Sentences with phrase «told by borough»
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Always proud of her ties to Queens, Ferraro introduced the borough to the rest of the country in her 1984 convention speech, telling how schoolchildren pass by subway stops on their way to school, residents hang flags on Grand Avenue on the Fourth of July and small businesses «take pride in supporting their families through hard work and initiative.»
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Bronx Assemblyman Ruben Diaz, Jr., a candidate for Bronx borough president in 2009, told talk show host Gary Axelbank on Monday night that he and his colleagues were «misled» by the city when they voted to allow the city to dig a giant hole in Van Cortlandt Park for a water filtration plant.
The Home Office's attitude to immigration has noticeably hardened recently, with tweets of immigration raids, spot checks by UK Border Agency staff and a mobile van telling illegal immigrants in certain boroughs of London to «go home».
A source close to Mr. Garodnick was more cautious, telling Politicker, «Councilmembers supporting Dan are excited by the broadening of his five - borough coalition.»
I worked closely with him for years, I know what a great prosecutor he was in the legendary [Manhattan] District Attorney [Robert] Morgenthau's office, and I know his love for the law, and he would be, by far he would be a great asset to the borough and its crime fighting initiatives,» City Councilman Vincent Ignizio told the Observer today.
A report released by four of the five borough presidents (all but Staten Island James Molinaro), Pubic Advocate Bill de Blasio and parent leaders, tells some of the sad history of the councils under this administration, focusing to a large extent on the repeatedly botched election for members in 2011.
In their statement issued last night, the two said they plan to hold town - hall style meetings in all five boroughs where others stopped by police can tell their stories.
And sources in the senate tell the Voice that the bill has been quietly opposed by district attorneys in the five boroughs as well, though apparently not publicly.