's poor and mostly Black and Latino residents are getting the shaft.

Strategists nod to her recent appointment of L. Joy Williams, the president of the Brooklyn NAACP and board chair of Higher Heights, as a senior adviser, and Nixon's campaign launch in Brownsville, Brooklyn, a majority black neighborhood that encapsulates many of the flashpoints in the Democratic primary: It's the poorest neighborhood in Brooklyn and among the poorest in New York City, it's at the center of the affordable housing crisis, and residents are prepping for the 15 - month L train shutdown in early 2019, a symptom of New York City's dilapidated subway system that Nixon's branded» #CuomosMTA.»

In Erie County, 41 percent of residents are deemed «working poor,» and in the City of Buffalo alone, that figure jumps up to an astonishing 60 percent.

It criticized COR Development Co. for obtaining lucrative tax breaks for its harbor project «without committing to providing jobs for the poorest residents of our city.»

There has also been criticism that the rezoning plan would not provide enough affordable housing for the city's poorest residents.

By contrast, 2.2 million New York City residents rely on public transit to get to work, including 190,000 working poor.

The speaker said he's going to push for half - fare MetroCards for the poorest residents — with the city picking up the $ 212 million annual tab.

«This lawsuit is the right thing to do to ensure the residents of the 23rd poorest city in the United States are given the respect and community benefits they deserve,» Miner said following Murphy's ruling.

That lack of response demonstrates the difficulties looming for Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration as it seeks to respond to a water crisis in a predominately minority city of 30,000 residents, many of whom are poor.

Syracuse is the 29th poorest city in the United States; 31 percent of Syracuse residents live below the federal poverty line.

Despite praising de Blasio as a «very smart guy,» the mayor ridiculed the candidate for railing against the wealthy, who help pay for many of the services that benefit the city's poorer residents.

The letter criticized COR Development Co. for obtaining lucrative tax breaks for its harbor project «without committing to providing jobs for the poorest residents of our city.»

Four of the county's biggest employment hubs are located outside of the city — a good distance from the bulk of poor residents who live within the city limits.

CIVIC CENTER — Rents are on the rise in New York City, but residents» incomes are falling — making it even harder for the poorest New Yorkers to stay afloat, according to a report released by Comptroller Scott Stringer's office Wednesday.

In spite of such known urban pressures on health as air and water pollution, water shortage, overcrowding, poor housing, the stresses of city transportation and the generally accelerated pace of city life, there is no substantial evidence from the National Health Survey that the overall health of the urban resident is worse than that of the rural resident.

But cities can also lead to urban sprawl, and can reinforce inequalities, leaving poor and minority residents isolated even in the midst of a metropolis.

Marion is especially sensitive about appearing «poor» in front of the city's wealthier residents, including some of Lady Bird's friends.

In big cities where poor residents and minorities are concentrated, as many as 80 percent of public school parents say they would send their children to private schools if they could afford the tuition.

As Indianapolis can attest, poor - performing schools can hinder economic and social growth for the city and all of its residents.

But like other cities, New Orleans» private, public and charter schools are as much a vehicle for segregation as our residents» attitudes toward black and poor folk.

In addition, thousands of the poorest residents in the city could not return in the aftermath of Katrina because the City decided to shutter our way to housing improvements — leaving behind thousands of mostly black residecity could not return in the aftermath of Katrina because the City decided to shutter our way to housing improvements — leaving behind thousands of mostly black resideCity decided to shutter our way to housing improvements — leaving behind thousands of mostly black residents.

As the Brookings Institution has pointed out in a book it is releasing tomorrow, the percentage of poor families flocking to suburbia increased by 67 percent; on average, 12 percent of residents in suburbia are struggling economically and socially, versus 22 percent of residents in big cities.

The Challenge called on cities to do more than merely introduce new technologies onto city streets, requiring them to boldly envision new solutions that would change the face of transportation in our cities by closing the gap between rich and poor; capturing the needs of both young and old; and bridging the digital divide through smart design so that the future of transportation meets the needs of all city residents.

Growing up in a very affluent family, Aaron says that he rarely interacted with the city's poorer residents.

Research shows that the poorer a city's air quality, the more likely residents will have to spend money on medical bills for related sicknesses or suffer from wage losses because such an illness puts them out of work.

The City of Victorville wanted the industry and wanted the growth and now residents are blaming Nutro because of their poor planning?

In conclusion, Capcom and Slant Six Games» Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City is a pretty poor game.

Resident filling a bucket at water fill station, Resurrection City, Poor People's Campaign, Washington, D.C., 1968

The artist Mary Ellen Carroll's project to give free Internet access to the city's poorer residents by tapping into unused frequencies along the I - 10 has an office «in the armpit of Robert E. Lee,» as Carroll described it to me from her makeshift command center in Lee Circle, where a statue of the general seems to gaze disapprovingly upon the New Orleans Museum District.

About 3 in 5 residents of Austria's capital Vienna, rich and poor, live in a «Gemeindebau» — public housing provided and managed entirely by the city — as well as other subsidized social housing typically run by nonprofit associations.

He is part of a Greek chorus of seismologists and earthquake engineers who have been warning for a long time that some of the world's biggest, fastest - growing cities are «rubble in waiting,» given the haphazard rush of construction of apartments and workplaces for mainly poor new residents.

«In many cities where the public transit system is shoddy, only the city's poorer residents who can't afford a car are compelled to ride it.»)

In a city exploding with new residents, challenged by the task of providing amenities like electricity and trash collection to its ever - growing population, with huge gaps between rich and poor and an unsettling dichotomy between the white sand beaches of Ipanema and the crowded favelas creeping up the once - green hills, the priorities of these young people ring true for each and every one of us in the room.

Many of the city's poor and elderly residents had no air conditioning; many of those who did lost power as blackouts swept the city.

As the coastal cities of Africa and Asia expand, many of their poorest residents are being pushed to the edges of livable land and into the most dangerous zones for climate change.

One of the fastest growing cities in the U.S., this town in southwest CA has residents from poor college students all the way up to seniors spending their retirement in one of the most beautiful parts of the state.

Although Hartford residents may be poor, the city is certainly no stranger to economic activity.

This presents a unique family situation for many citizens of Long Beach.2 Additionally, depression and anxiety rank as two of the most serious health issues facing the city's residents.3 With many uninsured, poor, and otherwise underserved families, the Long Beach mental health community has to fight an uphill battle in order to bring behavioral services to those who most need it.

As a result, cities are increasingly made up of two distinct sectors — the rich «new» residents and the poor, who have never been able to afford to leave.