The county staff would perform the lead risk assessments and the city would handle the finances and decide which projects move
forward in city neighborhoods disproportionately more distressed.
Amid lush greenery and newly bloomed flowers at Garfield Park Conservatory, Emanuel said there will be more than 750 cultural activities planned at
parks in all city neighborhoods — including some new programs and expansions of existing summertime programs.
Borrowing a page from Clinton's 1999 «listening tour» — held as she prepared for a Senate candidacy — Buffalo mayoral candidature Mark Schroeder is staging a series of
events in city neighborhoods, none downtown, to gauge feedback from voters and bolster his claims that incumbent Mayor Byron Brown cares only about downtown.
«In an annual report to Common Councilors, Wright pointed out how the agency over the last five years has not only cleared out
blight in city neighborhoods, but has helped the city bottom line, bringing in millions in formerly uncollected taxes, as well as $ 19 million in private renovation investment of the 537 properties it sold.
Hawley is one of three
markets in city neighborhoods getting help through an Onondaga County Health Department initiative that promotes healthy foods in some corner stores.
The Office of State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli is conducting a survey on
noise in city neighborhoods and invites all residents to participate.
Stringer also criticized the administration's failure to use the newly passed affordable housing plan to help approve
developments in city neighborhoods — a handful of proposed developments in Inwood and in Sunnyside, Queens have fallen apart amid community and City Council opposition.
Syracuse lawmakers are trying to work out concerns over a proposed law that would allow police to crack down on problem
houses in city neighborhoods.
Schroeder announced a plan to introduce more police
officers in city neighborhoods — who would be dedicated to community policing, an effort that he said would see police officers and residents more engaged with each other, to make neighborhoods safer.
Furthermore, organizations like OneMECK (a Charlotte - based organization that focuses on ending policies and practices that lead to highly - concentrated poverty in schools and housing) work with city and county leaders to advocate for affordable housing and inclusionary zones to help break up poverty
density in city neighborhoods, leading to increased diversity in schools.
Mayor Brown added, «This land bank will be one of the most important and effective tools in combating the abandoned property program, while improving the quality of
life in city neighborhoods and creating new opportunities for business investment.»
Hogan said his main concern is the quality of life
in city neighborhoods.
Forced by term limits to relinquish his 2nd District council seat, he decided to challenge the incumbent because, he said, she exercises «elitist, top - down government» and pays too little attention to the quality of life
in city neighborhoods.
I live
in a city neighborhood: not one with subways or streetcars, darn it, but one with houses and businesses and schools.