Sentences with phrase «working class resident»

This supernatural thriller from David Koepp concerns Tom Witzky - a typical working class resident of Chicago just trying to live a decent life with his wife and young son.

Community activist Miguel Estrella, who is running to unseat Rodriguez, blasted the councilman for forgetting the needs of working class residents after being elected and said Rodriguez has «done nothing» to improve the district.

The court found that working class residents shared a common language, lived in similar types of housing, used the same subway lines and health clinics, and got their news from Chinese - language media.

Residents made clear that the existing Key Food — known for wide aisles, parking and lower prices compared to new stores such as Whole Foods — is an essential part of the daily routines of thousands of locals, from longtime working class residents to newer, wealthier arrivals.

Originally, the structure was built for the greater hygiene of the largely working class residents of the neighbourhood, many of whom had no baths in their homes.

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One of the primary concerns was that low - skilled refugees would depress wages and employment for Miami's working - class residents.

Ever - increasing land values forced working - class residents to move farther from their jobs or to abandon the Keys completely.

The prosperous postwar economy fostered the exodus of an upwardly mobile working class from the city in search of the more genuinely American housing to be found in the suburbs, and at the same time, the entry - level skilled and semiskilled manufacturing jobs once held by project residents disappeared from the urban core.

The primary residents of these communities were middle class families where Mom stayed home and Dad commuted to work.

From what he could see, the parents taking their seats in the auditorium were the ones he had hoped to attract: typical Harlem residents, mostly African American, some Hispanic, almost all poor or working class, all struggling to one degree or another with the challenges of raising and educating children in one of New York City's most impoverished neighborhoods.

Fred Featherstone, a 26 - year resident who was on the citizens committee, said the group wanted the center to have broad appeal, a place where mothers could work out while their children were in class.

«Dell is a lifelong Brooklyn resident who has dedicated his career to fighting for working and middle class New Yorkers.

Our working - and middle - class residents can not afford to lose these benefits come tax time.»

You can see the negative effects of gentrification in traditionally working class areas of London such as Hackney, where the demolition of estates to make way for new private housing complexes has led to some local residents on low incomes being relocated by the council to other parts of the country, away from their families and support networks.

Blair, the leader of the «modernising» faction (Blairites), argued that the long - term trends had to be reversed, arguing that the party was too locked into a base that was shrinking, since it was based on the working - class, on trade unions, and on residents of subsidised council housing.

The group's members — ranging from the NAACP to developer heavyweights including the Durst Organization, RXR Realty and Related Companies — filed a lawsuit in state Supreme Court claiming NYC's property tax system is racially biased and tipped in favor of affluent homeowners at the expense of working - and middle - class residents.

To de Blasio, the BQX is not only a project to propel low - income and working - class residents forward as their waterfront neighborhoods continue to develop, but an investment in the future of the city.

Law students working with Yale's legal services organization plan to file a class - action lawsuit in Federal District Court today against Gov. Dannel Malloy of Connecticut and the state's acting and former health commissioners on behalf of residents affected by Connecticut's Ebola quarantine policies, including two who were Yale graduate students.

«I was encouraged when you approached me after the hearing and said that if we can find a collaborative path forward, you would help champion Airbnb's efforts to support working and middle - class residents across the five boroughs,» Lehane stated in his letter.

One wonders where in the pecking order this leaves the non-white working - class residents of Grenfell Tower, for example.

Miner said she changed her mind after Katko voted for a Republican overhaul of the tax code that she fears will disproportionately harm working poor and middle - class residents of Syracuse and Central New York.

Gallo, who helped draft nuisance abatement legislation in his role as city assistant corporation counsel, hammered on themes like building code enforcement and holding social service agencies responsible for their clients» behavior in a bid to appeal to working - class residents of Midtown, where quality - of - life crime and neighborhood eyesores are irksome and perennial issues.

Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins declared Gov. Andrew Cuomo's deal with the Working Families Party a «quid pro Cuomo» that will help the state's wealthiest residents at the expense of the middle class and poor.

For too long the 10th district has been represented by someone who cares only about the wealthy while ignoring the issues impacting working - class residents.

Instead, Cuomo worked out a deal with the Senate Republicans that continued only a modified version of the millionaire's tax on the state's wealthiest residents and gave middle - class New Yorkers a tax cut.

For too long the 10th district has been represented by someone who cares only about the wealthy elite while ignoring the issues impacting working - class residents.

«At a time when Queens residents feel like they are being squeezed out of the middle class, we need a person with great integrity who will put the needs of working New Yorkers first,» Mr. Flake said in a statement to the Observer.

NYT:»... the election followed a fierce, if brief, campaign in which a debate over same - sex marriage, which Mr. Peralta favors and Mr. Monserrate opposes, often overshadowed discussions on issues that are vital to many of the largely Hispanic district's working - class and immigrant residents, like affordable health care and school overcrowding.

The program was developed as a result of my yoga training, my research and experience with program planning, my discussions with experts, and perhaps most importantly, my personal experience working with residents living in a memory care home for the past three years teaching twelve classes per week.

The show is fast - paced and sexy, but perhaps its secret weapon is the authenticity of Tony's character as a young Latino resident of the working class, largely Mexican American Boyle Heights area of Los Angeles.

At a time when squatter neighborhoods were regarded as the biggest obstacle before urban development by the urban elite in Turkey, and residents of squatter houses and thus the urban working class were regarded as «backward» villagers, workers from both Hasköy and Güzeltepe earned respectability due to their working class identities.

In short, in the 1990s, in working class neighborhoods with leftist backgrounds, the cruising white Renault cars [used by plainclothes cops], disappearing people, unresolved assassinations, incidents like those at Gazi and 1 Mayıs neighborhoods in 1995 where shots were fired at residents resulting in deaths, led to a renewed blow on the rekindling hope for the future.

After the introductory camp, the four to five students in the summer program return home for a combination of classes and work, which includes staffing the Mobile Market, a brightly colored biodiesel truck that travels through West Oakland offering healthy, affordable food to residents.

Ensley was once a world leader in steel production, home to over 40,000 working - class residents, both black and white.

«Initial Accreditation is a testament to the dedication of our faculty and staff as well as the hundreds of Residents and program alumni across the nation who are working tirelessly to ensure that every child has the opportunity to receive a world - class education.»

On Thursday, November 16th, visitors will have the opportunity to observe resident artist Gabrielle Zane, currently working with three 4/5 classes focusing on a social studies unit, integrated with the performing arts and writing from the Native American perspective.

With Teacher Residents working in classrooms across the city, each class needs a variety of supplies and materials to aid student...

With Teacher Residents working in classrooms across the city, each class needs a variety of supplies and materials to aid student achievement.

E. 14th CONGRESS OF NEIGHBORHOODS Sept. 30, 2017, starts at 9:30 a.m., Ascend School, 3709 E. 12th Street, Oakland 94601 OCO is helping plan for what's expected to be a large gathering this fall of working - class Black, Brown and Asian residents of East Oakland.

We acknowledge the inequality that most residents of New Orleans have endured, and are working to right deep class and race divisions in our city through improving public education.

Castells (1983) research on the Castro district, a gay neighborhood in San Francisco, argues that queer residents began a gentrification process as they moved into the neighborhood, thereby displacing working - class residents of the district.

In NTR classes, using curriculum licensed from the Match Teacher Residency, residents learn why and how these strategies work.

Although Brookline is best known as the home of wealthy and upper - middle - class residents, it also has a long association with working - class Irish families and, more recently, with Asian families and with other immigrant groups drawn to the town for the high quality of its public schools.

Isaac's vibrant, working - class, Jewish neighborhood lies near the African slums; under cover of night, the slums are razed, the residents forced off to townships.

Clinical faculty, residents, DVM interns, and veterinary technologists work together to teach DVM and vet tech students, provide world class care to animal patients and conduct research that is leading the veterinary world.

From permanent residents, including retirees and working professionals, to long term renters like students and SCUBA divers on extended tours of the world class diving in Belize, to weekly and weekend renters on vacation, all residents can enjoy safety and security while living in Belize with modern North American building standards in their homes.

Within this workshop Emmanuella, one of our resident experts in photography and videography, will present ways to document classes to help make visible the working process of students and their artistic development as it unfolds over time.

after 11p St Leroy II and Ali Coyote after 12a Oxnylia after 1 am and more all night Open Studios with Maggie Knox Jon Davis / 55BelleChase Bhakti Baxter Michael Vasquez Federico Cattaneo Ernesto Kunde Nina Surel Deft Union Inside Maggie Knox Candle Making workshop starting at 5 pm Open Studio and engagement with resident artist Rondell Crier (in partnership and support with Diaspora Vibe Cultural Arts Incubator, Inc, Adeline Edwards Foundation, Visual Art Network) Exhibition with works by Eurydice Kamvyselli, Deming King Harriman Art, Nicole Salcedo, Elizabeth Newberry, Francesca Lalanne, Magdalena Goudie and all the vibes with ABA Jewels «My Queen before you go tell my horse» a Performance by Jamilah Sabur, 9:30 pm (details below) Candle Vigil for all lost to the current violence of our time If you want a full experience with us take the 11 am boxing class at SolBox FC, 7101 North Miami Avenue (with shower) Please park in the back parking lot, entrance at 7101 North Miami Avenue, in the streets around or take a LYFT CODE FOR 5 FREE RIDES UP TO $ 10 EACH >> > SUPERFINERIDE Special thanks and love to Marlee's Green Tea, Miami Spaces, Gummdrops, Naomi's Garden, Gramps, Diaspora Vibe Cultural Arts Incubator (just to name a few) for their ongoing love and support and Thanks to Superfine - The Fairest Fair for their effort and support in bringing this evening to light.

A former Charlotte resident, Williams is heavily influenced by speculative science fiction (specifically, social science fiction and cosmic horror), hip - hop, and his rural working class upbringing in Red Springs, North Carolina.

He was resident on the Artist's Work Programme at the Irish Museum of Modern Art in 1996, where he painted and took public master classes in drawing.