Sentences with phrase «raised city people»

Born - and - raised city people have not usually lived outside a city before, and the bred - in - the - bone farmers, loggers, and other inhabitants of the «hinterland» have never stayed long in a city.

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• KeyMe, a New York City - based provider of solutions for people to access and manage their keys, raised $ 25 million in Series D funding.

Indiegogo has expanded into the triple digits of employee headcount, now has a New York City office and has raised hundreds of millions of dollars for more than 275,000 people in more than 200 countries.

What about the pastor who grew his church from 10 to 100, and then, rather than give himself a raise, took a pay cut and a second job so he could send 50 of those people to another part of the city to plant a new church?

It is raising money for a rent subsidy program designed to attract 25 young people to live in the city.

Fields White works to bring farmers to the city and people to the table at three weekly farmers» markets in urban San Diego while raising funds for local community improvement districts.

Then Abby Mandel, who I'm sure a lot of you remember, a great mover and shaker in the world of Chicago food, said we have to get together and do a farmers market that is different from the city's farmers market, one that will really educate people and start to really focus on sustainably raised crops, and she got a bunch of us chefs together to help her and support her launching that, and the great Green City Market was bcity's farmers market, one that will really educate people and start to really focus on sustainably raised crops, and she got a bunch of us chefs together to help her and support her launching that, and the great Green City Market was bCity Market was born.

I am not suggesting that we do that, although I think offering people the option of term - limit marriages (as suggested by Mexico City legislators) for those who might then marry instead of, say, cohabit makes sense to me if they plan to raise children.

This is what we need to be raising with regards Hannan - the Tories are dying to help out their big business brothers and sisters in the City, not look our for working people across the country.

«We have seen the office of the mayor enter onto a new level of political terrain in using a nonprofit to advance his political agenda — with a nonprofit that also was raising money from people who do business before the city, which amounts to more or less being a political committee, and not just a nonprofit organization.»

The report, «By the People: The New York City Campaign Finance Program in the 2013 Elections,» shows, among other things, that: the number of candidates participating in the public - funding system in 2013 remained high; more than two - thirds of all New York City contributors gave $ 175 or less; and more than 90 percent of the total raised came from individual contributors, rather than from PACs or unions.

«The hardworking people of the 52nd District in the Southern Tier did not send me to Albany to raise their taxes and send their hard - earned money to New York City,» said state Sen. Fred Akshar, who represents Binghamton and the surrounding region.

For Cuomo, a united Democratic Senate majority is a nightmare scenario: a centrist at heart, he belittled raising the minimum wage before it came back into vogue, ridiculed the idea of hiking taxes on wealthy people, and still won't comply with a ten - year - old court ruling to fork over state cash to underfunded city public schools.

That would allow him to raise money from people and entities doing business with the city without public disclosure until 2017.

The City of Rochester is proud to be an ally alongside our public and private development partners to invest in our citizens and create neighborhoods where people are excited to live and raise their families.

One targets de Blasio's use of an outside non-profit, Campaign for One New York, to raise big unlimited donations from people and entities doing business with the city.

P.S. I'm not asking why the public won't raise the 50 km / h limit in cities - this limit does save a lot of lives and most people won't speed when pedestrians are nearby.

But de Blasio insisted that «people are going to see that we did things the right way» once the feds, the Manhattan DA's Office and other authorities finish looking into his fund - raising operations and other scandals facing City Hall.

The emphasis on taxes was conspicuously out of sync with some of the very people whose support Cuomo went out of his way to tout, including de Blasio, who was elected last year on a promise to raise taxes on the city's highest earners.

«Raising the minimum wage to $ 15 hour by 2018 in New York City is a historic victory that will have a profound impact on the lives of nearly one and a half million working families — largely women and people of color,» said Deborah Axt, co-executive director of Make the Road New York, in a statement.

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.

She said Syracuse residents - and people throughout New York - know that she supports the $ 15 minimum wage, and already implemented that raise for city of Syracuse workers.

But we also have to be mindful that we have been taxed, fined, and feed into oblivion in this city, and we can not drive people out by raising those things further.

Brindisi will be right at home raising campaign cash with Cuomo and elite liberal millionaires from New York City who have more in common with Nancy Pelosi and San Francisco than the people of upstate New York,» said Raychel Renna, Tenney's campaign manager.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio took an unusually personal role in raising money for a nonprofit group backing his political agenda, according to several people who received fundraising appeals from the mayor.

A federal investigation into NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio's campaign fund - raising has zeroed in on whether donations were exchanged for beneficial city action in about a half - dozen cases, according to people with knowledge of the inquiry.

People who clean NYC's streets and parks will be left out of the mayoral edict to raise the minimum wage for public workers because they are not directly employed by the city.

At least nine of the three dozen people from the New York City area questioned for jury service by Caproni raised concerns about corporate donations to politicians.

«It's crucial to lower the expenses of hard - working people, but to be fair — nothing does more to address income equality than actually raising people's incomes,» Mr. de Blasio said today in his State of the City Address, which focused largely on making New York City a more affordable place to live.

In the city, where the majority of the state's young people are arrested, both Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance and acting Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez have spoken in favor of efforts to raise the age.

A total of six people have declared their candidacy for the 18th City Council District in addition to Diaz, and Elvin Garcia, who previously worked as Bronx Borough Director at the Mayor's Office, has raised the most private funds so far, according to the New York City Campaign Finance Board.

«The vast majority of people that graduate from CUNY end up staying in New York City with a good education, and then contribute to the economy here and raise their family here,» Johnson said.

«When Central Park was in a state of disrepair and neglect, a new Central Park Conservancy was founded in 1980, and today, because they were smart about putting people with real fundraising ability and park expertise, this conservancy pays 85 percent of the budget that's raised independently of city funding,» Stringer said.

Mr. Langone, a Cuomo donor who works in New York City, said the new $ 15 wages will have trade - offs, but he is «in lockstep philosophically with the fact that we've got to raise wages» to help low - income people get ahead.

David Valesky, Darrel Aubertine, Brian Foley and others voted in lockstep with their New York City leaders to raise taxes and spending in total disregard for the people they represent.

«Typically, you'll see people slugging it out in City Council races, where you see they have raised and spent $ 10,000.

For nearly three decades, the largest city in western Massachusetts has held a flag raising ceremony on the first Monday in November to celebrate Puerto Rican heritage and the cultural contributions of the people from the Caribbean island.

At least nine of the three dozen people from the New York City area questioned for jury service by U.S. District Court Judge Valerie Caproni raised concerns about corporate donations to politicians.

The New York People's Convention, a group funded heavily by Bill Samuels, a New York City businessman and promoter over the years of everything from improving how congressional and legislative district lines are drawn to term limits, has raised — and spent — $ 251,000 on a Proposal 1 yes effort.

«In addition to these funds,» she said, «the mayor has committed tens of millions of dollars to other city agencies that will directly benefit older New Yorkers, such as to set aside 15,000 affordable housing units targeted to households where older people reside, and a recently announced proposal which will require city and state legislative approval to raise the Senior Citizen Homeowner's Exemption household income eligibility from $ 37,400 to $ 58,400, which would benefit an estimated 32,000 households in New York City.&racity agencies that will directly benefit older New Yorkers, such as to set aside 15,000 affordable housing units targeted to households where older people reside, and a recently announced proposal which will require city and state legislative approval to raise the Senior Citizen Homeowner's Exemption household income eligibility from $ 37,400 to $ 58,400, which would benefit an estimated 32,000 households in New York City.&racity and state legislative approval to raise the Senior Citizen Homeowner's Exemption household income eligibility from $ 37,400 to $ 58,400, which would benefit an estimated 32,000 households in New York City.&raCity.»

The West Coast swing and fundraising jaunt mark the latest out of town trip for de Blasio, whose most recent campaign finance filing showed that 60 percent of the nearly $ 400,000 in money he raised during a two - month period came from people who live outside of New York City, a significant increase from previous filing periods.

Effort is therefore made to raise awareness about possible dangers among young people, while some states and cities have introduced bans prohibiting minors from using indoor tanning facilities.

Other details of the city such as graffiti on the walls of buildings and raised stones in the streets that people would walk on when it rained were «very characteristic» of the city, she says.

They were part of a new South African soap opera, Soul City, which is intended to raise awareness of health issues and what people can do to look after their own health.

The data raises real concerns, says lead author Mark Olfson, MD, a professor of psychiatry at Columbia University Medical Center in New York City: «We found that most people who could benefit from depression treatment aren't receiving it, while many others are receiving depression treatments that they may not need.»

I'm half Italian and Puerto Rican I was born and raised in New York City grew up in the South Bronx I move to North Carolina + 92 leaving Raleigh now got a good decent job I did the social scene I'm a fun - loving person and I don't put up with a lot of drama I'm attentive yet Stern but overall I have...

I was born in a city, I was raised by city people, I have now lived in cities for the majority of my life.

I'm all for raising minimum wage, especially for people living in big cities, but I would also hope that it doesn't mean corporations can raise the prices on products, rendering the minimum wage hike useless.

Its combination of proximity to NYC and fairly rural, small - city feel is attractive to people looking for a place to raise a family.

Mollie was born and raised in the city of Boston, not being much of a city person, Vermont was a more natural setting for her.