Sentences with phrase «city planning commissioners»

Irwin Cantor, one of the city planning commissioners, on Wednesday hinted at a possible compromise, one that takes into account the $ 1 billion that Madison Square Garden is now in the process of spending to fix up its interior.

Vito Lopez's gal pal soldiered on, reporting for duty Wednesday as a city planning commissioner despite a week of headlines about her boyfriend grabbing and harassing young women in his office.

Just one city planning commissioner voted down the 25 Kent Avenue rezoning proposal on Wednesday morning, worried about a possible lack of enforcement regarding the amount of light manufacturing allowed in the project.

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The Move NY plan, proposed by former city traffic commissioner (Gridlock) Sam Schwartz, would place tolls on the East River bridges and 60th Street in Manhattan in order to raise money for mass transit repairs and infrastructure.

I've been monitoring traffic congestion for nearly a half century and it's the worst it's ever been,» said «Gridlock» Sam Schwartz, a member of the governor's Fix NYC panel and former city traffic commissioner, who described the effects of the congestion as «devastating» during a briefing with reporters on the plan on Friday.

During a hearing before the New York City Council, Mayor Bill de Blasio's taxi commissioner made clear the administration would not back away from its plan to temporarily cap the ride - hail service's stratospheric growth while the city studied its impact on traffic congestCity Council, Mayor Bill de Blasio's taxi commissioner made clear the administration would not back away from its plan to temporarily cap the ride - hail service's stratospheric growth while the city studied its impact on traffic congestcity studied its impact on traffic congestion.

Questions during the post-speech «gaggle» included the cost of a special election, his reaction to a New York Republican Party 50 Shades of Grey parody of Bill de Blasio and Al Sharpton, Rudy Giuliani's recent comments about Barack Obama, the expected Republican candidate in the 11th Congressional District special election, state legislature financial disclosure forms, the refusal of Port Authority commissioners to accede to Cuomo and Chris Christie's request to resign, his planned trip to Cuba, congestion pricing, and UFT comments asserting that the governor has shortchanged New York City schools by $ 2.5 billion.

Her professional experience includes positions as director of the Office of Planning and Economic Development for the city of Bridgeport; deputy dmmissioner of the Westchester County Planning Department; assistant commissioner at the New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal; director of Community Development Programs for the city of Stamford; and as CEO of the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven.

When Trinity first approached the City Planning Commission in August, some commissioners expressed concern over the fact that a private entity — not the city — was proposing such a drastic zoning change, according to previous repoCity Planning Commission in August, some commissioners expressed concern over the fact that a private entity — not the city — was proposing such a drastic zoning change, according to previous repocity — was proposing such a drastic zoning change, according to previous reports.

The city's commissioner and assistant director of permits and inspection services told county legislators Thursday afternoon that the city plan focuses on education, collaboration with the county health department and concentrated enforcement in the three highest risk ZIP codes.

«This is an exciting opportunity to acknowledge the role our harbor plays in shaping our City,» Amanda Burden, commissioner for City Planning, said in a public statement.

Ben Walsh, deputy commissioner of the city's Office of Neighborhood & Business Development, said COR has not given the city any reason to believe it will not go forward with Loguen Crossing as planned.

Bill de Blasio's homeless commissioner, Gilbert Taylor, told the City Council this afternoon that he plans to travel to Albany tomorrow to lobby for permission to use state funds for rental subsidies, even as the Cuomo administration suggested it's too late for significant changes this year.

As outlined in the cultural plan law, the agency will work with a specially formed «citizens» advisory committee» - made up of 12 members appointed by the mayor, city council speaker, DCLA commissioner, and borough presidents - to gather information and make recommendations.

Through his innovative transportation commissioner, the mayor has installed hundreds of miles of bike lanes, worked to reduce pollution and increase energy efficiency in city - owned buildings, and create a solid waste disposal plan that put a cleaner face on the messy business of collecting our trash.

The commissioner of the Department of Housing Preservation and Development is leaving, Mayor Bloomberg announced Friday, meaning a new housing chief will oversee the final phase of the city's 11 - year affordable housing plan.

Politicians including City Councilman Brad Lander and Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz sent a letter to Seth Diamond, the commissioner of the Department of Homeless Services, on Tuesday, demanding that the agency answer community concerns regarding the plan.

«As commissioner of housing preservation and development in New York City, Shaun has led the effort to create the largest housing plan in the nation, helping hundreds of thousands of our citizens buy or rent their homes,» Obama said.

The commission is under the leadership of Chair Carl Weisbrod, who is also the commissioner of the city's Department of City Planning and serves at the discretion of the macity's Department of City Planning and serves at the discretion of the maCity Planning and serves at the discretion of the mayor.

Judith Bergtraum, 68, who joined CUNY in 2007 and is vice chancellor for facilities planning, construction and management, gets a $ 153,598 pension from her time in city government, including a stint as a deputy commissioner in the Department of Transportation.

State officials also are requiring the city to come up with a backup plan to phase out East High School in case the education commissioner doesn't approve the takeover plan by the U of R.

-- Observer's Will Bredderman: «The commissioner declined to comment on what his department would do if Washington continues to refuse to refund the city, beyond saying he had vague «contingency plans.

That view was reinforced by two developments last week: Cuomo's aides proposed a new energy plan for the state's future that, unlike previous plans, made no mention of fracking in the Southern Tier, and Cuomo himself named former New York City Councilman James Gennaro, a fierce fracking opponent, as a deputy commissioner at Martens» environmental agency.

The winning regions will be picked by a panel of five people: Secretary of State Cesar Perales; RoAnn Destito, commissioner of the state's Office of General Services; Bruce Katz, who directs Brookings» metropolitan policy program; Urban League president Marc Morial and Susan Christopherson, the chair of Cornell's department of City & Regional Planning.

There's that new congestion pricing plan authored and promoted by former city traffic commissioner (Gridlock) Sam Schwartz, which for now appears all but dead.

Gilbert Taylor, the commissioner of the Department of Homeless Services, was expected to outline the plan when he testifies today at a City Council hearing about the budget.

The Governor's Airport Advisory Panel is charged with producing recommendations on redesigns and modernization for our region's airports, and is comprised of the following appointees by the Governor: Amanda Burden, former commissioner of the New York City Department of City Planning; Tony Collins, co-chair of the North Country Regional Economic Development Council; Jose Gomez - Ibanez, Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy at the Kennedy School of Government and Harvard's Graduate School of Design; Queens Borough President Melinda Katz; DanTishman, CEO of Tishman Construction Corporation; Jacqueline Snyder, former head of the New York City Public Design Commission; John Zuccotti, co-chair of Brookfield Office Properties.

A panel of experts will evaluate the proposals: Bruce Katz of the Brookings Institution; Marc Morial, president of the National Urban League; Cesar Perales, New York Secretary of State; Susan Christopherson, professor and chair of city and regional planning, Cornell University; and RoAnn Destito, commissioner of the Office of General Services.

The Buffalo Teachers Federation may have taken a major hit Monday when the new state education commissioner backed a receivership plan for five failing city schools.

«This is a smart, comprehensive plan to address the challenges in New York, while taking into account the interests and needs of all New Yorkers,» Sam Schwartz, CEO of Sam Schwartz Engineering, a congestion pricing advocate and a former city traffic commissioner, said.

The group has submitted its own community plan on the rezoning, which was commended by City Planning Chairman Carl Weisbrod along with other commissioners.

A former deputy commissioner plans to sue the city for $ 5 million, saying he was fired for complaining about two of Mayor de Blasio's biggest City Hall controversies — the lifting of deed restrictions for Lower East Side nursing home Rivington House and the granting of city favors to mayoral contributor Harendra Sicity for $ 5 million, saying he was fired for complaining about two of Mayor de Blasio's biggest City Hall controversies — the lifting of deed restrictions for Lower East Side nursing home Rivington House and the granting of city favors to mayoral contributor Harendra SiCity Hall controversies — the lifting of deed restrictions for Lower East Side nursing home Rivington House and the granting of city favors to mayoral contributor Harendra Sicity favors to mayoral contributor Harendra Singh.

At issue in their latest fight is Move NY, a plan engineered by former city traffic commissioner (Gridlock) Sam Schwartz that entails placing tolls on the East River bridges and 60th Street in Manhattan to raise money for mass transit.

Steven Banks, Human Resources Administration commissioner and also head of the Homeless Services Department, plans to detail more reforms at a City Council hearing Tuesday.

Ben Walsh, deputy commissioner of the city's Office of Neighborhood & Business Development, said city officials first saw the arena plan on Syracuse.com.

The announcement by Emily Lloyd, commissioner of the City's Department of Environmental Protection, to begin the process of expanding public access to the Jerome Park Reservoir is incredibly welcome, and I look forward to helping plan and implement access for the reservoir in the fall,» said Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr..

In August, the city parks commissioner announced plans to close the Ida Benderson center.

Jerilyn Perrine, a former city housing commissioner who is now executive director of the nonpartisan research group Citizens Housing and Planning Council, said the expiration of the program would be «very troubling.»

She's Margaret Hamburg, 53, the New York City health commissioner in the 1990s and later an official at the Department of Health and Human Services, where she specialized in bioterrorism and planning a response to a potential flu epidemic.

Bending to pressure from several parents» and educators» groups, Mayor Kevin H. White instructed his commissioner of consumer affairs and licensing, Joanne Prevost, to place an immediate moratorium on the licensing of such games while the city ponders a «comprehensive plan» to address the «unregulated proliferation of video games and pinball machines» in Boston.

13) Florida: A plan to rehabilitate the Miami Marine Stadium with private money is turned down by city commissioners after «questions about rosy financial projections and «self - dealing»» arise.

County commissioners and other city staff persons mentioned that as water supplies are less reliable, the growing seasons lengthen, the summer is warmer and the soils become less fertile, that planning becomes more challenging because of the economic uncertainties.

Officials argue that a 12 - month moratorium would give the city time to craft new regulations, including overhauled mapping and setback requirements currently with planning commissioners, without having to rush legislation through.

Developers have filed a lawsuit alleging Margate city commissioners stopped an already agreed - upon development plan that would have created a downtown.

In this role, Mary manages the work of the Housing Advisory Board of Charlotte - Mecklenburg which is the board appointed by the Mayor, City Council and Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners to develop strategic plans for ending and preventing homelessness in our community.