Sentences with phrase «development commissioner»

Howard Zemsky, the current economic development commissioner under Gov. Cuomo, said Empire Zones are among the state's past development policies that «did not work.»

One of the indictments alleges Carlo Lizza and Lizza family members paid bribes to former and now deceased planning and development commissioner Frederick Ippolito to secure contracts, the rezoning of land and the sale of property at 50 Engel St. in Hicksville.

Among those mentioned are New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr., and outgoing Office of Management and Budget Director Shaun Donovan, who also served as city housing preservation and development commissioner under former Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

A huge piece of the puzzle will also include preserving existing affordable units, which will also include trying to preserve affordable, market - rate units in neighborhoods that may become hot in the future, according to Housing Preservation and Development commissioner Vicki Been.

Newsday has reported that sources said others in the indictment include Frank Antetomaso, 77, of Massapequa, the town's former public works commissioner; and Frederick Ippolito, the town's former planning and development commissioner who died this month at age 78, after the special grand jury's vote.

Ippolito, who served as the town's planning and development commissioner since 2009, pleaded guilty to one felony count of income tax evasion, admitting in federal court Tuesday that he knowingly submitted a false tax return.

City neighborhood and development commissioner Paul Driscoll doesn't think there are any other housing projects like it in the city: a mix of market rate apartments with affordable apartments in one building.

Several Milwaukee Common Council members, in opposing both spending city money on a proposed extension of the city's streetcar line and the reappointment of the Department of City Development commissioner, say they are not satisfied with what they see as a lack of development outside downtown.

Later, Gargano became a power broker in Gov. George Pataki's administration, doling out contracts as economic development commissioner while also raising campaign cash for the Republican governor.

From left: Mo Vaughn, co-founder of Omni New York, Stuyvesant Town, and Rafael Cestero, Department of Housing Preservation and Development commissioner More rent - stabilized buildings...

The governor also recalled some top aides of his father, former Gov. Mario Cuomo, by naming Vincent Tese, the former economic development commissioner and current executive chairman of Bond Street Holdings; and Joseph Spinelli, the state's first inspector general and now managing director of Navigant.

Zike said Wednesday the building was expanded without any permits or variances, and that planning and development commissioner Frederick Ippolito issued the building permit and certificate of occupancy after the fact.

The task force, chaired by city Human Resources Administration commissioner Steve Banks, Housing Preservation and Development commissioner Vicki Been and Laura Mascuch, executive director of the Supportive Housing Network of New York, will help the city expedite the creation of the new housing units, de Blasio said, as it faces high numbers of homeless people living in city shelters and on the streets.

In 2015, Venditto said during a town board meeting that a complaint against Frederick Ippolito, the town's then - planning and development commissioner who had been charged with federal income tax evasion, had been turned over to the ethics board.

Malloy and his development commissioner would also promise Bertolini that Connecticut would support Hartford, including the bailout that Mayor Luke Bronin requested and millions more for upscale apartments to attract young professionals.

Instead, according to two letters sent on May 15 to Aetna by Malloy and Catherine H. Smith, the economic development commissioner, the state's communications and meetings were with other Aetna people.

Ippolito, 78, of Syosset, died last year while serving a 27 - month prison sentence after pleading guilty in January 2016 to evading taxes in connection with $ 2 million in outside consulting fees he received while working as the town's planning and development commissioner.

Charles Gargano, who as the state's economic development commissioner is responsible for running the program, also declined to be interviewed.

And SUNY Poly's is not expected to have an ongoing role at the film hub, said Howard Zemsky, the state's economic development commissioner.

Also Wednesday, Timothy Zike, Oyster Bay's deputy planning and development commissioner, testified that no variances were obtained for the expansion of a building at 329 Broadway or the eradication of the parking area — a violation of town code.

Cuomo is now publicly on board after his economic development commissioner, Howard Zemsky, brought up the lack of transportation options during a recent visit to the state's Capitol, using deadpan humor to get his point across.

Frederick Ippolito, Oyster Bay's then - planning and development commissioner, negotiated with a contractor's family on behalf of the town at the same time that he was accepting money from the contractor's family trust, court and town documents show.

Malloy and Catherine Smith, the state economic development commissioner, described that as a key provision.

Last week, Genova and Timothy Zike, Oyster Bay's deputy planning and development commissioner, explained how it all got done.

Governor Cuomo is now publicly on board, after his economic development commissioner, Howard Zemsky, brought up the lack of transportation options during a recent visit to the state's capitol, using deadpan humor to get his point across.

All of the accused entered not - guilty pleas, with the exception of former town planning and development commissioner Frederick Ippolito, who is dead.

Cuomo set up the councils to tap the expertise of smart local people who are actively engaged in their community, said Howard Zemsky, the governor's economic development commissioner and a former Buffalo - area regional council member.

They all knew Howard Zemsky, the state's economic development commissioner, for his wry wit.

«I would argue that it appears like there is more anti-sentiment than at any other time,» said Rafael Cestero, former Housing Preservation and Development commissioner.

Howard Zemsky, New York's economic development commissioner, said the litigation had been resolved and would not affect NexGen's plans to manufacture semiconductors in Central New York.

Gov. Eliot Spitzer and his economic development commissioners have asked an independent consultant to study the Empire Zone and other economic development programs.

But before that he served in a number of posts for the city of Albany, including economic development commissioner and as a top aide and spokesman for Mayor Jerry Jennings.