Sentences with phrase «government buildings in the city»

2009: Turn to militarism Boko Haram's militarism began in 2009, with a series of attacks on police stations and government buildings in the city of Maiduguri.
Dublin's most stylish five - star hotel is situated opposite the government buildings in the city center.

Not exact matches

In several of these countries, the government is pouring enormous sums into building entrepreneurship programs, faculties and even cities.
Consider the case of New Ordos, a city the government of Inner Mongolia built from scratch in just five years to house 100,000 people.
In April the company signed a «strategic cooperation agreement,» Rhee said, with the municipal government of Kunming City in the southwestern province of Yunnan, which will aid the company in robot building and developing artificial intelligence capabilities in Yunnan province for the purpose of making Kunming and other municipalities A.I. - enabled «smart» citieIn April the company signed a «strategic cooperation agreement,» Rhee said, with the municipal government of Kunming City in the southwestern province of Yunnan, which will aid the company in robot building and developing artificial intelligence capabilities in Yunnan province for the purpose of making Kunming and other municipalities A.I. - enabled «smart» citiein the southwestern province of Yunnan, which will aid the company in robot building and developing artificial intelligence capabilities in Yunnan province for the purpose of making Kunming and other municipalities A.I. - enabled «smart» citiein robot building and developing artificial intelligence capabilities in Yunnan province for the purpose of making Kunming and other municipalities A.I. - enabled «smart» citiein Yunnan province for the purpose of making Kunming and other municipalities A.I. - enabled «smart» cities.
They call it a clear sign of a bubble: «There's city after city full of empty streets and vast government buildings, some in the most inhospitable locations.
On barren hills and swamps at the outskirts of the city, Lee's government over the past twelve years has built the satellite town of Jurong, which in addition to housing and retail stores is crammed with 510 factories; another hundred will be completed this year.
In Cincinnati, for example, the city government has used Tableau to build dashboards that help it recognize geographical and timing patterns in heroin - overdose emergency calls — which in turn helps them deploy police and EMTs in targeted ways to enable faster responseIn Cincinnati, for example, the city government has used Tableau to build dashboards that help it recognize geographical and timing patterns in heroin - overdose emergency calls — which in turn helps them deploy police and EMTs in targeted ways to enable faster responsein heroin - overdose emergency calls — which in turn helps them deploy police and EMTs in targeted ways to enable faster responsein turn helps them deploy police and EMTs in targeted ways to enable faster responsein targeted ways to enable faster responses.
In addition to their public campaigns, private providers have worked to prevent government competition by seeking state - level legislation that takes away cities» right to build their own services.
Documents filed with the local government in Jacksonville, Florida, this month state that a «leading international manufacturer of solar panels and modules» is seeking to invest more than $ 400 million in building a manufacturing plant in the city.
Of course, the biggest question will be how to win over city and county governments to allow further construction of such a structure and which startup will prevail in the bid to build our human vacuum tube of the future.
In contrast, low priority was given to spending for cities and rural communities, and for diversifying the provincial economy; that is building an economy that is broader than the traditional industries of energy and agriculture through targeted government investment and tax incentives.
Housing is becoming increasingly expensive to build due to government fees and regulations on building in most cities, and government programs merely subsidize this process at a cost to the taxpayers; and rent control has been a disaster because that immediately kills off any new construction and reduces the incentive for land owners and landlords to maintain their property because their income is fixed.
That record was then dwarfed Thursday when shares reached a new all - time high at $ 385, undoubtedly spurred by the EV company confirming it is in fact in talks with the Shanghai municipal government to build a Gigafactory and manufacture cars in the city's tech sector.
And, as Barkun reports, before Timothy McVeigh parked that Ryder truck outside the federal building in Oklahoma City, he had visited not only the charred remains of the Branch Davidian site at Waco but also «Area 51,» the secret government installation in Nevada that fascinates conspiracy theorists.
It was a social must for a rich man or a man who had attained a high rank in the government to build a mosque with a school in his home town or to leave a waqf in the city.
A city - owned museum displaying a piece of art in no way is an endorsement of the art in question by «the government» — if his version was correct, the Supreme Court building should be torn down immediately.
After the city government, yielding to evangelical preaching, had permitted the people of the several parishes in the city to elect their own preachers and then had encouraged them to establish an evangelical order of worship, it proceeded to reorganize the property of the church, assigning its income to the maintenance of church buildings, the payment of ministers» salaries, education, and poor relief.
We are committed to building and nurturing partnerships with each other, our city government, and other businesses and neighborhood organizations to improve and enhance the quality of work and life in our community.
Eight miles of revetments, which prevent the shoreline from being eroded, are being built in a $ 300 million venture financed mostly by the federal government, with participation by the state, city and Park District.
We've seen tremendous improvement in the economy and at the social level since 1992, the Rawlings regime and that of Kufour all contributed immensely to the growth we seeing, the Mahama administration has added value to what he inherited.The infrastructure development recorded under this government is the highest after Nkrumah, the improvement in the health and education sector can not be downplayed.Policies rolled out by the regime to close the yawning gap between the toiling but highly productive rural folks and city officials is commendable.The IMF director Christie Lagarde was right when she described what we called economic success between 2005 - 2008 as mediocre growth.The base of the economy was still shattered and now being built to restore the confidence of the people.
«I want to thank HELP USA, SAGE, and our partners in government for their collaboration in providing desperately needed affordable housing for our seniors who helped to build this city
Uwah, a former commissioner for Environment explained that the owners of the building were required to furnish the authority with the Certificate of Occupancy and other relevant papers concerning the building adding that other buildings in the capital city that did not meet the requirements of government were also marked.
On Monday Israeli warplanes struck the university and government buildings in Gaza City as tank and soldier numbers increased on the border with the Gaza Strip.
But on this occasion they were protesting against a local government plan to build a 55.9 - billion - yuan oil refining and petrochemical complex in the city's outskirts.
«We deserve a city government that actually believes in our neighborhoods,» said de Blasio, who vowed to build a government «of and for and by our neighborhoods.»
Onondaga County and the city of Syracuse are hoping to build on the success of government consolidation projects in the past to make more moves to modernize or consolidate government in the future.
On Wednesday Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback joined members of that state's congressional delegation in saying that the agreement by the City of Manhattan, Kansas, to transfer title to 46 acres to the Department of Homeland Security signals the federal government's commitment to build the National Bio - and Agro-defense Facity (NBAF).
The city is paying the federal government $ 1 for the 80 - year - old structure, a building Mayor Byron Brown says is in pristine condition.
Catsimatidis, who owns United Metro Energy Corp., is building a new biodiesel - processing facility in Greenpoint, and was already awarded a $ 62 million contract last year that provided city government with «heating oil, bio-blend and bio-heat bulk deliveries,» records show.
Former congressman and New York City Mayor Edward Koch, the founder of New York Uprising, a group seeking reform of New York State government, brought his campaign to Nassau Wednesday, extolling its aims on the steps of the county executive and legislative building in Mineola.
«When you have leadership in government that listens to the residents and that ensures that we are doing what our neighborhoods want, what our neighborhood associations what, that's how you build a strong city and that's how you build strong neighborhoods, so we want to continue that work and continue moving that forward.»
However, the ambitious project by the federal government to build a smart city, on a 1,260 hectares piece of virgin land located several kilometers Southeast of Nigeria's capital, Abuja is embroiled in several controversies, all bordering on alleged fraud.
The inferno razed down two buildings on No 171 Orodu Street and No 1 Freedom Street, in the popular ghetto city, Ajegunle, in Ajeromi / Ifelodun Local Government Area.
Several local governments have passed their own non-discrimination bills in recent years, including New York City, where such profiling is now only allowed at buildings with six or fewer units.
Topics during the Q&A portion of his press conference included the looming discontinuance of the Rockaway ferry, a broad consideration of his earlier statement about «righting greater wrongs,» what happened to government funding for a ferry obtained by Anthony Weiner and Joe Addabbo, whether there is any City effort to «track down scammers» in the Build it Back program, how satisfied de Blasio is with the pace of Build it Back, whether an updated evacuation plan is contemplated in conjunction with increasing the housing supply in Rockaway and a government memo reported by The Wave which stated that more money was available from FEMA than publicly acknowledged and that such additional funding could be a political liability.
Less remarked upon, however, was the renewed commitment in the speech to building the Northern Powerhouse, and empowering cities in the North to fulfil their economic potential — another key way in which the Government hopes to leave its stamp long after Cameron has left office.
Question topics included the estimated time for completion of all of the Sandy recovery home rebuilding, the implementation of new flood maps, whether de Blasio's reported future endorsement of Hillary Clinton is tied to a longterm need for federal government assistance, whether in Secretary Castro's view the City could do better on any element of Sandy recovery efforts, communicating an increased sense of urgency to City agencies, significant variations in the reported number of Build It Back applicants, how the City will continue its increased rate of repairs, details on the construction firms used in the program and praise for developer Gerry Romski.
De Blasio commended sanitation workers for their role in helping the city rebuild following Hurricane Sandy in 2012, as he battles the federal government over how effectively the city managed funds provided for the Build It Back program for homeowners and faces pressure from City Council members to speed up the rebuilding of hocity rebuild following Hurricane Sandy in 2012, as he battles the federal government over how effectively the city managed funds provided for the Build It Back program for homeowners and faces pressure from City Council members to speed up the rebuilding of hocity managed funds provided for the Build It Back program for homeowners and faces pressure from City Council members to speed up the rebuilding of hoCity Council members to speed up the rebuilding of homes.
Or why a state government slow to fund major regional transportation needs would commit $ 100,000 to build a skateboard park anywhere — much less in Albany, a city so broke it couldn't balance its budget without a bailout from the governor this year.
We [Government] are investing in health care, we are investing in our road infrastructure, we are building interchanges to connect various cities to make it easier for people to be able to move, we are building the energy sector of this country,» Mr Adams highlighted.
Public records indicate that legal maneuvers by Small's law firm facilitated nearly $ 700,000 in anonymous lobbying spending for Pledge 2 Protect, a nonprofit founded in 2013 to fight the city government's plan to build a marine waste transfer station on the Upper East Side that would haul away garbage by barge.
Visiting Bristol yesterday as part of Labour's city conversation, to help elect Marvin Rees as city mayor, shadow education secretary Stephen Twigg highlighted the government's swingeing cuts with new build funding for schools slashed by a massive 57 %, against a general 30 % cut in most other spending areas.
Governor Cuomo announced that flags on state government buildings will be flown at half - staff today, in remembrance of the nearly 3,000 men, women and children who lost their lives in the September 11th 2001 terrorist attacks in New York City.
«What we have here is rare in city government: a case that's built on moral outrage,» he said.
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo directed that flags on all State government buildings be flown at half - staff in memory of New York City Police Officer Miosotis Familia, who was died earlier today after being shot in the line of duty.
«I am working to ensure that civic hackers like those at the Sunlight Foundation can build an open API with bulk downloads so the transparency the rules and people demand becomes a reality in the coming months,» City Council member Ben Kallos, chair of the Government Operations Committee, said in a statement e-mailed to techPresident.
Among the questions asked by the press: whether the city is working with Mexican government officials to encourage any eligible Mexican nationals to register with the city for assistance, whether all victims have been located and identified, what is the biggest remaining challenge at the site, whether there are continuing concerns of gas leaking at the site, whether there is any evidence of illegal gas connections in the basements of the destroyed buildings, what damage or evidence the FDNY will look for, the number of people needing housing assistance, whether any victims asked about the investigation when meeting with the mayor, the number and location of apartments being made available by REBNY to temporarily house victims, what the mayor would say to any employer not granting time off to a victim and whether the mayor is concerned about the pace of gas main replacements.
«Others, like myself, believe the role of government is to make smart investments that build a better society, and that we have an opportunity in this city to shape the economy of the future.»
In a press release on April 11, Schneiderman announced that $ 20 million of funds from settlements with Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley would be used «to provide local governments with innovative technology to address and transform problem properties — including homes and buildings that are blighted, poorly maintained, vacant, abandoned, and in financial distress — that fell into disrepair following the foreclosure crisis,» as part of a program called Cities for Responsible Investment and Strategic Enforcement, or Cities RISIn a press release on April 11, Schneiderman announced that $ 20 million of funds from settlements with Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley would be used «to provide local governments with innovative technology to address and transform problem properties — including homes and buildings that are blighted, poorly maintained, vacant, abandoned, and in financial distress — that fell into disrepair following the foreclosure crisis,» as part of a program called Cities for Responsible Investment and Strategic Enforcement, or Cities RISin financial distress — that fell into disrepair following the foreclosure crisis,» as part of a program called Cities for Responsible Investment and Strategic Enforcement, or Cities RISE.
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