Sentences with phrase «city action plan»

in geological engineering from the University of New Brunswick; board member of Al Gore's non-profit Climate Reality Project Canada; member of the City of Vancouver's Greenest City Action Plan advisory team; worked internationally in the energy sector

As part of its Greenest City Action Plan, the City of Vancouver seeks to eliminate dependency on fossil fuels and reduce carbon emissions by 80 per cent by 2050.

In 2011, drawing on the city's long history of taking positive climate action, the Mayor of Vancouver set up the Vancouver's Greenest City Action Plan (GCAP), a bold initiative that aims to make Vancouver the greenest city in the world by 2020.

The one day initiative fits with Vancouver's Greenest City Action Plan and with environmental goals laid out in the city's recently - released Food Strategy.

Not exact matches

Faced with worsening smog in large East Coast cities, the Asian giant has ordered thousands of factories and manufacturers, especially those that burn coal, to shut down in accordance with the government's four - year climate action plan.

The B.C. Liberal government should act now — in partnership with the City of Surrey, the RCMP, and the Fraser Health Authority — to create an action plan to support mental health in Surrey.

In fall 2013, the City of Vancouver faced a mental health crisis and called for intervention from the provincial government — the result was a mental health action plan for Vancouver.

Let me lust list some areas that will require government action and planning: rejuvenating the centers of big cities, providing mass transportation systems, controlling pollution, maintaining open spaces and recreational areas, taking care of future energy needs, making health care available to all.

On the other hand it could just be seen as one of those things and that in reality the reason why Arsenal are currently sitting 11 points off the surprise leaders Leicester City is because we have not been good enough or have shot ourselves in the foot too often, while some will point to the lack of transfer action from the boss as a glaring flaw in his master plan.

Too early to judge — With never being given a sniff of action during his time at money - bags City and playing a back - up role to Didier Drogba at Chelsea, it's too early to judge whether Sturridge's form is merely a Carlton Cole-esque flash in the plan or if the striker has the makings of a consistent England performer.

This is the second attempt from Albany to get the city to pony up funds for the action plan, which was first unveiled by MTA chairman Joe Lhota this summer.

He kept saying he wanted this money for the subway action plan; he's got it now,» de Blasio said during NY1's «Inside City Hall.

Just days after the de Blasio administration agreed to fork out funds for half of the MTA's $ 836 million emergency action plan, the state is now blaming the city for not doing it sooner.

A week after Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the city's Vision Zero safety campaign, Ameri met one - on - one with local advocates and laid out a plan of action that included speeding enforcement and failure - to - yield sting operations, McClure said.

«These brilliantly simple tools have already helped us remove almost 600 pounds of delay - causing steel dust and we look forward to removing a significant amount more thanks to the now fully0funded Subway Action Plan,» said New York City Transit President Andy Byford.

While he doesn't outright dismiss De Blasio's idea, Cuomo does note that to ensure that repairs happen now, the city should pony up half of the funding for the action plan.

On Thursday, Governor Andrew Cuomo celebrated achieving the full funding goal for the emergency action plan to fix the subway, but also used that moment to criticize the city, saying repairs would have gone a lot faster if the city had contributed sooner, the Wall Street Journal reports.

A new bill, sponsored by state Sen. Jeff Klein, is Albany's second attempt to make New York City pay for half of the MTA's Subway Action Plan.

Despite the city and state's past skirmishes over funding the NYC subway, the de Blasio administration has agreed to contribute $ 418 million towards the subway's $ 836 million emergency action plan, the New York Post reports.

«By the way, the city absolutely should pay it's fair share of the Subway Action Plan.»

Now fully funded through a state budget provision that forced New York City to provide half of the required funding, the Subway Action Plan is intended to address some of the myriad problems facing the subway system.

He complained that Cuomo forced the city to kick in $ 418 million toward the MTA's «subway action plan» to address system failures stemming from the state's neglect.

Nixon, who has never run for elected office, did agree with de Blasio that the city shouldn't fund half of the MTA's $ 800 million Subway Action Plan, which aims to bring short - term service improvements to the system.

The MTA is doubling down on its statements made back in September that the agency would have to scale back on its $ 836 million emergency response action plan, if the city isn't willing to pay for half.

Governor Cuomo says the city will also be required to pay for half of the $ 800 million emergency action plan for the subway.

Next month, MTA chief Joe Lhota will reveal details of his $ 836 million action plan to fix the subway, but that rescue plan may not be all that effective if the MTA isn't able to secure any money from the city, the New York Daily News reports.

Mayor Bill de Blasio and City Council Speaker Corey Johnson are calling on the MTA to be more transparent about the progress it has made in regards to the subway action plan.

Also at 6 p.m., Transportation Alternatives hosts and «L - Train Shutdown Candidate Forum,» for NYC Council candidates in districts 1, 2, 3 and 4 to discuss «street design innovations and action plans they will fight for if elected to represent affected neighborhoods,» with Gothamist City Editor Christopher Robbins moderating, The New School, 66 West 12th St., Manhattan.

Amalgamated Transit Union, ATU Local 726, ATU Local 1056, ATU Local 1179 ATU Local 1181 - 1061, American Council of Engineering Companies of New York Asian Americans for Equality, Center for Working Families, Citizens Committee for NYC, Common Cause / NY, Construction Industry Council, CUNY Institute for Urban Systems, DC 37, DC 37 Local 375B, DC37 Local 1655, Empire State Transportation Alliance, Environmental Defense Fund, General Contractors Association of New York, League of Women Voters of the City of NY, League of Women Voters of New York State, Long Island Contractors» Association, Inc. (LICA), MTA Coalition of Unions, National Conference of Firemen and Oilers, New York Building Congress, NY League of Conservation Voters, NYPIRG Straphangers Campaign, NYS Council of Machinists, NY State Legislative Conference Board, NYS Transportation Equity Alliance, PCAC to MTA, Pratt Center for Community Development, Regional Plan Association, Reinvent Albany, Teamsters Local 808, Transit Riders Action Committee, Transportation Alternatives, TWU Local 100, TWU Local 252, TWU Local2001, TWU Local 2054, Transport Workers International Union of America, Tri-State Transportation Campaign, UPROSE, We Act for Environmental Justice, Women's City Club.

Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito offered a curt retort today to two Staten Island Republicans preparing legal action against the city over its plan to flush municipal identification records and to shield undocumented immigrants from President - elect Donald Trump: «go ahead and sue us.»

De Blasio, who just yesterday refused to adjust his spending plans to allow for hostile action from Washington, noted that the precise language of the coming executive orders is still unknown — but vowed to fight any efforts to uproot the city's five million residents lacking legal status.

The campaign platform also includes a plan to establish a community hiring hall to help Syracuse residents obtain city and city - contractor jobs while simultaneously fulfilling affirmative action goals for minority hiring in city jobs.

In an address at the City University of New York today, Cuomo revealed what he's calling an «aggressive action plan» to fix Penn Station, as well as mitigate what he claims will be a ripple effect on the city's other transportation systems — namely, the subCity University of New York today, Cuomo revealed what he's calling an «aggressive action plan» to fix Penn Station, as well as mitigate what he claims will be a ripple effect on the city's other transportation systems — namely, the subcity's other transportation systems — namely, the subway.

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, and council members were among the housing advocates, families, and New York City tenants who planned to sleep outside of the Murray Hill office building in hopes of spurring action from the State Senate, Mr. Cuomo and the Assembly.

NYC Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito offered a curt retort to two Staten Island Republicans preparing legal action against the city over its plan to flush municipal identification records and to shield undocumented immigrants from Trump: «Go ahead and sue us.»

The move would require legislative action as would Cuomo's congestion pricing plan, which is aimed at alleviating traffic during peak times in New York City and boost revenue for the ailing subway system.

The competition will challenge counties, cities, towns and villages to develop innovative consolidation action plans yielding significant and permanent property tax reductions.

Following completion of the fiscal year 2019 state budget late last month, Mayor Bill de Blasio was forced into a decision whereby the city will pay half the $ 836 million MTA Subway Action Plan.

What passes for action in City Hall is a plan hatched by the Common Council to distribute informational pamphlets and lead testing kits to residents.

In less than a year we have implemented many of the action items in our health and human services plan, «Initiatives for a Strong Community,» as varied as bringing fresh foods and vegetables to inner city neighborhoods labeled «food deserts,» to completing a chronic neglect study and incorporating its findings into our child welfare response programs, to increasing participation in the SNAP program to reduce hunger.

City Unveils Aggressive and Holistic Plan to Stimulate Smart Growth and Improve Livability in Jamaica NEW YORK — Mayor Bill de Blasio, Queens Borough President Melinda Katz, and Deputy Mayor for Housing and Economic Development Alicia Glen today announced the launch of the Jamaica Now Action Plan, which outlines 21 strategic actions for the revitalization and growth of -LSB-...]

The Leadership Council will be led by community stakeholders, with the support of City Hall, and will meet no less than four times per year over the duration of the Action Plan.

On topic questions included whether the administration plans to increase low - income affordable housing production, what actions are required for the administration to count a unit of housing as «preserved», whether housing built with 421 (a) tax credits anywhere in the City should require affordable units, how the de Blasio administration counts housing underway at the end of the Bloomberg administration toward its goal, what was done in this housing complex to «preserve» these units, whether units counted as «preserved» are always on a 30 year agreement, the annual average of 20,000 units created or preserved as set forth in the mayor's ten year goal of 200,000 such units and how money was spent on the 17,000 units created or preserved in 2014.

In his «100 - day action plan to Make America Great Again,» Trump said he would «cancel all federal funding to sanctuary cities,» roll back President Barack Obama's executive actions shielding undocumented foreign nationals who arrived as children, deport what he claims are «more than two million criminal illegal immigrants from the country» and get eliminate of visas to foreign countries that will not take them back.

During nearly four hours of questioning at a state budget hearing on transportation spending, MTA Chairman Joseph Lhota assured Senate and Assembly members that an $ 836 million «subway action plan» launched last summer to fix the city's subway system is improving service, although he admitted there still is plenty of work still to do.

«What we need is to accelerate a just transition plan to ensure workers are prepared for jobs in the new green energy economy — not a dangerous deal that puts millions of people in the greater New York City metropolitan area and Western NY at risk,» said Manna Jo Greene, environmental action director for the Hudson River advocacy group Clearwater.

The Action Plan is the product of the Jamaica Planning Initiative, a neighborhood - based process launched by Borough President Katz and Mayor Bill de Blasio that has brought City government and local stakeholders together to develop ideas to promote Jamaica's development.

At noon Monday, a coalition of over 90 HIV / AIDS advocates will launch a statewide Week of Action on the steps of City Hall, calling upon Governor Cuomo to invest $ 70 million in a plan to end AIDS in the 2016 New York State budget.

«Whether it is business attraction and expansion, creating affordable housing, expanding our cultural footprint or enhancing Jamaica's livability, today's action plan presents a series of specific steps the City will take to unleash the potential for the betterment of all who live, work and visit the area.»

Additional participants in the Jamaica Now Planning Initiative include: 165th Street Business Improvement District, 180th Street Business Improvement District, Jamaica Center Business Improvement District and Sutphin Boulevard Business Improvement District, A Better Jamaica, A Better Way Family & Community Center, Addisleigh Park Civic Association, Alliance of South Asian American Laborers, America Works, Antioch Baptist Church, Brinkerhoff Action Associates, Inc., Center for Integration & Advancement for New Americans, Center for New York City Neighborhoods, Chhaya Community Development Corporation, Citizens Housing & Planning Council, Community Healthcare Network of New York City, Cultural Collaborative Jamaica, Damian Family Care Center, Edge School of the Art, Exploring the Metropolis, Farmers Boulevard Community Development Corporation, First Presbyterian Church in Jamaica, Fortune Society, Goodwill Industries of Greater New York & New Northern New Jersey, Greater Allen Development Corporation, Greater Triangular Civic Association, Indo Caribbean Alliance, Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning, Jamaica Hospital, Jamaica Muslim Center; Jamaica Performing Arts Center, Jamaica YMCA, King Manor, LaGuardia Community College Adult & Continuing Education, Mutual Housing Association of New York, Neighborhood Housing Services Jamaica, New York Alliance for Careers in Healthcare, Queens College, Queens Council on the Arts, Queens Economic Development Corporation, Queens Hospital, Queens Legal Services, Queens Library; Queens Workforce1 Center, SelfHelp, Sikh Cultural Society, Sunnyside Community Services, Inc., The Jamaica Young Professionals, The Jamaica Youth Leaders, The Tate Group, Upwardly Global, Visiting Nurse Service of New York, and Y - Roads.