core city

Example Sentences

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Maybe it’s the pandemic, and core city services like this will automatically improve when it ends.

From Seattle Times

Under the new proposal, a metro area would have to have at least 100,000 people in its core city to count as an MSA, double the 50,000-person threshold that has been in place for the past 70 years.

From Seattle Times

So far, council members are looking to put much of the money toward nuts-and-bolts city services: street resurfacing, graffiti removal, alley cleanups and many other core city programs.

From Los Angeles Times

“We cannot keep cutting core city services while growing the department that is the largest segment of the budget.”

From Los Angeles Times

After winning a commanding re-election in 2017, Mayor Bill de Blasio was effusive in praising a key member of his core City Hall team: Kevin O’Brien, his acting chief of staff.

From New York Times