Sentences with phrase «poor people of our city»

«When do the poor people of our city, hard working New Yorkers, when do they get a fair deal?

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He added that Sanders spent time in Puerto Rico touring some of the city's poorest neighborhoods and meeting «with people confronting the financial crisis.»

In a recent nationwide survey, Professor Terry Moe found that 79 percent of inner - city poor people favored vouchers and 59 percent of whites in more advantaged communities favored them.

In the early «60s, when a highway was cut through a mainly black area of the city, poor, mostly black, people began to rent in the neighborhood.

The Holy City had been invaded, the temple of Solomon destroyed, the city burned, and many of the people carried off into exile, leaving «the poorest of the land to be vine - dressers and plowmen» (II Kings 25:City had been invaded, the temple of Solomon destroyed, the city burned, and many of the people carried off into exile, leaving «the poorest of the land to be vine - dressers and plowmen» (II Kings 25:city burned, and many of the people carried off into exile, leaving «the poorest of the land to be vine - dressers and plowmen» (II Kings 25:12).

1 Corinthians 11:14 (Men should not have long hair) 1 Corinthians 14:34 - 35 (Women should remain silent in church) Deuteronomy 13:6 - 16 (Death penalty for Apostasy) Deuteronomy 20:10 - 14 (Attack city, kill all men, keep women, children as spoils of war) Deuteronomy 21:18 - 21 (Death penalty for a rebellious son) Deuteronomy 22:19 - 25 (Kill non - virgin / kill adulterers / rapists) Ecclesiastes 1:18 (Knowledge is bad) Exodus 21:1 - 7 (Rules for buying slaves) Exodus 35:2 (Death for working on the Sabbath) Ezekiel 9:5 - 6 (Murder women / children) Genesis 1:3,4,5,11,12,16 (God creates light, night and day, plants grow, before creating sun) Genesis 3:16 (Man shall rule over woman) Jeremiah 19:9 (Cannibalism) John 3:18 (He who believes in Jesus is saved, he that doesn't is condemned) John 5:46 - 47 (Jesus references Old Testament) Leviticus 3:1 - 17 (Procedure for animal sacrifice) Leviticus 19:19 (No mixed fabrics in clothing) Leviticus 19:27 (Don't trim hair or beard) Leviticus 19:28 (No tattoos) Leviticus 20:9 (Death for cursing father or mother) Leviticus 20:10 (Death for adultery) Leviticus 20:13 (Death for gay men) Leviticus 21:17 - 23 (Ugly people, lame, dwarfs, not welcome on altar) Leviticus 25:45 (Strangers can be bought as slaves) Luke 12:33 (Sell your possessions, and give to the poor) Luke 14:26 (You must hate your family and yourself to follow Jesus) Mark 10:11 - 12 (Leaving your spouse for another is adultery) Mark 10:21 - 22 (Sell your possessions and give to the poor) Mark 10:24 - 25 (Next to impossible for rich to get into heaven) Mark 16:15 - 16 (Those who hear the gospel and don't believe go to hell) Matthew 5:17 - 19 (Jesus says he has come to enforce the laws of the Old Testament) Matthew 6:5 - 6 (Pray in secret) Matthew 6:18 (Fast for Lent in secret) Matthew 9:12 (The healthy don't need a doctor, the sick do) Matthew 10:34 - 37 (Jesus comes with sword, turns families against each other, those that love family more than him are not worthy) Matthew 12:30 (If you're not with Jesus, you're against him) Matthew 15:4 (Death for not honouring your father and mother) Matthew 22:29 (Jesus references Old Testament) Matthew 24:37 (Jesus references Old Testament) Numbers 14:18 (Following generations blamed for the sins of previous ones) Psalms 137:9 (Violence against children) Revelation 6:13 (The stars fell to earth like figs) Revelation 21:8 (Unbelievers, among others, go to hell) 1 Timothy 2:11 - 12 (Women subordinate and must remain silent) 1 Timothy 5:8 (If you don't provide for your family, you are an infidel)

A very caring and generous (real man) just FUNDED AND OPENED a large cancer center in my city that will save the lives of many poor, middle class, and rich, which WILL provide jobs to many people and not just doctors.

Just 18 months after deciding to leave his position, his rapidly growing Castle Community Bank has helped some of the most vulnerable people in one of the city's poorest neighbourhoods.

Despite the city's poor job market and low pay scale, people want to be part of this community.

If the divine mystery is present in a special way among the poorest and most misused of his or her children, as the biblical images and stories — from the slaves in Egypt to the official lynching of Jesus — constantly remind us, then allegedly religious people who insulate themselves from the city are putting themselves at considerable risk.

Really poor people in cities (most of the American poor) will choose the cheapest way to feed themselves.

Ralph David Abernathy told how even the squatter camp called Resurrection City, erected on the Washington, D.C., mall during the Poor People's March of 1968, failed to achieve a peaceful plurality.

Between rifles, permits, ammunition, gas (to drive out of the burbs and into hunting territory) tents, camo gear, food / beer for the hunting trip, extra electricity to run the freezer etc, how can all this truly be cheaper than doing what most poor people in the cities do most of the time — fast food and making do with cheap grocery store food like peanut butter sandwiches.

This is the basic prescription for poor countries that Sachs and others envision — get most people out of rural areas and into the cities «because modern economic growth is accompanied first and foremost by urbanization.»

Today, a million and a half more poor people live in the suburbs of major metropolitan areas than in the center cities.

After the city government, yielding to evangelical preaching, had permitted the people of the several parishes in the city to elect their own preachers and then had encouraged them to establish an evangelical order of worship, it proceeded to reorganize the property of the church, assigning its income to the maintenance of church buildings, the payment of ministers» salaries, education, and poor relief.

Just like us poor people, Anara Atanes — girlfriend of Manchester City midfielder Samir Nasri — is missing the sun.

Soaring living costs and benefit cuts have driven many of London's poorest people out of the city altogether.

And we didn't get it Daniel Wesangula Read more Most of Kenya has remained calm since the vote, but several people have been shot and killed in clashes between police and opposition supporters in poor neighbourhoods in Nairobi, as well as in the western city of Kisumu

Hawkins» platform includes tax reform that would create a city income tax, anti-poverty initiatives, state - supported worker co-ops for poor and working - class people, public ownership of utilities and desegregation of schools and housing.

«It is often the poorest people in our cities who live near the busiest roads and breath in diesel fumes, dangerous chemicals and bits of tyre every day», committee chair Joan Walley said.

The federal government sued the city of Ferguson one day after the city council voted to revise an agreement aimed at improving the way police and courts treat poor people and minorities in the St. Louis suburb.

Clark, who is from Harlem, says gentrification there has pushed poor people out of her community, and she says she's found that many of them are relocating in upstate cities like Syracuse.

Peoples Stokes told WBFO & AM - 970 News with Romney coming to Buffalo, the third poorest city in the nation, «you think he would bring us a million dollars» instead of raising a million for himself.

The study shows that only a small fraction of people living in the outer boroughs of New York City would find their commutes affected by the toll: four percent of the working people who live in the outer boroughs, and two percent of working poor.

Lagos State has one of the most expensive housing markets of any city in Africa, and, as the rich increasingly use property as a store of value, poor people — especially those who live around wealthy neighbourhoods — are at greater risk of losing their homes.

Regarding race relations between blacks and whites in Monroe County and the City of Rochester, 69 percent of those responding view those relations as being only «fair» or «poor» while only 26 percent of the people say they are «good» or «excellent».

«Bronx people are generally poorer than in other parts of the city, so they might be more sympathetic to poor plaintiffs.»

For more than a month now, cases of Legionnaires» — a form of pneumonia especially dangerous for the elderly and for people with underlying health issues — have been reported throughout a section of the South Bronx, the city's poorest neighborhood.

Bearing signs saying «Don't balance the budget on the backs of the poor» and shouting «Hey hey, ho ho, the funding cuts have got to go,» the roughly 150 demonstrators, largely from New York City, represented progressive activist groups pushing for rent reductions for people with HIV, homeless services, low - income housing, health care and other issues.

«In this part of the city there are more poor than ever, more families are in trouble, more and more people who need help but can't find it.»

On the other hand, I'd remind Mr Gallo that he has no right to do other than the best job for his city, that he is obligated to keep his eye on the ball... Mr Sottile well demonstrated what poor management of people can do... along with my respect for Mr Gallo is the respect I have for the reporting in the Kingston Times... Again and again this mayor lets the newspapers carry vital city information and the City and the Mayor do not speak for themselves in the form of internet based releases... Ms Fuentes did not deserve to be fired in the newspaper... By the very fact that Ms Fuentes was selected by the Mayor, he owes her and the city a reason for her separation from the administratcity, that he is obligated to keep his eye on the ball... Mr Sottile well demonstrated what poor management of people can do... along with my respect for Mr Gallo is the respect I have for the reporting in the Kingston Times... Again and again this mayor lets the newspapers carry vital city information and the City and the Mayor do not speak for themselves in the form of internet based releases... Ms Fuentes did not deserve to be fired in the newspaper... By the very fact that Ms Fuentes was selected by the Mayor, he owes her and the city a reason for her separation from the administratcity information and the City and the Mayor do not speak for themselves in the form of internet based releases... Ms Fuentes did not deserve to be fired in the newspaper... By the very fact that Ms Fuentes was selected by the Mayor, he owes her and the city a reason for her separation from the administratCity and the Mayor do not speak for themselves in the form of internet based releases... Ms Fuentes did not deserve to be fired in the newspaper... By the very fact that Ms Fuentes was selected by the Mayor, he owes her and the city a reason for her separation from the administratcity a reason for her separation from the administration.

At Prime Minister's Questions David Cameron insisted there would be no climbdown over the plans despite claims the policy could drive 200,000 poor people out of the UK's cities.

«And as a result some of the poorest counties would be subsidizing people on Medicaid in New York City and we have very poor counties upstate,» Young continued.

The migration of middle - class whites to the suburbs left the very poor in the city, and they «found themselves surrounded by more poor people,» Semuels writes.

I think it's important and I've been pushing a message out that talks about the future of New York City, that speaks to the people of New York about affordability, about working - and middle - class New Yorkers, about poor New Yorkers and how they need someone at City Hall who will fight for them,» Thompson told Scott.

For the past twenty - five years she has served as national director of the Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign, helping to lead marches, tent cities, homeless encampments, sit - ins and Read more»

Assemblyman Eric Stevenson, who represents some of the city's poorest areas of the South Bronx, was accused of taking money to help developers speed up construction on their projects, obtain building permits, and recruit older people, according to a criminal complaint filed by Preet Bharara, the U.S. Attorney in Manhattan.

Cuomo continued with phrase upon devastating phrase, asking the president to consider those left behind, pleading with the American people to see the poor and the disenfranchised not as failures and losers, but fellow citizens of the same city, of one city and a single nation.

EAST HARLEM — City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito laid out an ambitious agenda focused on equality in her first State of the City address in East Harlem Wednesday, calling for $ 25 million to repair NYCHA buildings, local control over the minimum wage and a city - wide bail system to keep poor people accused of minor crimes from languishing in jail for weCity Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito laid out an ambitious agenda focused on equality in her first State of the City address in East Harlem Wednesday, calling for $ 25 million to repair NYCHA buildings, local control over the minimum wage and a city - wide bail system to keep poor people accused of minor crimes from languishing in jail for weCity address in East Harlem Wednesday, calling for $ 25 million to repair NYCHA buildings, local control over the minimum wage and a city - wide bail system to keep poor people accused of minor crimes from languishing in jail for wecity - wide bail system to keep poor people accused of minor crimes from languishing in jail for weeks.

She was born to a Portuguese physician and an English - Irish nurse in Bombay, India, a port city that was a fusion of East and West, old and new, poor and rich: People pushing handcarts intermingled on the streets with cows, bicycles, cars, and double - decker buses.

But most of the bones were buried in wooden coffins outside the churchyard and probably were those of poorer rural people, whose daily lives are less well known than the nobility of cities.

The problems are not just in the South: poor people in the inner cities of the US are dying of tuberculosis because of a lethal mixture of overcrowding, HIV and drug - resistant strains of the TB bacterium.

«The structure, function and value of urban forests in California communities,» recently published online in Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, reports that California's 109 square yards of city tree canopy per person lags behind other urban canopy - poor states, such as Nevada (110), Wyoming (146) and Montana (148).

MILLIONS of people took to the streets in Brazil last week across over 100 cities to protest against wide - ranging issues, including corruption and poor public services.

The reason people who stay up late have a poorer diet could be biological (they may crave fatty foods and sweets late at night for energy) or social (they might be out late, drinking and eating), says Shelby Harris, PsyD, the director of behavioral sleep medicine at the Sleep - Wake Disorders Center at the Montefiore Medical Center in New York City.

In various city towers, bureaucrats are pondering to whom and when they should gift hundreds of millions of dollars, perhaps even billions, by the stroke People are buying bigger televisions than ever before, but getting a poorer viewing experience because many modern TVs are simply too large for our living

The film also weaves in lots of scenes that are meant to make us think that Barnum was the first 21st century - style «woke» white straight man in America — a goodhearted fellow who gave circus jobs to outcasts of one kind or another (talk about a big tent: the repertory company includes African - Americans, little people, giants, conjoined twins and a bearded lady), not just because they happened to possess certain talents or physical characteristics that Barnum could exploit (often by appealing to the majority's prurient interests or bigotries) but because the onetime poor boy Barnum sees himself in their striving, and wants to build a theatrical - carnival arts utopia in America's largest city with help from his new partner, rich kid turned playwright Philip Carlyle (Zac Efron).

She spent time in Newark, where Tom Hayden of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) was trying to forge an «interracial movement of poor people and students in northern cities.»

«How can a person come out of a slummy, crime - ridden area of the city, with poor churches and few things that go to enrich life,» he asked, [be the] «equal of one who comes out of a more cultured home in a more cultured community?»