Sentences with phrase «city authority chairman»

Speakers at the opening ceremony included Borough President Scott Stringer, Battery Park City Authority Chairman Bill Thompson, BPCA President Gayle Horwitz, City Councilwoman Margaret Chin, Community Board 1 Chairwoman Julie Menin and Downtown Alliance President Liz Berger.

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Chairman of the Detroit Blight Authority, Bill Pulte is looking to get rid of the dangerous homes in the depressed city of Detroit.

Judge made the biggest mistake of his life to let that mosque to be built.and problem is that people will pay heavily for that decision.Islam is the source of problem, Koran is the source problem.They use our freedom of religion, they sneak in cities under the name of peace and love then they strike hard, though other religions have no rights in their contries.Here is statement from Omar Ahmed chairman of the Board of council on America Islamic Relation:» Islam isn't in America to be equal to any other faith, but to become dominant.The Quran should be the highest authority in America, and Islam the only accepted religion on earth «Does this sounds to you religionf peace, love and logic?or terrorist thresd for thr future?

Cuomo's hand - picked MTA chairman Joe Lhota gave a quick history lesson of the history of the authority, explaining that the city owns the assets of MTA sub-agency New York City Transit and the state only stepped in to fund the first capital plan in 1981 because the city's finances were a mess and the subways were a disascity owns the assets of MTA sub-agency New York City Transit and the state only stepped in to fund the first capital plan in 1981 because the city's finances were a mess and the subways were a disasCity Transit and the state only stepped in to fund the first capital plan in 1981 because the city's finances were a mess and the subways were a disascity's finances were a mess and the subways were a disaster.

NYS Governor Andrew Cuomo will nominate former lieutenant governor candidate Dennis Mehiel to become the Battery Park City Authority's next chairman, according to the New York Daily News.

On Thursday, Cuomo touted his own spending efforts on the MTA and the appointment of Joe Lhota, the former chairman, to once again lead the authority in New York City.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork / AP)-- A former New York City deputy mayor has been nominated to serve as chairman and CEO of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Thursday.

The Syracuse Housing Authority board of directors aborted its monthly meeting Thursday without conducting any business, paralyzed by a standoff between Chairman Charlie Vinal and city officials trying to replace him.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- Former Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chairman and current New York City mayoral candidate Joseph Lhota expressed confidence in his campaign, but sounded a warning for the city, as he spoke out on WCBS Newsradio 880 Wednesday mornCity mayoral candidate Joseph Lhota expressed confidence in his campaign, but sounded a warning for the city, as he spoke out on WCBS Newsradio 880 Wednesday morncity, as he spoke out on WCBS Newsradio 880 Wednesday morning.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- CBS 2 has learned Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chairman Joe Lhota will resign his post and run for mayor of New York City in 2013.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday touted the state's spending on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the recent appointment of Joe Lhota as chairman, and then quickly pivoted to blasting Amtrak for not upgrading infrastructure at Penn Station in New York City.

In a move that surprised city officials, the chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority said on Monday that the de Blasio administration should significantly increase its contributions to the agency's $ 32 billion capital plan.

As Chairman, he is also responsible for an increase of one billion dollars in bonding authority for the creation of affordable housing in New York City.

The county agency is appointed by the chairman of the county Legislature and has the authority to approve tax exemptions anywhere in the county, including within the city.

According to a new NBC4 New York / Wall Street Journal / Marist survey, de Blasio, the city's public advocate, tops Lhota, the former chairman of New York's transit authority and deputy mayor to then GOP Mayor Rudy Giuliani, 65 % -22 % among likely voters.

Mayor de Blasio has tapped Mr. Brezenoff, a veteran public official, as interim chairman of the troubled New York City Housing Authority.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has named former New York City budget director Adam Barsky as chairman of the Nassau Interim Finance Authority, but the state oversight board will soon be down another member.

Commissioner / CEO Towns joined New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) Chairman John B. Rhea, New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) Commissioner Mathew M. Wambua, New York City Housing Development Corporation (HDC) President Marc Jahr and NYC Department of Design and Construction (DDC) Commissioner David Burney, and Blue Sea Development principal Les Bluestone and partner, Avery Seavey in February to celebrate the opening of Arbor House.

The candidates also had harsh words for the beleaguered New York City Housing Authority, slamming the city's management and its chairman John RCity Housing Authority, slamming the city's management and its chairman John Rcity's management and its chairman John Rhea.

But Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chairman Joe Lhota said a contribution from the city to fix the transit system can not wait.

Mayor Bill de Blasio said the city wouldn't contribute additional funds toward the $ 836 million plan unveiled by Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chairman Joe Lhota this week until the state returned the nearly half a billion in funds it has drawn from MTA coffers since 2011.

In the latest example of his increasing focus on his next mayoral campaign, William C. Thompson Jr. informed the Cuomo administration on Wednesday that he was stepping down as chairman of the Battery Park City Authority.

Lhota was once the right - hand man to Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and was former chairman of the New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

He had campaigned actively, participating in candidate forums, doing interviews on local television and radio and joining in calls for the city Housing Authority chairman's resignation and opposition to the way public school student data is being used in a state database.

At a September ribbon cutting for the new no. 7 train station at Hudson Yards, several city elected officials jumped to Mr. de Blasio's defense after Thomas Prendergast, the chairman of the MTA and a Cuomo appointee, without warning criticized the city's contribution to the authority.

On Monday night, the State Senate confirmed seven people to serve on the authority's board, including two new members: Scott Rechler, a former vice chairman at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and Carl Weisbrod, a former chairman of the New York City Planning Coauthority's board, including two new members: Scott Rechler, a former vice chairman at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and Carl Weisbrod, a former chairman of the New York City Planning CoAuthority of New York and New Jersey, and Carl Weisbrod, a former chairman of the New York City Planning Commission.

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo has nominated an experienced New York City transit executive to be the next chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

Just a week before Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chairman Joe Lhota is due to present the MTA's 30 - day subway overhaul plan, Mayor Bill de Blasio has outlined his expectations for the MTA and Governor Andrew Cuomo — asserting that it is «time for the MTA to level with its New York City riders.»

The funding will be dedicated to an MTA «lockbox» and offer long - term funding to support the subway action plan unveiled by Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Chairman Joe Lhota, transit improvements in the outer boroughs and a general transportation account for the city.

«The more mass transit we have, the better off we are as a city that is growing,» said Richard Ravitch, a former chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

Mayor Bill de Blasio introduced the 80 - year - old Mr. Brezenoff on Tuesday as the interim chairman of the New York City Housing Authority.

Cavanaugh said his decision was not related to the appointment of former city Comptroller Bill Thompson as chairman of the authority earlier this year.

John Rhea, the chairman of the city's public housing authority, resigned last night after a stormy four - year tenure during which he drew heavy criticism...

Speakers at the event, held at the Brooklyn Historical Society in Brooklyn Heights, included Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz; John Rhea, the chairman of the New York City Housing Authority; and MaryAnne Gilmartin, executive vice president of commercial development and leasing at Forest City Ratner Companies, who gave an update on the Barclays Center Arena.

The storm surge breached New York City's hundred - year - old sea walls and flooded the underground network of subway tunnels — the most destructive event in the subway system's 108 - year history, according to Metropolitan Transportation Authority chairman Joseph Lhota.

The ceremony was held at the InterContinental Hotel, Dubai Festival City alongside the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature and in attendance were Her Highness Sheikha Latifa Bint Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice Chairman, Dubai Culture & Arts Authority, Vice Chairman, Emirates Literature Foundation and His Excellency Saeed Al Nabouda, Acting Director General at Dubai Culture.

The panel included Anita Mendiratta Founder and Managing Director of CACHET Consulting, in conversation with: H.E. Issa bin Mohammed Al Mohannadi Chairman of Qatar Tourism Authority, Fahd Al - Rasheed Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of King Abdullah Economic City, Amr Abdel Ghaffar Regional Director of Middle East of UNWTO, and Amine Moukarzel, President of Golden Tulip Hotels, Suites and Resorts MENA