Sentences with phrase «address issues of affordable housing»

«I am proud of the work we have done together to address issues of affordable housing, the need to raise the minimum wage and how to help Bronxites returning from prison to re-enter our community,» Rivera wrote.

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Still, «the most pressing issue in our city of this generation is affordable housing,» James said; she stated that in her second term, she would work to address that problem, whether through making «preferential rent» permanent (rather than something a landlord can change or remove at whim), or creating more housing, rather than shelters, for homeless New Yorkers.

While his campaign is motivated by the issue of policing and criminal justice reform, on which he calls de Blasio a moderate, he has expanded to address other issues, like affordable housing and transportation equity.

He's reduced taxes and debt twice, continued to make water quality a signature issue, and addressed his long - standing concerns over the lack of affordable housing on the East End by working with developer Georgica Green Ventures and community members to gain town board approval for a 38 - unit workforce housing project in Speonk.

«The Legislature and the Executive should capitalize on this consensus by re-enacting the Revised 421 - a Law and not condition the tax exemption on REBNY and the Construction Trades reaching an agreement on wages — an issue that is distinct from the financing of affordable housing and should be addressed in a separate bill.»

Comptroller Scott Stringer took Mayor Bill de Blasio to task on just about every plan he has to address the city's most pressing issues — including affordable housing, homelessness and the lack of contracts given to minority - and women - owned businesses — in a speech that sounded like a platform for his rumored mayoral run this morning.

The governor proposed several initiatives that brought his platform further left towards liberal issues that de Blasio has been championing — such as increasing the minimum wage to $ 15 per hour, mandating 12 weeks of paid family leave and offering up $ 20 billion over the next five years to address homelessness by providing 20,000 more supportive housing beds and 100,000 units of affordable housing.

At 6:30 p.m., Rep. Hakeem Jeffries delivers annual State of the District address, discussing issues including affordable housing, community safety, job creation, and immigration reform, Long Island University, 1 University Pl., Brookyln.

Councilmember Rodriguez touched on the issues of education, affordable housing, economic development and quality of life, and his address was preceded by a series of performances that represented the diversity of his constituency in music and song.

Southold Town Supervisor Scott Russell stressed the need for community input on several key issues, including affordable housing and helicopter noise, in his sixth annual «State of the Town» address Thursday night.

If elected, he said he would focus on creating more affordable housing as well as addressing quality - of - life issues like graffiti and illegal dumping, and would make it a point to be responsive to constituents» everyday problems.

«We have weighed the issues and acknowledged the trade offs and have made adjustments to the proposals so that we believe they will address our acute affordable housing needs while enhancing the quality of life in neighborhoods throughout the city,» CPC Chair Carl Weisbrod said.

In the end, Cuomo and lawmakers decided to extend the affordable housing program for just six months, and let the unions and the real estate industry work out a new deal, that addresses the issue of paying prevailing wages, by late December.

«Over the years, I have worked with Senator Espaillat to address problems in our communities including the need for more affordable housing, the air pollution that causes asthma and other health issues, and to improve the quality of our education programs,» Mr. Farrell told the Observer.

On the issues, the candidates were in agreement on the big topics — the need to address the affordable housing crisis, fighting the downsizing of Beth Israel Hospital, protecting mom - and - pop businesses, fixing the MTA.

Established in 1929, RCCE helps rural communities achieve a thriving and sustainable future by addressing issues, such as social isolation, poor access to services and a shortage of affordable housing, that are crucial to people living and working in rural Essex today.

Alternative forms of affordable housing tend to address this issue better than their tiny counterparts.

Over the past 53 years, the Pratt Center has built on its model of inclusive planning to address such issues as sustainable community development, transportation equity, affordable housing, and urban manufacturing.

Ward is just one of 20 artists who will show their work, which addresses social and political issues germane to Sugar Hill, in empty apartment units that will soon be the neighborhood's newest affordable housing.

SquareOne Villages was invited to to speak on some of the various applications we're using tiny houses for to address issues of homelessness and the lack of affordable housing.

Lisa Guelfi, a Partner in the social housing development team at Clarke Willmott, said: «Key issues for housing associations, such as availability of grant funding, rent review restrictions which are limiting the number of affordable rented properties being provided, and the question of what will happen with Right to Buy receipts from the Midlands pilot and beyond, aren't really addressed.

«One of the main issues in green affordable housing is addressing utility bills.