Sentences with phrase «vulnerable populations of the city»

«It's about policies that hurt the marginalized and vulnerable populations of the City of New York.»

New skilled construction jobs, healthier indoor environments, storm resilience and lower ongoing operational costs, all serve to protect and serve the most vulnerable populations of our city.

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Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, who previously worked as a strategic organizer for 1199 SEIU, said that she knows the power of organizing and called Trump a «liar,» saying that the city is not going to normalize his agenda that targets vulnerable populations.

«Without requiring fingerprints, or other proper security checks, this will create a homeland security nightmare for law enforcement and the vulnerable civilian population of New York City and beyond.»

Mr. de Blasio has made supportive housing — which is affordable housing for vulnerable populations with services like healthcare, substance abuse, and mental health help on site for residents — a central component of his plan to tackle the city's ongoing homeless crisis, which has seen both the shelter and the street population on the rise.

The borough president will use the speech to discuss a wide variety of topics, including the need to protect the city's vulnerable populations — namely immigrants — from Trump and the ongoing development of the borough's waterfront, according to officials from Diaz's office.

Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer invoked the spirit of sanctuary cities, remarking that elected officials must stand up for vulnerable populations.

Mozambique is among the African countries most vulnerable to climate change, with over 1,550 miles of coastline, more than half of its population living along the ocean, and cities that function as the nation's economic hubs.

On the other hand, they say the city could grow even more resilient due to the ongoing efforts to reduce the urban heat island effect — for instance through programs to install reflective roofs and plant trees, as well as to protect vulnerable populations through heat warning systems and the availability of cooling centers.

«Our water sources have become more and more vulnerable because our population has grown and sprawled out of the city,» he says.

Hammer, who came to the United States from Guatemala as a child, «has studied how the cities and regions most vulnerable to the effects of climate change and sea - level rise also have large Hispanic populations — something she learned firsthand growing up in South Florida,» according to a White House statement.

Innovative urban design could create increased access to active transport.99 The compact geographical area found in cities presents opportunities to reduce energy use and emissions of heat - trapping gases and other air pollutants through active transit, improved building construction, provision of services, and infrastructure creation, such as bike paths and sidewalks.303, 318 Urban planning strategies designed to reduce the urban heat island effect, such as green / cool roofs, increased green space, parkland and urban canopy, could reduce indoor temperatures, improve indoor air quality, and could produce additional societal co-benefits by promoting social interaction and prioritizing vulnerable urban populations.311, 303

The Port Clinton City School District received an «A» on graduation rate and a «B» on progress, but a «D» on achievement and an «F» in «gap closing,» which tracks «how well schools are meeting the performance expectations for our most vulnerable populations of students in English language arts, math and graduation.»

The high school, which serves children from all of New York City's five boroughs, has a very distinct and vulnerable population of students.

But, despite this breadth of teaching models and outreach to the most vulnerable student populations, and despite the fact that we represent half of the charter schools in NYC, we remain an unknown story within the city at large because our schools do their work diligently and without much fanfare in their communities.

This reflects the perception of students as «money» — considering the amount of funding given for enrolling certain students compared to the actual amount of resources that need to be allocated toward their education — described by Jabbar, with offending schools unwilling to bear the responsibility of serving some of the city's most vulnerable student population (2015).

We're already well down that path and recall that most large cities have on - hand food stocks for only a few days at most, so that significant percentage of the population engaged in pursuits other than food production is more vulnerable than you seem to think.

Extreme heat is often worse in areas with high percentages of vulnerable populations, notes Timon McPhearson, an urban ecologist at the New School in New York City.

Innovative urban design could create increased access to active transport.99 The compact geographical area found in cities presents opportunities to reduce energy use and emissions of heat - trapping gases and other air pollutants through active transit, improved building construction, provision of services, and infrastructure creation, such as bike paths and sidewalks.303, 318 Urban planning strategies designed to reduce the urban heat island effect, such as green / cool roofs, increased green space, parkland and urban canopy, could reduce indoor temperatures, improve indoor air quality, and could produce additional societal co-benefits by promoting social interaction and prioritizing vulnerable urban populations.311, 303

Most of the region's population lives in cities, which are particularly vulnerable to climate change related flooding and life - threatening heat waves because of aging infrastructure and other factors.

Around the world, nearly half of the world's approximate 4,000 cities with populations of greater than 100,000 people sit on or near the coastline, at elevations below 220 feet, or near bodies of water that are vulnerable to sea level rise.

And «To adapt to climate change, the city needs to improve its emergency response system, upgrade its sewer and drainage systems and ensure that vulnerable populations are properly planned for, said Deborah Harford, a panel speaker and executive director of the SFU Climate Change Team.»

Its climate change adaptation plan proposes more public education on heat waves and their effects, and mapping «hot spots» in the city of populations most vulnerable to these illnesses.

If cities do not start acting now, many of the world's vulnerable cities and populations will endure significant impacts from heat waves, heavy downpours and coastal flooding due to sea level rise.