Sentences with phrase «abatement program for»

He was responding to questions about two big and controversial ideas: New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's three - week - old proposal to amend the 421 - a tax abatement program for real estate developers, and Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's introduction this week of a program bill containing sweeping ethics reforms.

The most contentions subject, though, is 421 - a, the tax abatement program for new construction — because that's where the real money and political power are.

The $ 153.1 billion budget, which the State Legislature passed on Sunday, raised the age of criminal responsibility to 18 years old, included Gov. Andrew Cuomo's free public college tuition plan, brought back the 421 - a tax abatement program for developers and renewed the millionaires tax on people whose salaries are more than $ 1 million.

The mayor was also asked about the fate of his affordable housing plan if the 421a tax abatement program for real estate developers lapses.

For the city's decades - old tax abatement program for developers, 421 - a will see a four - year extension if the real estate industry and labor come to an agreement over wages for construction workers involved in those projects.

Also at 2 p.m., Sen. Tony Avella and Assemblyman Edward Braunstein officially announce the passage of legislation in the Senate and Assembly expanding the J - 51 tax abatement program for middle class co-op and condo owners, Glen Oaks Oval, 260th St., Glen Oaks, Queens.

The 421a tax abatement program for real estate developers will also be extended for six months.

In the months leading up to a state - imposed negotiations deadline in January, the Real Estate Board of New York and union leaders came tantalizingly close to coming up with a deal to renew 421a, the controversial tax abatement program for new developments.

Many states offer tax incentives, reductions and abatement programs for owners of residential historic homes.

Not exact matches

The Public Accounts of Canada and the Annual Financial Report include the recoveries under the Youth Allowance Program and the federal tax abated under the Alternative Payments for Standing Programs as part of the Quebec Abatement since 2010 - 11.

Similarly, Cuomo in 2011 signed Silver - backed legislation reauthorizing a then - expired property tax abatement for real estate developers called the 421a program.

Bills for issues ranging from rent control for New York City and the surrounding area, as well as a $ 1.3 billion property tax rebate program, a real - estate tax abatement and mayoral control for New York City schools are yet to be printed as language continues to be haggled over.

«I think you're going to see more children, not fewer children, exposed to lead,» said Senator Jack Reed, a Democrat [from Rhode Island] who has sought more funding for lead - abatement programs on the Senate subcommittee that funds HUD.

Their most recent debate is about the 421 - a program, which provides tax abatements to developers in exchange for building affordable housing.

When the contentious tax - abatement expired last June, lawmakers stayed in Albany for extra sessions to put together a deal that extended and expanded the program for another six months.

ALBANY — Governor Andrew Cuomo and the leaders of both houses of the State Legislature announced a «framework» for a deal Tuesday on several outstanding issues, including rent regulations, the 421 - a tax abatement program, mayoral control of New York City's schools and the education tax credit.

ALBANY — New York City mayor Bill de Blasio chided the State Senate and Governor Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday for what he said was their lack of leadership on his proposed reforms to rent regulations and the controversial 421 - a tax abatement program.

That a four - decade - old tax abatement program — one that helped subsidize the construction of this 1,000 - foot - tall tower, where a unit recently sold for $ 100 million — be eliminated.

And those tax abatements are also available for homeowners and for small businesses in the city through seperate city programs.

Mayor Bill de Blasio has drawn the ire of the national AFL - CIO for his refusal to support a prevailing wage requirement for construction workers in a controversial tax abatement program that's up for renewal.

Building 3, currently undergoing asbestos abatement, will be converted to a consolidated day care that would also offer after - school and summer program for a total of 275 children.

Major details of the agreement are still unknown, including how a new threshold for major capital improvements for landlords would work, and whether a six - month extension of the 421 - a tax abatement program is a straight extension or hews more closely to an earlier idea proposed by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Developers blame the feud for the lapse of the tax abatement program in January, which has hamstrung new projects and put a damper on the city's investment sales market.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's top issues for the remainder of the session: Ethics reform, a «plan» to combat heroin abuse, a statewide cancer screening and prevention program and a replacement for the 421 - a tax abatement program that expired earlier this year.

Commissioners are also examining the link between campaign donations and a real estate abatement program as well as a «carve - out» for a large retailer on the minimum wage increase enacted this spring.

Despite the need, the city was forced to shut down its 20 - year - old lead abatement program last year after HUD rejected a previous application for $ 3.5 million in aid to remove lead from low - income homes with children.

Mayor Bill de Blasio is offering tax abatements, lower water bills and increased eligibility for benefit programs to speed the city's response to victims of Superstorm Sandy who are still...

MANHATTAN — All eyes will be on Albany next week when the city's rent regulation laws and its 421a program giving tax abatements for new projects are set to expire.

The mayor's office insists that it has programs that can substitute for 421a: namely, the 420c and Article 11 abatements.

The de Blasio program has tripped up over local resistance to new construction and the expiration of the 421a tax credit for developers, an abatement experts agree was crucial to making the mayor's plan workable.

De Blasio noted that the tax abatement's revival seemed closer than ever, but he was concerned by the uncertainty of the costs that could be added to the city if more condo projects become eligible for the program.

In exchange for the payments to his son from the real estate firm and environmental firm, Dean Skelos introduced legislation to extend the controversial 421 - a program which provides tax abatements to developers and voted for legislation that allows landlords to increase rent on rent stabilized apartments.

Miner rejected the county's proposal to merge a city department which no longer gets federal funding for lead abatement programs with a county department that does get funding.

The panel is focusing on the circumstances surrounding the bill's passage, which paved the way for the five developers to use 421 - A tax abatements at projects around Manhattan, despite the projects appearing not to fit the criteria for the program.

The smoke testing is part of the analysis being performed for the Oneida County Sewer District Sanitary Sewer Overflow Abatement Program.

Over time, the city recovered and legislators repeatedly tinkered with the program, requiring developers in certain parts of the city to subsidize 20 percent of their units for low - and moderate - income New Yorkers in return for the tax abatement.

After they failed to agree on paying construction workers a prevailing wage for buildings with 15 or more units, the tax abatement program expired, and the governor has yet to announce a program to take its place.

Environmental Advocates of New York says the Cuomo team deserves credit for its aggressive State Energy Plan, but cautions the goals may be just out of reach should the state go the way of re-firing outdated fossil fuel plants and raiding carbon abatement programs like the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.

After the indictments of former Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver and former Senate majority leader Dean Skelos, legislators and political observers have hinted that little, besides rent regulations, the 421 - a tax abatement program and mayoral control, will get done this legislative session, going so far as to hint that they might do a one - year extender for each of the measures.

The 421a program was conceived as an incentive for developers to build on unused or underutilized land, and was augmented in 2008 to include a requirement that 20 percent of units receiving the abatement be affordable.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - The 20 - year - old lead abatement program run by the city of Syracuse will shut down and its four employees will be laid off because federal officials, who had criticized the city's handling of grants, rejected Syracuse's application for continued funding.

U.S. Rep. Dan Maffei and U.S. Sens. Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand asked the Department of Housing and Urban Development not to cut off federal grants for a lead abatement program that dates to 1994.

The Senate voted last week to add $ 29 million in funding for the Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act to an appropriations bill that had contained no money for the program.

While international negotiations have focused on mitigation and adaptation, relatively little time has been spent discussing the appropriate role for CDR in international GHG abatement programs.

As negotiators lay the groundwork for comprehensive GHG emission accounting and abatement programs, they need to ensure that the frameworks they develop appropriately incentivize CDR projects.

Prior to joining the Paulson Institute, Kevin was the director of the China Buildings Program with the Energy Foundation for over five years, managing a grant portfolio of building energy efficiency, green buildings, appliance energy efficiency, and non-CO2 emissions abatement.

Ship & Shore Environmental, Inc., a US pollution abatement firm, announced recently that is has launched a limited - time energy efficiency program for plastic manufacturers.

The Investment Summary Report notes the fraction of funding that reduce carbon emissions (overall 80 %) for energy efficiency (57 %), clean & renewable energy (15 %), and GHG abatement (8 %) programs.

Urs led several large technical assistance programs for greenhouse gas abatement and carbon markets in India and Latin America.

«The uncertainty concerning the demand for allowances is especially large at the beginning of any program,» the MIT study found, «because it reflects not only the usual unpredictable variables of economic activity, weather, and energy prices, but also, and perhaps most importantly, the amount of abatement that will take place in response to the new price on emissions.