Sentences with phrase «fighting over development»

Graziano, a Flushing activist and urban planning consultant, said he was focusing his campaign largely on fighting over development in northeast Queens — calling it his No. 1 issue.

The decades of fighting over development in the Elmwood Village haveoften involved a group objecting to the plan of a developer for a particular piece of property.

The Amherst Town Board took its first vote on long - running fight over development of the former Westwood Country Club Monday night, although over a relatively minor environmental issue.

Not exact matches

The Canadian government is buoyed by other recent developments in Canada-U.S. trade: this week Boeing has dropped its legal fight against Bombardier and there are indications of a potential settlement in a dispute over glossy paper.

The good news, of course, is that if history is any guide for future development, this fight will soon be over.

While parents and teens may fight over just how much space a teen needs, understand that your child's need to separate from you is a very important aspect of child development and leads to developing autonomy.

Since May, Cuomo's state Democratic Committee has served as the conduit for all things anti-Astorino: His fight with the Department of Housing and Urban Development over affordable housing, his conservative stance on abortion and a lawsuit filed against him stemming from the obscure battles within the Independence Party in Westchester County.

Appelbaum also praised Pilgrim - Hunter for her role in the Kingsbridge Armory fight, in which she, RWDSU and a host of others successfully blocked a development supported by the Bloomberg administration due to a disagreement over so - called «living» wages.

All over the world, groups and individuals are using technology in a variety of innovative ways to increase government transparency, fight corruption, open data, hack on civic problems, strengthen economic development, address environmental problems, improve public health and education, and advance the conditions of women and children.

New York State United Teachers President Karen Magee, whose union fought bitterly with the governor over the initial proposals, calls it a «momentous development.»

Those fights have largely been with members of the Democratic - led Assembly, starting with Speaker Carl Heastie soon after the session ended over New York City policy, but soon spilled over to economic development matters and the contention lawmakers haven't «made the case» to a commission to grant a pay hike.

An eight - year legal fight over racial discrimination by New York City in a proposed Brooklyn development is expected to be settled today, after community groups and the de Blasio administration agreed on a new plan for affordable housing for the site.

He also recently fought for and got passed, over the objections of the Bloomberg administration, a bill mandating more frequent Staten Island Ferry service and he has been at the fore of the battle to save Mount Manresa from development.

When the mayor himself was asked this weekend, in the context of an ongoing fight over housing development, whether he regrets backing Cuomo, he said, «I endorsed him.

He became embroiled in a high - profile fight over affordable housing with the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development — a fight that halted after Trump took office this year.

«But last week at Brighton the dinosaurs had broken out of their glass cases, their political DNA apparently uncontaminated by any contact with the reality of thirty years of global economic development ready to wreak havoc fighting the battles of the past using the language of the past, all over again, a sort of political version of Jurassic Park.»

Fahey will also be involved with pending litigation, including a year - long legal fight with COR Development over the future of Syracuse's Inner Harbor.

At the end of the evening, CB3 members accomplished what seemed impossible to many not so long ago: unanimous approval of a set of planning guidelines (you can read the full document here) for a 7 - acre development site the neighborhood has been fighting over for 43 years.

Syracuse, N.Y. — Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner has won the latest fight with Common Council, with lawmakers forced to wait till 2012 before they can try to wrestle control over development decisions from the city planning commission.

But Ecuador's experience with Chevron may have convinced it that oil actually stinks — an epic lawsuit has been fought for nearly two decades over oil spills and toxic waste left behind by previous development.

Concerns over the spread of Ebola prompted the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to launch the «Fighting Ebola: A Grand Challenge for Development» initiative on October 7.

«Arrested Development» stars Jason Bateman and Will Arnett fight over dueling banana stands in an episode from the series.

There really isn't too much character development of Ethan Hawke or his family, other than fighting with his wife over the hell he puts them through every time he wants to write a book, but I don't think that's what the movie was supposed to do.

New York State United Teachers President Karen Magee, whose union fought bitterly with the governor over the initial proposals, calls it a «momentous development».

The depth of that support from the left, however, has been slowly eroding and recent developments exposed cracks in that alliance even before the election: the NAACP resolution; the battle over the Massachusetts charter cap; the fight against the Washington State charter law, which was joined by local affiliates of NCLR, a group that nationally has been very supportive of charters.

According to an article by Michael Levinson in the Boston Globe (6.6.14), Barbara Madeloni «won her race by openly criticizing the current union president... for his record of negotiating with — rather than fighting — officials on the development of teacher assessments and the Common Core...» He went on to say: «Her agenda forcefully rejects those policies, which have gained increasing support from Republicans and Democrats over the last 20 years.

«Well over half of our development costs go into fighting noise,» chief instructor Phil Ellis told us.

Developed just a stone's throw away at the neighbouring Opel Development Centre, this Corsa has a boosted 1.6 - litre engine, upgraded turbo and new sports exhaust, and it now boasts over 200bhp, helping it take the fight to talented rivals in the shape of the Mini John Cooper Works and the Renaultsport Clio 200 Cup.

One product development fight that Volkswagen and Audi have now officially denied is over electric vehicles.

The number of hit points that a raid boss today needs to have to survive 25 players dealing out that much DPS over the course of a ten minute fight is staggering, and the numbers involved are large enough that the development team posted a blog to open discussions with the players about how to bring these numbers back into a sensible reality.

• Play with thousands of online gamers • Quest Maker — allowing you to make your own quests for others to play • 3D Open world sandbox environment allows you to free roam an entire school • Fully customize your character with over 5 billion different possibilities • Real - time market that enables true economy • Over 30 different fighting moves to crush your enemies with in real - time • Loads of weapons and armors to aid you along your journey • Upgrade your equipment to make them more powerful • Meet friends, or enemies • Create or join a clan to wage wars • Buy houses, furniture, then throw a house party with friends • Buy pets and train them to fight for you • Craft rare items of various types • Actively under development which means this game will evolve greatly to meet your MMORPG desover 5 billion different possibilities • Real - time market that enables true economy • Over 30 different fighting moves to crush your enemies with in real - time • Loads of weapons and armors to aid you along your journey • Upgrade your equipment to make them more powerful • Meet friends, or enemies • Create or join a clan to wage wars • Buy houses, furniture, then throw a house party with friends • Buy pets and train them to fight for you • Craft rare items of various types • Actively under development which means this game will evolve greatly to meet your MMORPG desOver 30 different fighting moves to crush your enemies with in real - time • Loads of weapons and armors to aid you along your journey • Upgrade your equipment to make them more powerful • Meet friends, or enemies • Create or join a clan to wage wars • Buy houses, furniture, then throw a house party with friends • Buy pets and train them to fight for you • Craft rare items of various types • Actively under development which means this game will evolve greatly to meet your MMORPG desires

Cede is still very much in the alpha stages of development, but I think it has a ton of potential, and I haven't even touched on the fact that you'll be able to bring materials you find in the worlds you fight over back to your own personal hub farm to grow crops, and then use those crops to level up your Lil Boi, making them stronger!

Nintendo's iconic Mario franchise is a testament to just how much games have evolved over the past 4 decades and their potential to adapt to just about any genre imaginable; the plumber stars in just about everything, including side - scrolling platformers, turn - based RPGs, 3D adventures, sports competitions, fighting games, and even a handful of learning and child - development titles.

During the development, it was kind of like, half my time was spent obsessing over vs. fighting games, and half was spent making Streets of Rage 2.

I do wonder how the greenies, who have fought so hard over drilling, feel about the massive development that occured with their help over ethanol?

The fight over the formal proceedings, which were bound to be underwhelming, distracts from some significant developments that I'll be covering in subsequent posts.

My colleague Felicity Barringer, who covers the environment for our National desk, has been tracking developments related to the White House fight with some Environmental Protection Agency officials over the need to restrict carbon dioxide.

Increasingly, in its stead, an accounting fight has broken out over what constitutes additional climate assistance on top of existing development assistance or investments.

I would add that many in the West may also want to weaken the power of non-western countries which have a lot of oil resources compared to the West, and they may hope that having more of the world shunning the use of oil resources and the development of oil extraction in the name of fighting «Global Warming» could be used to gain the economic upper hand over their competitors.

236 Susan Neuberger Weller, Copyright Ownership Is Not Monkey Business: Wikimedia and Slater Fight Over Selfie Photographs, Copyright & Trademark Matters: Insights and Developments in Copyright and Trademark Law (August 7, 2014), http://www.copyrighttrademarkmatters.com/2014/08/07/copyright-ownership-is-not-monkey-business-wikimedia-and-slater-fight-over-selfie-photographs/.

yro.slashdot.org - Here's the latest developments in the ongoing fight over net neutrality rules: CNET reports that Democrats in the Senate «have been pushing to use the Congressional Review Act to roll back the FCC's repeal of net neutrality rules.