8:30 PM — Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul delivers remarks at
the Rockaway Development and Revitalization Corporation Gala.
Instead, he offered them $ 58,000, but only if
the Rockaway Development and Revitalization Corp. managed the money as a fiscal conduit.
But in a follow - up meeting a week later,
Rockaway Development CEO Kevin Alexander told them the RDRC needed to withhold $ 38,000 of the funds and would give it to them «incrementally,» Moses and Rivera claimed.
Sanders allegedly suggested partnering with another community group,
the Rockaway Development and Revitalization Corp., which Sanders had funded with almost $ 300,000 in city grants over four years.
At 8:25 p.m., Hochul delivers remarks at
the Rockaway Development and Revitalization Corporation Gala, Russo's on the Bay, 162 - 45 Cross Bay Blvd., Howard Beach, Queens.
Not exact matches
At 5:15 p.m., labor, business and environmental leaders hold a news conference ahead of New York state Energy Research and
Development Authority's public information meetings on offshore wind power for New York, Queens Public Library, 92 - 25
Rockaway Beach Blvd., Queens.
Mayor Bill de Blasio has recently spoken about a broad plan for economic
development and transportation improvements in
Rockaway.
He first discussed it at a press conference in Far
Rockaway on October 15th, offering that he anticipates putting forth a «holistic
development plan» that will outline a «long term vision for the economic growth of the Rockaways and the transportation to go with it.»
At 10 a.m., Rep. Gregory Meeks and NYC Councilman Donovan Richards join city and state agencies and The Bluestone Organization to mark the start of construction on Beach Green North, an energy - efficient, resilient, affordable housing
development, 44 - 19
Rockaway Beach Blvd., Queens.
An Artist's rendering of the new affordable senior housing
development which will be located at 34 - 11 Beach Channel Drive in Far
Rockaway, Queens.
Be sure to also watch our report on Arverne East, an oceanfront
development in
Rockaway, for a look at another post-Sandy approach to waterfront
development in New York City.
Pledging to put forth a «holistic
development plan» and to «undo a lot of what done wrong in the past» on
Rockaway's economic
development, de Blasio said that he will make «some more announcements in the coming months... that are specific and then thereafter you're going to see a much bigger plan.»
Assemblywoman Vivian Cook's group, the
Rockaway Boulevard Local
Development Corp., shut its doors last year after The Post detailed its wasteful spending of $ 2.5 million in Port Authority money designated to spruce up a stretch of
Rockaway Boulevard.
His office dispatched a team of investigators last week to a parking lot owned by the
Rockaway Boulevard Local
Development Corp..
It will also enter 1,400 units in a
development in Far
Rockaway, Queens into HUD's controversial Rental Assistance Demonstration plan, which will remove the apartments from the usual federal subsidy streams and instead place them on Section 8 contracts — allowing NYCHA to mortgage the properties with private lenders and receive an array of tax breaks.
State Sen. James Sanders (D - Jamaica) mentioned problems with lead paint, as well as mold and heating outages, in NYCHA
developments in his district, which includes South Jamaica, Ozone Park and parts of Far
Rockaway.
As a private sector developer and President and Founder of Smith
Development Corporation, Senator Smith has built over 100 much needed housing units in Southeastern Queens, Far
Rockaway and Brooklyn, including several noteworthy commercial projects such as Pathmark Plaza - Springfield Gardens, the interior of the FAA building and the baseball fields at Roy Wilkins Park in Jamaica.
These materials will support the
development of six artificial reefs on Long Island at sites off the shores of Smithtown, Shinnecock, Moriches, Fire Island, Hempstead, and
Rockaway.
Calls on Long Island Power Authority to Approve 90 Megawatt Project Off Montauk and Supports
Development of 800 Megawatt Offshore Wind Lease Area Off
Rockaway Peninsula