Sentences with phrase «several dozen of the city»

Last year, the DCA and the City University of New York launched the CUNY Cultural Corps, a $ 1 million program to place over 70 CUNY students and recent graduates in paid internships across several dozen of the city's cultural institutions.

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Thanks to half a dozen colleges minting tech - savvy graduates, several incubators protecting fledgling companies until they're ready to go out on their own and an impressive roster of angel investors and venture capitalists, the city is officially a start - up hub.

New York passed dozens of laws over the next several decades to muzzle the worst offenders, and cities throughout the world followed suit.

Several dozen members of the Bay Ridge Democrats club came to take the measure of the former «Sex and the City» star who is now challenging Gov. Andrew Cuomo for the Democratic nomination.

Seabrook, standing on the steps of City Hall, was flanked by several dozen correction officers, city and state elected officials, and a recent de Blasio critic, Rep. Hakeem JeffrCity Hall, was flanked by several dozen correction officers, city and state elected officials, and a recent de Blasio critic, Rep. Hakeem Jeffrcity and state elected officials, and a recent de Blasio critic, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- The fight over rent regulations stretched from the city to Albany Thursday, with several protesters getting arrested and dozens of tenants later swarming a Rent Guidelines Board meeting.

About two dozen tenants rights activists, as well as several Democratic State lawmakers, were arrested at a protest on the lack of action so far on reforming New York City's rent laws, which expire on June 15th, to include more protections for tenants.

Members of dozens of city and state unions joined the rally Monday, including hardhats from the Building and Trades Council, teachers from the United Federation of Teachers, transit workers from Transport Workers Local 100 and many more, along with several community groups.

Though Police Commissioner Bill Bratton predicted that almost no one would come out to the planned rally, several dozen NYPD - backers poured onto a Broadway sidewalk to decry the mass of anti-police brutality marches that overtook the city in recent weeks.

The gathering of several dozen residents, activists and organizations represented the second counter-protest to the waves of anti-police brutality marches that roiled the city after a Staten Island grand jury failed to indict a white police officer in the death of Eric Garner, a black man.

Syracuse, N.Y. — As Mayor Stephanie Miner entered to a standing ovation tonight to deliver her State of the City Address at Dr. Weeks Elementary School, several dozen Syracuse firefighters were standing along the walls in protest.

A week before the November election, several dozen members and candidates just days away from winning their seats gathered at City Hall to embrace a package of procedural reforms, chief among them one that would «take the politics out of member items» by allocating discretionary funding for Council districts on a «fair and objective basis.»

There were also several members of the New York State Legislature and a dozen members of the City Council.

Several dozen members of various community groups organized under the coalition of «Real Affordability for All» gathered on the steps of City Hall to voice their concerns about Mr. de Blasio's housing program, which aims to build and preserve 200,000 units of affordable housing over the next decade.

The storm dumped more than two feet of snow on Wisconsin, spawned at least a dozen tornadoes in the South and Southeast and flooded several subway stations in New York City.

One significant name change, one major locale switch to Park City, dozens of tweaks / additions (brand - name sponsors and other red - carpetbaggers, beefed - up foreign - film sections, «New Frontier» and V.R. sidebars) and several thousand movies later, it's safe to say that yes, they built it — and yes, four decades later, we're still coming.

Several years after financial crises forced overcrowding in dozens of classes, city schools opened last week with vastly better class sizes, administrators reported.

Charter schools like the Young Women's Leadership School and those operated by the Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP), and private networks like the NativityMiguel schools — several dozen of which serve low - income, inner - city students — have proven that proper pedagogy and academic focus can overcome the developmental challenges of preadolescence.

«The first half of his tenure was marked by a series of reforms: closing more than one dozen failing schools and programs and creating several others that have thrived; decentralizing the system by cutting the headquarters staff by more than half; giving principals power over budget decisions; creating choice for city families, and competition among middle and high schools; and signing a landmark pay - for - performance teachers» union contract that was hailed as a model in the nation.

A week after the O'Malleys» dogs were seized, several dozen more were taken from a home in the Haines City area, creating a crisis for animal - services workers, who had to double - up the number of animals housed in cages.

With Hallandale Beach Commissioner Michele Lazarow leading the charge, several dozen cities in South Florida have banned the sale of commercially - bred puppies and kittens.

With Lazarow leading the charge, several dozen cities in South Florida have jumped on the bandwagon, banning the sale of puppies and kittens that come from large - scale commercial breeders.

The city now has a world heritage listed building, several national heritage listed buildings, and dozens of Commonwealth heritage listed buildings as evidence of the survival of Macquarie's ideals.

You will have to master several dozens of settlements that afterwards will be turned into powerful cities.

It isn't lubricated by beer and bike parades and no one wants to read about it in glossy magazines, but converting a Fortune 500 company, dozens of smaller companies and several cities into bicycle commuting powerhouses is a big deal.

With that in mind, dozens of volunteer firefighters from several cities were called in to undertake what is perhaps their most unusual rescue operation: watering a 1,000 - year - old tree.

«The program started four months ago, and so far several dozen city employees have taken advantage of the fact that «City workers can check out bikes and helmets at eight downtown locations and use them for work or lunch.&racity employees have taken advantage of the fact that «City workers can check out bikes and helmets at eight downtown locations and use them for work or lunch.&raCity workers can check out bikes and helmets at eight downtown locations and use them for work or lunch.»

The duck boats are known for easily transitioning between water and road, where dozens of tours are offered each day in several U.S cities.

We are currently involved in over three dozen active partner searches including opening the office of an AmLaw 50 firm in a new location, the merger of an AmLaw 10 firm with a foreign firm, finding practice chairs for several AmLaw10 firms, and searches for groups of partners in at least ten different cities, including Los Angeles, New York, Shanghai, Dallas, and Chicago.

On June 21, the town of Medicine Hat also declared a state of emergency and braced for flooding; followed by the City of Red Deer, as well as a dozen other communities, including several First Nation communities.

Olde Town Arvada is the cultural and economic enter of the city with dozens of venues for dining and entertainment plus several art galleries, craft shops and the locally famous Festival Playhouse.

Last month, global corporate housing provider BridgeStreet Worldwide began offering its clients detailed interactive maps of several dozen cities where it manages executive housing units.