Sentences with phrase «than a dozen cities»

Barbara Corcoran took an interest and six years later, Cousins Maine Lobster has become a national lobster franchise with 20 trucks in more than a dozen cities and some brick - and - mortar restaurants as well.

Renovations on more than a dozen city schools will be completed largely by minorities, women and Syracuse city residents, according to the terms of a new labor agreement.

When Mayor Bill de Blasio and Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito make their first lobbying trip to Albany on Monday, they'll be joined by more than a dozen City Council members, including some who previously opposed the new speaker, according to a list obtained from a Council source.

«This is a great honor for me to be the people's choice for New York State comptroller,» he said, standing next to Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and flanked by more than a dozen city and state officials and his 86 - year - old dad.

In more than a dozen cities, charter schools educate 30 % of or more of all public school students, and are creating a ripple effect uplifting entire education systems, and seating supportive education leaders who helped create alternative opportunities in positions of authority at local and state levels.

This annual dog walk and festival, which began as a local Best Friends fundraiser in Salt Lake City in 1996, now takes place in more than a dozen cities around the country, raising much - needed funds for hundreds of Best Friends Network partner groups.

These so - called B.R.T. systems are being constructed in more than a dozen cities and, when done well, draw passengers out of their cars and off of polluting minibuses, reducing emissions by over 50 per cent in cities like Bogota.

Building on the first - ever U.S. - China Electric Vehicle Forum in September 2009, the initiative will include joint standards development, demonstration projects in more than a dozen cities, technical road - mapping and public education projects.

Across the nation, more than a dozen cities are become officially tiny - home friendly and 50 - plus communities of tiny homes have cropped up — everything from intimate backyard co-ops and tiny house / RV parks to upcoming full - on urban developments.

And more than a dozen cities, towns and counties, under new pressure, have cut off financing for a program that offers expertise on how to measure and cut carbon emissions.

Those initiative will «include joint standards development, demonstration projects in more than a dozen cities, technical roadmapping and public education projects.»

In January, ExxonMobil filed a legal petition seeking to depose more than a dozen city and county...

The Initiative will link more than a dozen cities with electric vehicle demonstration programs in both countries.

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Flombaum and Enbar, who self - funded the operation up to this point and who say tuition alone can keep the school easily afloat, say they want to work first on perfecting the methods their more than a dozen instructors employ before expanding to other cities or to online courses.

The e-commerce giant will provide items such as winter clothing, toys and household essentials to be sent to more than a dozen hyperlocal nonprofits located near Amazon fulfillment centers in cities ranging from Boston to Chicago and Sacramento, California.

More than two dozen people were reported killed and even more wounded after explosions ripped through Brussels airport and metro stations across the city Tuesday morning.

JBG Smith owns two dozen Crystal City office buildings — many of which are vacant and older — totaling more than 7 million square feet, according to The Real Deal.

News release: World Trade Centre Vancouver signs global agreement on agricultural cooperation with more than three dozen world cities

For a decade it has been seeking to develop half a dozen new «economic cities»; most have grown much more slowly than hoped, and Riyadh complained last year that some faced «challenges that threaten their viability».

The City of Seattle has been averaging fewer than 750 new townhome units per year sold across dozens of neighborhoods, scores of developments and throughout the entire cCity of Seattle has been averaging fewer than 750 new townhome units per year sold across dozens of neighborhoods, scores of developments and throughout the entire citycity.

This Friday December 29th at 6:00 PM members of more than two dozen New York City and other community groups who are seriously concerned about the situation in Puerto Rico, now that more than 100 days have passed since the devastation that hurricane Maria brought to the island, will converge on the south side of Union Square to have their voices heard.

(WWM) Less than a week after Niger's president marched alongside dozens of world leaders in Paris following the Charlie Hebdo shooting, Muslim protests in Niger have claimed the lives of 10 people and destroyed more than 70 Christian churches in the desert nation's two largest cities.

Flight of the Conchords — aka Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement — have announced that they are embarking on a reunion tour this summer, hitting more than two dozen cities across the country.

The city has promised that all of the more than two dozen homes on the initial list will be torn down by the beginning of 2011.

By the time the riots ended in Watts — and Detroit, and Newark, and dozens of other cities — Americans understood that race was a much bigger problem than they had ever thought before.

Although most south Indians eat their curries with rice, and northerners use more than two dozen varieties of flat breads, there is hardly a big city in India where varieties of unleavened breads are not eaten.

On a recent visit to a local market in London, Ontario, a city of about 350,000 people, Mike Kerslake found only a few kinds of fresh chile peppers but more than a dozen varieties of dried peppers.

With more than a dozen artisanal coffee roasters, close to 20 brew pubs and a restaurant scene that embraces experimentation and clever reuse of the city's existing architecture, Salt Lake has secured its place as one of the gastronomic stars of the West.

In Durham, North Carolina, the city's Meatless Monday campaign has garnered more than 1,372 personal pledges and the participation of dozens of restaurants, including unlikely eateries like The Pig and Dame's Chicken and Waffles.

With the college football playoff incoming, more than a half - dozen cities are looking to host the title game in 2016 and 2017.

I don't think we beat City nor that it will be a particularly entertaining game; I see City with 70 % possession (because we can't press in midfield and can't hold the ball when we win it) and I see Guardiola being very conscious of our counter-attack capabilities, we'll have less than a half dozen shots on target.

Chicago Public Schools Inspector General James Sullivan recently found more than a dozen instances of falsified lunch applications among city and school employees at one West Side high school.

Referendum proposals seeking property tax increases to bolster sagging school, library, municipal and park district budgets will be on the Nov. 4 ballot in more than two dozen towns, villages and cities throughout Will and southern Cook Counties.

Visit more than three dozen cultural attractions along CTA Culture Bus routes of the city «s North, South and West Sides.

It was another miserable morning on New York City's subway after delays snarled more than a dozen lines today, with an antiquated signal system blamed for many of the problems.

The newly elected NYC Council speaker, Corey Johnson, accused New York City police officers and federal law enforcement agents of acting violently during the protest at which the two council members and more than a dozen other demonstrators were arrested.

More than a dozen state and city lawmakers on Friday signed on to a letter aimed Bloomingdale's chairman and CEO Tony Spring urging a fair contract to 2,000 unionized retail workers.

As NYPD commissioner, Kelly created an anti-terrorism operation that has been credited with stopping more than a dozen terrorist plots or attacks against New York City, while also helping to drive down street crime.

They were joined by more than a dozen Democratic City Council members on the steps of City Hall in railing against the mayor's support for what amounts to a promotion of Cassano, 28, the son of former Fire Commissioner Sal Cassano.

Basile has owned his own business for more than a dozen years, is a published author, has taught at Fordham University, and was also managing director of a New York City - based public relations firm.

More than two dozen residents are seeking permission to sue the City of Newburgh over PFOS drinking water contamination.

Following a month of abundant citywide community activism and outreach, City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio has submitted to City Hall more than 10,600 parent petition signatures, dozens of video and audio testimonies and nearly 20 resolutions from Community Education Councils, Community Boards and the Schools Chancellor's Parent Advisory Council, all protesting teacher and day care cuts.

More than a dozen new vendors joined the famed venue — including a 14 - year - old Battery Park City kid selling his homemade banana bread.

Now, more than a dozen schools throughout Brooklyn are participating in the «Meatless Mondays» pilot program across the city, starting in the spring 2018 semester.

On June 28, 1969, New York City police officers arrested more than a dozen patrons inside the popular Christopher Street bar, which officials said was operating without a liquor license.

Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito declared today that an initiative launched last year to guarantee legal representation to all of the undocumented immigrant children inundating the city has been a success — and has already obtained asylum for more than a dozen youth lacking proper paperwork.

City lawmakers voted late Monday night to join more than two - dozen other New York communities in opposing a controversial oil pipeline linking the Port of Albany to northern New Jersey.

There are more than a dozen human relations commissions in the state, including in Syracuse and Onondaga County and the city of Auburn.

Louis has moderated more than two dozen debates between candidates for mayor, public advocate, city and state comptroller, state Attorney General and U.S. Senate.

City Councilman Robert Jackson, a Democrat challenging state Sen. Adriano Espaillat in a primary next month, received the endorsements on Monday of more than a dozen district leaders in upper Manhattan.