Sentences with phrase «affordable cities instead»

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«Instead of reaching out to union leaders to gain consensus on an affordable housing program that ensures middle - class wages for workers, (de Blasio) coordinated with a lobbying group — led by billionaire developers — to run an anti-union campaign that would lead to unsafe job sites and a low - wage workforce,» The Greater New York Laborers - Employers Cooperation and Education Trust and the New York City and Vicinity Carpenters Labor Management Corporation said in a joint statement.

The New York Times: «Cuomo, who should be using his power to make New York City more hospitable to working - class and middle - class families, has instead slipped a little poison into his executive budget that could cripple the city's ambitious efforts to build affordable housing... It's not a stretch to call this sabotage (of de Blasio's agenda).&raCity more hospitable to working - class and middle - class families, has instead slipped a little poison into his executive budget that could cripple the city's ambitious efforts to build affordable housing... It's not a stretch to call this sabotage (of de Blasio's agenda).&racity's ambitious efforts to build affordable housing... It's not a stretch to call this sabotage (of de Blasio's agenda).»

Mayor Bill de Blasio proposed building affordable housing over the tracks at Sunnyside Yards in Queens during his recent State of the City address, but Diaz advocated checking out Bronx locations instead.

Christine Quinn City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, running in the Democratic primary, highlighted the challenge of affordable housing which she says is a big concern for the CEOs of companies from all backgrounds, and the need to improve education through an emphasis on literacy and offering tablets instead of textbooks.

Critics of the program want the city to instead consider longterm, affordable housing solutions for the homeless instead of makeshift, shelters cobbled together with rent - stabilized apartments.

Demand the city change the way it defines affordable by basing it on neighborhood median income instead of the median income for the entire metropolitan region.

Members of the Coalition for Community Advancement advocated for 5,000 affordable units instead of the roughly 3,000 below - market rate units proposed by the city for East New York.

BROOKLYN — The city's plan to rezone East New York in an effort to bring thousands of affordable units to the neighborhood is «not the trigger for displacement» but is instead aimed at preventing locals from leaving, according to the head of the city's Department of Housing Preservation and Development.

Instead, Gates said, the city should build more housing in the transit - rich area while ensuring that a sufficient amount of it is affordable under Mandatory Inclusionary Housing (MIH) guidelines, which require affordable housing in any area or project that is upzoned to add housing density.

Surprisingly, none of the winning cities are Canada's largest, but instead reflect medium - sized cities with affordable house prices that have the ability to grow strongly with local economic conditions.

Sure, you can buy in more affordable parts of the city like Scarborough or buy a condo instead of a house, but that doesn't change the fact that real estate is expensive.

Picking one of the best affordable Manila hotels listed on this page ensures that you will save enough of your hard - earned money on all that makes the city so attractive, instead of spending it on the room you sleep in; now isn't it a good deal?

Instead, the McArthur «Genius Grant» recipient will have a series of paintings he made in and about Hong Kong, in which he opted to depict the dangerously overcrowded public - housing projects dotting the city, tapping into the controversial social issues surrounding its scant availability of affordable living space.

«However, builders are also facing high costs, so instead of adding density in cities where zoning laws and land costs often preclude affordable building, we'll see the suburbs grow and expand outward.»

Sure, you can buy in more affordable parts of the city like Scarborough or buy a condo instead of a house, but that doesn't change the fact that real estate is expensive.

Instead of paying the city directly, it funded 15 below - market - rate units in the apartment complex, guaranteeing the construction of affordable housing.