Sentences with phrase «authority over the project»

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The conflict: Americans and Canadians are battling it out over the Peace Bridge, which links Fort Erie, Ont., to Buffalo, N.Y. Americans on the binational authority overseeing the bridge are accusing Canadians of foot - dragging on a redevelopment project on the U.S. side, and Cuomo said the bridge is a «metaphor for dysfunction.»

BTCChina said its decision was based on a Sept. 4 directive from Chinese authorities that expressed concern over investment risks involved in cryptocurrencies and ordered a ban on so - called initial coin offerings, or ICOs — the practice of creating and selling digital currencies or tokens to investors to finance start - up projects.

Altogether, under the package proposed by the institutions to the Greek authorities, these needs are projected to reach about $ 50bn from October 2015 to the end of 2018, requiring new European money of at least $ 36bn over the three - year period.»

Just over half (53 %) are of the view that the ultimate authority rests with the federal government, while just under half (47 %) say provincial governments should have the power to «veto» projects in their jurisdictions.

In a true democracy, a doctrine of pluralism may be a way of safeguarding the rights of minorities; in a hierarchy, however, where authority proceeds from a Will not constituted by any part of the population, «pluralism» is often a code word for the project of giving political power the ascendancy over legitimate authority.

«Unfortunately, after eight months of negotiations in which the demands of the Orthodox Church continued to increase over and above what was originally agreed to in 2008, the Port Authority had to make a practical decision to move on or risk further delaying the entire World Trade Center project, which was a completely unacceptable alternative.

The bill's sponsor, Senate Deputy Majority Leader John DeFrancisco, said the measure would reinstate the power of the state comptroller to have oversight authority over the economic development projects.

The funding is in addition to over $ 104 million in capital funding for tourism infrastructure provided last year for local tourism projects as well as investments in state parks, like Jones Beach and Niagara Falls and facilities of the Olympic Regional Development Authority.

Cuomo has also decried the lack of oversight of the SUNY Poly contracts for upstate development by the state comptroller, among others, and has said he's turning all of the contracts over to his own Empire State Development authority, which routinely approves economic development projects where more checks and balances are required.

A dispute over financing between the Port Authority and the September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center Foundation has ground the project to a virtual standstill.

NYC's School Construction Authority is over budget on more than half its current major projects — costing taxpayers at least $ 300 million more than planned, city data show.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority faces a $ 1 million lawsuit from the board at The Theso Condo On The Upper East Side Over Claims That The Second Avenue Subway project is damaging the façade.

The de Blasio administration has reached a project labor agreement with the Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York, covering $ 3.5 billion of work and repairs at the New York City Housing Authority over the next three years.

He also wants to give the Empire State Development corporation that he controls veto authority over many of these projects.

The Project Co-ordinator, Madam Theresah Esi Davis expressed worry over recent case happened at Assin Adadientam in the Assin North Municipality of the Central Region on how the residents felt reluctant to report a 17 year old alleged of defiling a 4 year old child which took the intervention of the media to reach the requisite authorities.

Including match funding from local authorities, train operators and private investors, the projects will collectively deliver over # 37 million worth of improvements.

More than $ 40 million has been designated for security cameras in NYC projects over the last eight years, but not a single camera has been installed due to foot - dragging by the Housing Authority.

The lobbying association for New York's newspapers is urging lawmakers to reject parts of Cuomo's proposed $ 152 billion state budget, contending the package would make some state contracts less transparent and would give the administration «virtually unconstrained authority» over public works projects.

Port Authority officials, who report to their respective governors, are so at odds over how much money to allocate to both the terminal and Cuomo's renovation projects for LaGuardia and John F. Kennedy International Airport that the release of a draft plan has been delayed until, most likely, 2017.

MILTON >> State Assemblyman Frank Skartados wants the state Thruway Authority to turn over the review of the Pilgrim Pipeline project to the state Department of Environmental Conservation.

The city's School Construction Authority is over budget on more than half its current major projects — costing taxpayers at least $ 300 million more than planned, city data show.

That belief was reinforced in January, when the New York Power Authority board was told it would oversee and finance the project, and the MTA would pay back the authority over Authority board was told it would oversee and finance the project, and the MTA would pay back the authority over authority over 15 years.

The state's Dormitory Authority, which has provided funding to many of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's economic development projects, had withheld the money from SUNY Poly over issues with invoices and other paperwork for work dating back to February.

Bill sponsor, Senate Deputy Majority Leader John DeFrancisco says the measure would reinstate the power of the state comptroller to have oversight authority over the economic development projects.

Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio reached an agreement over the weekend to fund the next four - year capital projects fund for the transportation authority that services the New York City area.

Sean Ryan [email protected] The state budget debate over using referendums for regional transit authority projects has legislators wondering if they should let voters make the call.

Meanwhile, Cuomo is looking to make the PA board do his bidding: In April, he got the Legislature's backing for a new inspector general, appointed by and answerable only to him, with jurisdiction over the Port Authority and all downstate transportation projects.

With New York's state - funded debt projected to reach $ 63.7 billion at the end of the current fiscal year and to increase to $ 71.8 billion over the following four years, a report released by NYS Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli on December 14 outlined how the money poured into authorities can be monitored to reduce the state's debt.

More than $ 40 million has been designated for security cameras in city projects over the last eight years, but no cameras have been installed due to foot - dragging by the New York City Housing Authority.

Cuomo also confirmed that he was creating a new special prosecutor, who he will name, with jurisdiction over downstate transportation projects — including facilities run by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. is raising serious concerns over a proposal by the New York City Housing Authority to develop open green spaces between existing buildings at city housing projects.

Councilwoman Diane McCord, who will take over as town supervisor next month, said the state Thruway Authority should not be in charge of environmental reviews for a project that would financially benefit the aAuthority should not be in charge of environmental reviews for a project that would financially benefit the authorityauthority.

A lawsuit filed by the city of Rye seeking to overturn Westchester County's authority over capital projects slated at Playland was thrown out by a state judge this week.

Project management at the managerial level requires bringing together a wide range of timelines, commitments, and resources — including human resources that you may not have true authority over.

The letter, addressed to center board members, Jerusalem's mayor, and the director of the Israeli Antiquities Authority (IAA), says that the project involved «surreptitious and unscientific removal of hundreds of human burials,» and broke Israeli laws requiring that all human remains be turned over to the Ministry of Religious Affairs for reburial.

Residents of Koome Island in Uganda have cause to smile after Makerere University Walter Reed Project (MUWRP), supported by the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, handed over a newly refurbished health centre to the local district authorities.

In addition, Yamashiro continued to work on a project that he had begun during the school year for the Education Achievement Authority (EAA) of Michigan — a new statewide school system that was just beginning the process of taking over some of the lowest performing schools in the state, starting in Detroit.

As innovative assessments are administered and used for accountability and reporting in participating schools, states in the demonstration authority can apply lessons learned from implementation to improve their innovative systems and take these projects to scale, building a new statewide assessment system over 5 years - one that is high - quality, fair, and worth taking.

The TSNE MissionWorks Board of Directors has governing authority over and legal and fiduciary responsibility for the Connecticut School Finance Project.

The difference in interest cost between the TIFIA Loan and the alternate short - term debt the Thruway Authority incurred for this project is approximately $ 10 million in savings per year for over 35 years.

The $ 288 million project, which some predicted could cost billions, was finally approved after a long held dispute over the makeup of an authority to own and run the convention center.

The $ 48 million project will create more than 150 jobs and garner the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey an estimated $ 108 million in rent over the span of the project's 32 - year lease.

In light of a recent series of dog attacks, the New York City Housing Authority announced earlier this year that pit bulls, Rottweilers, Doberman Pinschers, and any dogs weighing over 25 pounds could not be newly purchased by residents of New York City public housing projects.

Authorities were able to get a warrant after a rescue, working in conjuction with The Puppy Mill Project, relinquished five dogs turned over to them by Gutierrez to animal control.

Temporarily taken over by Galerie BRD, an initiative invited to Berlin for the Project Space Festival, Å + hosted second co-operation between two parties who negotiate whether and how they might use one another: Cosmin Covacju and Jasmina Ferouca, both from a Leipzig - based Sinti and Roma community, and Uwe Greiner, who runs a trade in scrap metals with Covacju and accompanies him in his dealings with German authorities.

When a scheme to unite a number of government offices on the site of Somerset House in the Strand was projected, his position did not give him automatic authority over the construction; however when William Robinson, secretary to the board, who had been put in charge of the new building, died in 1775, Chambers became its architect.

The announcement arrived two months after the interior department settled a dispute with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) over who has authority over issuing leases and licenses for projects that generate electricity using wind and ocean currents in the outer continental shelf.

The case, brought forward by the Gitga'at and other coastal First Nations, argued the province erred when it handed over decision - making authority for the project to the federal government under a provincial - federal Joint Review Process managed by the federal National Energy Board.

By contrast, New York state's Energy Research and Development Authority is subsidizing renewables projects — over a 20 - year period — to the tune of $ 23 per megawatt - hour.

NOPSEMA has authority over off - shore oil and gas projects, but state governments have some powers too.