Sentences with phrase «combat zombie properties»

At 9:30 a.m., Monroe County Legislator Tony Micciche will announce new legislation to combat zombie properties, Monroe County Office Building, Legislature Chambers, 39 West Main St., Room 406, Rochester.

Other sustainability and development programs that have been initiated or reformed over the last six years under Governor Cuomo include: · Cleaner, Greener Regional Sustainability Plans · Regional Economic Development Councils · Land Bank Act to convert vacant properties · Legislation to combat zombie properties · Complete Streets design initiative · Upstate Revitalization Initiative · Hudson Valley Farmland Preservation and Southern Tier Agricultural Industry Enhancement Programs · Clean Energy Communities · Brownfield Redevelopment Reform · Historic Preservation Tax Credit · Climate Smart Communities Grants · Community Risk and Resiliency Act Elaine Kamarck, Founding Director of the Center for Effective Public Management at the Brookings Institution and Author of Why Presidents Fail and How They Can Succeed Again said, «Whenever I get a chance to come home I'm always impressed at the rapid progress being made here in the Finger Lakes.

The package of provisions was sought by the five - member Independent Democratic Conference in the state Senate, who had proposed the measures in recent months to combat zombie property vacancies.

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In order to combat the blight of bank - owned, zombie and abandoned homes, and to ensure the responsible owner maintains the property, Senators Klein and Bailey proposed new legislation to tackle the issue.

At 10 a.m., Cuomo signs legislation to combat so - called «zombie properties» in New York, 208 Hazard St., Solvay.

The agreement contains provisions to combat rural blight and «zombie homes» — or abandoned bank - owned properties — by expediting the rehabilitation, repair and improvement of these eyesores.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo today announced a deal with 11 banks and lenders in New York to combat frustrations and economic damage caused by vacant and abandoned zombie properties.

This week, Cuomo signed bills to combat the heroin and opioid crisis and to combat the issue of homes that have been vacated or abandoned, called «zombie properties.»

«LISC is thrilled to be awarding $ 12.6 million in grants to cities, towns and villages, in partnership with Attorney General Schneiderman, to combat their zombie and vacant properties,» said Denise Scott, LISC's executive vice president for programs.

«Innovation Trail» correspondent Jenna Flanagan looks at how the state and municipalities are using technology to combat the scourge of blight caused by «zombie properties.»