Sentences with phrase «year of protests»

The juvenile jail closed in 2011 following years of protests from advocates pushing for criminal justice reform.

The surprising move comes after years of protests from animal welfare advocates who objected to harsh living conditions imposed on the animals by the circus.

The recommendation follows years of protests by environmental groups who say the mushrooming of biosafety level 3 and BSL - 4 facilities across the United States since 2001 poses a public health risk.

Marshall said she and other advocates have learned through the fracking fight — where years of protests eventually led Cuomo to ban the natural gas drilling process — that applying political pressure can work.

Marshall says she and other advocates have learned, through the fracking fight, where years of protests eventually led Cuomo to ban the natural gas drilling process, that applying political pressure can work.

Julia Walsh, who's led the group Frack Action through years of protests, hearing testimony, and other actions, helped deliver a thank you petition to Governor Cuomo the day the fracking ban was formalized.

The proposed rezoning of Jerome Avenue to permit housing development has sparked years of protests over the displacement of automobile - related businesses and other niche businesses along the Jerome Avenue corridor beneath the IRT # 4 subway el.

Philadelphia's SugarHouse Casino opened its doors in September 2010 after years of protests from community members who feared that the casino would lead to an increase in neighborhood crime.

«In southern Negros, the operation of Maricalum Mining Company (MMC) has brought untold sufferings for farmers and years of protest remains unheard by DENR officials.

The NFL helped him, framing protests about institutional injustice as a «unity» exercise, all to avoid speaking about how the Kaepernick effect had led to a second year of protest and dissent.

After a contentious year of protests by competing restaurant owners, Santangelos, Tinley Park's swank, upscale eatery, whose landlord is the village's Park District, has closed - for now.

JERSEY CITY — Tens of thousands of workers at the New York region's three major airports are poised to receive phased - in raises to $ 19 per hour in coming years, the highest minimum wage in the nation and the culmination of years of protests by employees who said they had to scrap every day just to get by.

Mills founded the Greyhound Rescue League as a dog adoption agency after years of protesting kennel conditions at the state's greyhound racing tracks.

This comes following years of protest.

Julia Walsh, who's led the group Frack Action through years of protests, hearing testimony, and other actions, helped deliver a thank you petition to Gov. Andrew Cuomo the day the fracking ban was formalized.

Cuomo has decided to keep the Western New York Children's Psychiatric Center in West Seneca, administration officials said — a decision that ends five years of protests, demonstrations and pleading by families, former patients, staff and elected officials.

«This is the year of the protest.

After years of protests and rallies, a compromised bill and some eleventh - hour tension on the Council floor, the intensely debated Right to Know Act has been approved by the City Council in its very last day of session.

The decision ends five years of protests, demonstrations and pleading by families, former patients, staff and elected officials to keep the highly regarded center on the campus known for its sprawling lawns and wooded areas.

It was the state's response to a year of protests and discussion after the death of Eric Garner, and a grand jury's decision not to indict the NYPD officers shown on video choking him to death.

LICH was closed despite two years of protest, and pleas from advocates that Cuomo use state funds to keep it open.

The decision ends five years of protests, demonstrations and pleading by families, former patients, staff and elected officials to keep the highly regarded center on the campus known for its sprawling lawns and wood...

The New Pact for Research in France - What's in it for Young Scientists 14 October 2005 The French government has unveiled its Pact for Research, a new draft bill intended to give French research a new impetus, after nearly 2 years of protests and consultations with the scientific community.

The French government has unveiled its Pact for Research, a new draft bill intended to give French research a new impetus, after nearly 2 years of protests and consultations with the scientific community.

Told with an honest tone and little noticeable bias his story sums up years of protest and war.

After over a year of protest, the Operation Rainfall movement finally managed to get Xenoblade Chronicles along with Pandora's Tower and The Last Story brought to the United States (They even got the brilliant British dub too).

Much of the kind of artmaking that was overshadowed during the years of protest has the opportunity to blossom again during Nonstop Cooper's brief life, while FCU turns its attention to the search for a new permanent president of Cooper.

The announcement follows a year of protest, including 11 students barricading themselves for a week in Cooper Union's Foundation Building.

The Stuckists gained significant media coverage for eight years of protests (2000 — 2006 and 2008) outside Tate Britain against the Turner Prize, sometimes dressed as clowns.