Sentences with phrase «abandoning a city with»

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In our May issue, we chronicled the unlikely rise of Youngstown, Ohio, a city long - since abandoned by the steel industry now trying to reinvent itself as a hub for technology entrepreneurs with the help of the Youngstown Business Incubator.

With an estimated 20 square miles of vacant land, Detroit's abandoned lots are roughly the size of Manhattan according to the Detroit Future City Report.

The Radcliffe Foundation partnered with the Greek ministry of migration to renovate an abandoned clothing factory north of the port city of Thessaloniki to house refugees.

Yeah, they've been resolved by stripping Baltimore City of essential tax revenues so that whole areas of the city are desolate or abandoned and we look like a third - world country, with a Gold Coast and exclusive subuCity of essential tax revenues so that whole areas of the city are desolate or abandoned and we look like a third - world country, with a Gold Coast and exclusive subucity are desolate or abandoned and we look like a third - world country, with a Gold Coast and exclusive suburbs.

Facing increasingly rocky relations with organized labor and criticism for engineering a sweeping state - funded bailout deal for the distressed capital city, Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin has abandoned his bid for governor.

Two weeks after the Ninth Circuit's decision, what had been done with abandon in San Francisco was done more carefully» and perhaps more seductively» in New York City.

New York (CNN)- One week after New York's Department of Education drew controversy with a request to ban 50 words and references from the city's standardized tests — including «dinosaur,» «birthday» and «religion» — the department announced Tuesday that it is abandoning the plan.

They looked for sweaty feet to wash and when terrible plagues hit and huge swathes of the population fled the cities, abandoning the sick, the Christians stayed behind, nursing the ill back to life, with some of the carers dying as a result.

Fearful that they could be forced, among other things, to extend employee benefits to same - sex married couples, church officials said they would have no choice but to abandon their contracts with the city.

This seems in fact to be the gist of his confession in A Sort of Life, where Greene contrasts his state of resolve at the time of his conversion with his condition more than 20 years later, at a point (which Sherry suggests remains characteristic of the present) when «continual failure or the circumstances of our private life finally make it impossible to make any promises at all and many of us abandon Confession and Communion to join the Foreign Legion of the Church and fight for a city of which we are no longer full citizens.»

The high spirits of the typical English fan are epitomized in Liverpool, that historic port where the people drink life to the lees, export insects and carouse and joke with an abandon that flies in the face of the grim chimney - pot realities of the smoky city.

Former Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini is lining up an audacious raid on his former club to seek the signing of world class box - to - box midfielder Yaya Toure, report the Mirror, with Inter Milan believing that the Ivory Coast international is willing to accept a 50 % wage cut to abandon the Etihad Stadium in favour of a surprise move to the San Siro.

The saint, being abandoned by his friends, doesn't know how he will get home since he lives outside of the city and came to the game and post-game celebrations with his friends.

It seemed every window in the city was decorated with Roma flags; the team were allocated a rutted, untended pitch for training that was so dangerous they abandoned practice.

This point is why I think Man City are a bigger threat than Chelsea — City attack with abandon and won't draw many games as a result.

Fed up with the city «s broken promise to remove abandoned cars from a lakefront parking lot, the president of the Chicago Park District board wants to withdraw an offer to the city to use the lot for holding cars towed under winter parking restrictions now in effect.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio recently enlisted ultra-Orthodox Jewish leaders in Sen. David Carlucci's district in the effort to get the Hudson Valley lawmaker to abandon the IDC and re-join the regular Democratic conference, a source familiar with the mayor's actions confirmed.

* He might have succeeded in merging the City of Buffalo with Erie County had not former Mayor Anthony M. Masiello abandoned a top - level commission studying the proposal.

Massock was driven outside of the city of Douala and abandoned; he sought refuge in the personal residence of an Archbishop and was later charged with public incitement and fined 50,000 CFA.

«This measure provides cities and towns with the opportunity take long - abandoned or vacant properties and transform them into something that neighborhoods, families and businesses can benefit from.

As Councilman Ellis pushed plans and initiatives to deal with abandoned buildings, address lack of diversity in the fire department, and create public access TV, and introduced a measure requiring city department heads to live in the city.

Given this lack of interest, and assuming elected officials reflect their constituents, is it any wonder that their predecessors in the late 1960s and early 1970s were able to abandon the old city hall for more than 25 years with virtual impunity?

With many Upstate municipalities suffering from an overabundance in vacant and abandoned properties due to population losses, land banks will give cities and counties a new tool to rebuild communities and foster local economic development.

Cuomo, with Senate IDC Leader Jeff Klein in tow, last week visited three cities to tout the signing of a bill to hold banks responsible for the upkeep of abandoned properties.

- Administering the New York State and Local Retirement System for public employees, with more than one million members, retirees and beneficiaries and more than 3,000 employers; - Acting as sole trustee of the $ 129 billion Common Retirement Fund, one of the largest institutional investors in the world; - Maintaining the State's accounting system and administering the State's $ 12.6 billion payroll; - Issuing reports on State finances; - Managing the State's assets and issuing debt; - Reviewing State contracts and payments before they are issued; - Conducting audits of State agencies and public benefit corporations; - Overseeing the fiscal affairs of local governments, including New York City; - Overseeing the Justice Court Fund and the Oil Spill Fund Acting as custodian of more than $ 9 billion in abandoned property and restoring unclaimed funds to their rightful owners;

At noon, Sen. Tony Avella will hold a joint press conference with The Humane Society of the United States, fellow elected officials, a representative from the Jane Goodall Institute and others to urge the New York Blood Center to keep its promise to provide lifetime care to a colony of chimpanzees exploited by the center for decades of research and then abandoned, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

A plan to turn the city of Rochester's abandoned subway into a public promenade and luxury housing moved forward on Thursday with a vote by the city Council.

At 4 p.m., Sen. ony Avella will stand with neighbors of a long abandoned home to call on the city address the hazardous disrepair of this property, but also reform the system that has so far failed to address the scourge of abandoned homes in general, 50 - 19 175th Pl., Flushing, Queens.

The city has struck a deal with a developer to resurrect a handful of decaying landmarked buildings on a property abandoned nearly four decades ago.

Assemblyman John McDonald, a former mayor of Cohoes, spoke in support of the AG's efforts, saying his city has struggled with maintaining and keeping track of abandoned buildings.

From Mark Stein of the Staten Island Advance: The city has struck a deal with a developer to resurrect a handful of decaying landmarked buildings on a property abandoned nearly four decades ago.

In response, hundreds took to the streets on Thurs., Apr. 13th in what organizers labeled «Seder in the Streets,» to call for New York to abandon the «broken windows» policy; to more closely adhere to the values of a «sanctuary city»; and to resist cooperation with federal authorities.

The audit said that the city's Department of Housing Preservation and Development often delays or abandons development schedules for turning over the properties, and that «even when H.P.D. moved forward with planned development, it did not meet its stated timelines for nearly half of its projects.»

«I'm pleased to share the Land Bank's success with the Councilors and continue to discuss operational improvements,» Wright said, «The Land Bank is providing a valuable public service at a scale previously not attempted in Syracuse — maintaining abandoned properties more cost effectively than the City has been able to and returning them to productive use at a faster rate than was previously possible.

Cuomo, with state Senate Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeffrey Klein in tow, last week visited three cities to tout the signing of a bill to hold banks responsible for the upkeep of abandoned properties.

The City can afford to provide this financial support since they benefit financially from the Land Bank's work in several ways: 1) Partnership with the Land Bank is enabling the City to collect previously uncollectable delinquent property taxes, 2) Previously tax - delinquent properties sold by the Land Bank and returned to the rolls are now paying taxes on - time, 3) prior to foreclosure it is the City's responsibility to maintain abandoned properties (mowing lawns, boarding windows, etc.) and once they foreclose this burden is shifted to the Land Bank.

The MTA, which holds a long - term lease on the abandoned trolley terminal beneath Delancey Street, is ready to start meeting with city officials to discuss transferring the site so that an innovative park can be built there, according to elected officials and the project's founders.

Gov. Cuomo, with Senate Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeffrey Klein in tow, last week visited three cities to tout the signing of a bill to hold banks responsible for the upkeep of abandoned properties.

Driving into the town, it was easy to observe that the city wasn't bubbling as most roads were deserted, exotic mansions abandoned and fine hotels had low patronage even with their generous discounts on accommodation.

Carrion, who took a pass on a run for mayor back in 2009, dropping down to the comptroller's race and then abandoning the city altogether for a job with the Obama administration, returned to the private sector last January.

The Zombie Remediation and Prevention grants allow cities and towns across the state to maximize the impact of the law and to partner with the state in addressing the blight of abandoned properties.

Mayor Kathy Sheehan, who cited the issue of vacant and abandoned buildings during her campaign, says it became apparent that other questionable structures scattered throughout the city had to be dealt with immediately.

A widely criticized Department of Education plan that would have forced schools to fund after - hours activities out of their own budgets was abandoned after the UFT and its New York City Coaches Association joined with parents, community groups and the principals» union in blasting the idea.

NEW YORK, NY — Senators Jeff Klein (D - Bronx Westchester) and Diane Savino (D - SI / Brooklyn), stood with victims and housing advocates today to unveil «The Great American Bank Robbery,» a distressing report detailing the multi-million dollar price tag abandoned and vacant properties cost communities throughout New York City.

In a press release on April 11, Schneiderman announced that $ 20 million of funds from settlements with Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley would be used «to provide local governments with innovative technology to address and transform problem properties — including homes and buildings that are blighted, poorly maintained, vacant, abandoned, and in financial distress — that fell into disrepair following the foreclosure crisis,» as part of a program called Cities for Responsible Investment and Strategic Enforcement, or Cities RISE.

The land bank will acquire abandoned properties with the goal of returning them to the city's tax rolls.

As such, CMRR President Ernie Hunt offered only passing praise on county executive Hein's announcement that the county had signed an agreement with New York City to tear up some 11 miles of abandoned tracks through the Ashokan Reservoir.

A large portion of Philadelphia's citizens, along with members of Congress, President Washington, and his Cabinet, all abandoned the city.

The proposed «Lowline» in New York City would transform an abandoned belowground trolley depot into a recreational public space complete with lush flora

When I photographed them the first time they were not like city teenagers, with completely different moral values and a fairy tale world inside: they went hunting and fishing, could use a joiner's chisel, playedwith ghosts at abandoned places, did not want to move to a city, loved nature.