Sentences with phrase «affordable council housing»

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Ritchie Torres, who chairs a city council committee on public housing, said at the press conference that there was a direct link between the falsification of permits and the decline in affordable housing in New York.

Amazon has suspended part of its expansion plans in Seattle, pending the outcome of a City Council vote on a new tax on large employers that would fund programs aimed at providing affordable housing and helping the homeless.

The city council president has proposed a bank to help build affordable housing and provide basic services to cannabis businesses.

In December, the Los Angeles City Council voted to create a permanent revenue stream for its affordable housing program by slapping a fee on new homes and apartments.

Fabian Bedne, a Nashville City Council member, said the city should ask the company to help mitigate its impact, perhaps by financing affordable - housing programs.

Amazon halts an expansion effort in its hometown as the Seattle City Council prepares to vote on a new tax that would be levied on large business to pay for affordable housing and homeless - assistance programs.

Cupertino's commitment to meeting its RHNA and to creating more opportunities for affordable housing is reflected in various policies adopted and championed by the City Council.

Result: Vancouver city council has asked vendors to submit expressions of interest in building such worker - affordable housing on city - owned land.

Convincing a reluctant city council to pass an affordable housing plan.

The e-commerce giant has paused construction of its newest tower in its headquarters city after the City Council proposed a tax on the largest businesses to help fund affordable housing.

The council says it stopped using Boundary House to temporarily house some of its homeless families due to the shortage of affordable move - on accommodation in that area, and points out that the government's welfare reforms have led to an increasing number of properties being unavailable to those on housing benHouse to temporarily house some of its homeless families due to the shortage of affordable move - on accommodation in that area, and points out that the government's welfare reforms have led to an increasing number of properties being unavailable to those on housing benhouse some of its homeless families due to the shortage of affordable move - on accommodation in that area, and points out that the government's welfare reforms have led to an increasing number of properties being unavailable to those on housing benefit.

I asked Lander what he made of the independent expenditures that REBNY has made, through their Jobs for New York PAC, on behalf of Council Member (and fellow Progressive) Margaret Chin, and if that violated the Progressive Caucus» stated principles on affordable housing.

In New York City, the fate of de Blasio's rezoning plan, which includes an affordable housing mandate, is set to be decided this month by the City Council.

United for Affordable NYC said it would begin disbanding in March, after the City Council voted on zoning plans the mayor viewed as integral to his affordable houAffordable NYC said it would begin disbanding in March, after the City Council voted on zoning plans the mayor viewed as integral to his affordable houaffordable housing plan.

They asked me to come in and work with the local community board in Fort Greene, and the local Council Member, to make sure there was an affordable housing component to that building.

So, according to the council member with whom Corey Johnson claims to have worked to build more affordable housing, his involvement was vague at best, and James has no specific recollection of his participation.

We spoke to Council Member James about what happened to the affordable housing component of the 470 Vanderbilt project.

In the 7th Council District Mark has fought for safer streets, faster bus service, better schools, cleaner parks, more affordable housing, and development which fits the scale and context of the neighborhood.

Since 2011, Keith has worked for City Council Speaker Peter Vallone, Sr. helping to advocate for after school funding, expanded Advanced Placement, prevent bullying of LGBT students in public schools, secure funding for employment and workforce programs, create new affordable housing, and preserve the quality of life on the Upper East Side, In 2006, Keith was the tenant organizer for the «Preserve Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village» campaign during the sale of the neighborhood to Tishman Speyer.

-LSB-...] 5/11/17: The Hotel Trades Council, a big supporter of the affordable housing plan (since their members need affordable housing) endorsed Bill de -LSB-...]

The group's mission is to support «city council candidates who are committed to creating good jobs, affordable housing and strengthening the middle class,» according to its website, with the shared bond that they are pro-development.

it would begin disbanding in March, after the City Council voted on zoning plans the mayor viewed as integral to his affordable housing plan.

At 3 p.m., VOCAL - New York hosts a New York City Council speaker candidate forum on affordable housing, 633 Third Ave., Manhattan.

Housing associations have added to the supply of affordable housing but not at the volumes of council house building programmes in the 1960s andHousing associations have added to the supply of affordable housing but not at the volumes of council house building programmes in the 1960s andhousing but not at the volumes of council house building programmes in the 1960s and 1970s.

Ms. Glen told the Council's Committee on Housing that several independent studies, including those done by Columbia University and the Citizens Budget Commission, showed that mandating real estate interests receiving the tax deduction to pay union rates would result in 30 percent fewer affordable units getting built.

The Sherman Plaza developers, Washington Square Partners and Acadia Realty Trust, need approval from the Council for the spot rezoning to include more affordable housing in the project, which would be the first in the city to be built under Mayor Bill de Blasio's Mandatory Inclusionary Housing (MIH) rezoninhousing in the project, which would be the first in the city to be built under Mayor Bill de Blasio's Mandatory Inclusionary Housing (MIH) rezoninHousing (MIH) rezoning plan.

Towns said he was looking forward to participating in Governor Cuomo's Regional Economic Development Councils and believes affordable housing and community renewal efforts are a powerful tool for economic development.

«I need all of you to speak to every elected official in Albany and urge them to step up and to urge the governor of the state of New York and the state Legislature to work with the city government, to work with the mayor, to work with my office, to work with the City Council to provide more resources to come up with more innovative plans and proposals to address the crisis of affordable housing in the city of New York,» she added.

In her testimony before the Council, Ms. Glen noted that the 421a credit — a frequent target for liberals — is available for most projects across the city, but developers are only required to include any affordable housing in their buildings in the so - called «geographical exclusion area» covering just 16.5 percent of the city.

«To suggest that you can't have projects that do both, create good jobs and also create affordable housing, is just not even consistent with the mayor's own history,» said Paul Fernandes of the Building and Construction Trades Council.

Council calls herself «fresh leadership,» and is calling for a $ 15 an hour minimum wage, supports the DREAM act and affordable housing, renter protection, increased school funding and more afterschool programs.

Whatever program comes next to spur affordable housing in 421a's wake, Gary LaBarbera, president of the Building and Construction Trades Council, said he'd keep pushing for better pay for construction workers.

I'll establish Homes for Londoners, a new in - house developer at City Hall, led by me, working with councils and private developers to lever in funding and get thousands of new affordable and market homes built on spare public land and brownfield.

«The issues to which Council Member Williams has dedicated much of his career - affordable housing, gun violence, and policing to name a few - are also critical issues for the City of Syracuse.

His top ally and a fellow booster of affordable housing, Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, headlined a fund - raiser for Mr. Recchia several months ago.

City Council Speaker Quinn underscored repeatedly that the project would bring affordable housing to the area and that community groups worked together to make the $ 15 billion project a reality.

Common Council members say they back inclusionary zoning, which requires new housing to set aside a certain percentage of units as affordable housing.

The City Council had one response to Mayor Bill de Blasio's sweeping proposals to rezone the city for more affordable housing: this is not enough.

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn today in her State of the City address vowed to construct 40,000 affordable housing units for the middle class over the next 10 years, DNAinfo reported.

When de Blasio unveiled his $ 78.3 billion executive budget on May 7, he touted investments in affordable housing, struggling schools, and fighting homelessness, while firmly rejecting the Council's call to to hire additional police officers.

Community groups are asking the City Council to delay hearings set for next week on Mayor de Blasio's ambitious but controversial affordable housing plan.

New York City Public Advocate and mayoral hopeful Bill de Blasio slammed City Council Speaker Christine Quinn's affordable housing platform, saying it pandered to...

From his time working at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in the Clinton administration to his work on the City Council to reform 421a and end discrimination against Section 8 tenants to his work as Public Advocate to crack down on bad landlords, no one has done more to fight for affordable safe housing for all New Yorkers.Housing and Urban Development in the Clinton administration to his work on the City Council to reform 421a and end discrimination against Section 8 tenants to his work as Public Advocate to crack down on bad landlords, no one has done more to fight for affordable safe housing for all New Yorkers.housing for all New Yorkers.»

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn today in her State of the City address vowed to construct 40,000 affordable housing units for the middle class...

In her recommendations, the former Chair of the New York City Council Land Use Committee (2002 - 09) cited several concerns with the proposals, namely the impermanence of senior affordable housing, the effect of eliminating parking for residents in a transit desert like Queens, the scores of extensive contextual rezonings previously issued throughout the five boroughs, and the insufficiencies in skilled labor commitments.

Mayor Bill de Blasio is taking a victory lap after the City Council gave the green light to his ambitious and controversial affordable housing plan.

INWOOD — An Uptown coalition composed of local organizations and community groups hosted a public hearing with City Council members to discuss the mayor's plan to rezone city neighborhoods to create and preserve affordable housing.

The Milwaukee Common Council on Tuesday approved a proposal to extend expiring tax increment financing districts to pay for affordable housing projects.

Greg Watson (far right) director of HCR's NYC regional office, joins Former City Council Speaker Peter Vallone Sr., HANAC Board of Directors Chairwoman Evangeline Douris, Borough President Helen Marshall and Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. for a ribbon - cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of the George T. Douris Tower, a 15 - floor, 183 - bedroom affordable senior housing complex In Astoria, Queens.

I was proud to be a part of creating thousands of units of affordable housing in the City Council and look forward to continuing that goal.»