Sentences with phrase «island city built»

They built a powerful empire controlled by an island city built in the middle of the lake.

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For Urgo, the ideal is to attract college and postcollege renters to buildings including the Forge in Long Island City and House39 in Murray Hill, with the idea that they'll fall in love with a space and remain even as they graduate to the next stage in their lives.

The Roosevelt Field shopping complex was built 60 years ago, in Garden City, N.Y., on the former Long Island airstrip where Charles Lindbergh took off on his historic transatlantic flight.

Today, he runs all of Lyft's New York City operations, working on everything from local promotions to driver growth to building up Lyft's team in its Long Island City, Queens, offices.

Given the interest in offshoring business and assets among the ultra rich technorati, it seems unlikely that congress would ultimately be able to pin down tax liability, labor rules or much else if these companies decide to exercise their technical genius to seastead, build a jungle city, or find a nice island to operate from.

Hakim, a frequent partner of Kevin Maloney's Property Markets Group, is developing a commercial building on a vacant Gowanus lot and is trying to sell the 44 - story Long Island City rental tower 1 QPS.

The City had plans to build a protective seawall around the island but deferred them in the belief that what had always been, would always be.

The Johor developments stem from Iskandar Malaysia, a government effort to leverage Singapore's success by building a new metropolis near the causeway that connects the island state to the Malaysian city of Johor Bahru.

Shortly after, in 1885 the United States built their first incinerator on Governors Island in New York City.

The city has sought to build the infrastructure the industry needs to grow, including Cornell Tech, a 12 - acre engineering campus on Roosevelt Island.

Sharon Bajwa at Spaces in Long Island City, NY, tells Allwork how events help build and nurture their coworking community.

then i exported all posts relating to our moving from the city to the seaside, and owner - building our island retreat, to a new blog http://anamrae.blogspot.com/

Mr. and Mrs. Gwynne Evans of that city live in a famous island showplace, one of «The Three Bricks,» the Main Street mansions built by a prosperous whaling man for his three sons.

In 1991, the new Phillips Park Aquatic Center, built in conjunction with the city of Aurora, opened.One accomplishment in 1992 was the dedication of the Veterans Memorial on Veterans Memorial Island.

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Ever since Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park opened on Roosevelt Island four years ago, City Hall has been arguing with the nonprofit group that built and runs the park over whether it is fully accessible to the disabled.

At 9:30 a.m., Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul will deliver remarks at the New York City Regional Economic Development Council, Brewster Building, 41 - 21 27th Street, Long Island City.

Over the weekend, Governor Cuomo suggested Wards Island as a possible replacement for Rikers, saying the city should consider building at least three new jails.

Mayor Bill de Blasio held a press conference today in Broad Channel, the small island enclave in Jamaica Bay, celebrating the markedly improved performance of the City's Build It Back program and announcing expanded goals for the program.

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Malliotakis also touched on familiar criticisms of Mayor de Blasio, saying that he «ties the hands of law enforcement» and ignores the will of City residents in areas such as his plan to build 90 shelters for the homeless and his newly adopted goal of replacing Rikers Island with jails throughout the City.

CITY HALL — The sweeping transformation of nearly 6 percent of Staten Island's landscape into the largest city park to be built in more than a century is facing funding and planning uncertainty under Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Although Trump is fond of saying how he never loses, the billionaire suffered a defeat in his backyard when he sought to build a huge restaurant and banquet hall on Jones Beach, a public beach 40 miles east of New York City on Long Island.

Located just a couple blocks from the Staten Island Ferry terminal, the 38,000 - square - foot building was built in 1935 and has since been used by the city as a District Health Center.

The majority of renewable energy is built upstate and power is at a relatively low cost,» Christian said, referring to the high energy costs of New York City and Long Island.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - City officials toured St. George on Wednesday to discuss 55 Stuyvesant Place, a newly vacant building that officials hope to turn into a hub for innovation.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - In getting a green light from two Staten Island community boards, the city cleared a hurdle this week in its quest to acquire 25 East Shore parcels so the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers can build a seISLAND, N.Y. - In getting a green light from two Staten Island community boards, the city cleared a hurdle this week in its quest to acquire 25 East Shore parcels so the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers can build a seIsland community boards, the city cleared a hurdle this week in its quest to acquire 25 East Shore parcels so the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers can build a seawall.

Mayor de Blasio's plan for closing Rikers Island says little about where new jails should be built — a decision he shrugged off on the City Council Thursday.

But while the chamber has closed, Kathryn Wylde, president of the Partnership of New York City, said the Israeli tech community is well - represented in New York City by the country's consul general and the Technion Institute, which has partnered with Cornell University to build a new graduate engineering school on Roosevelt Island.

In return, the company said it will spend $ 112.6 million to move its operations from Long Island City, Queens to a larger facility it will build at the Harlem River Yards in Port Morris.

Bandshell at Forest Park in Woodhaven • $ 300,000 to improve lighting along the shorefront facing Queens in Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park on Roosevelt Island • $ 1.5 million to renovate the baseball fields at Glen Oaks Playground in Glen Oaks • $ 1 million to renovate Hallets Cove Playground in Astoria • $ 975,000 to improve the asphalt field at Hoffman Park in Elmhurst • $ 1.3 million to construct a meditation garden and upgrade Rachel Carson Playground in Kissena Corridor Park in Flushing • $ 322,000 to construct a skate park at Laurelton Playground in Laurelton • $ 850,000 to upgrade Lannett Playground in Far Rockaway • $ 600,000 to renovate Maple Playground in Flushing • $ 1.5 million to install new play equipment and to upgrade the sprinklers and surface at Mauro Playground in Kew Gardens Hills • $ 350,000 for landscape improvements along the Merrick Boulevard Mall in Springfield Gardens • $ 700,000 to enhance the lawn area, install new walkways, decorate pavers, install new benches and plantings, create a new entry and repair the retaining wall at Newtown Playground in Elmhurst • $ 2 million to upgrade to existing benches and equipment in Norelli Hargreaves Park in Jamaica • $ 300,000 for a mall enhancement and tree plantings along the Northern Boulevard Mall between 62nd Street and 102nd Street in Woodside / Jackson Heights • $ 400,000 to renovate Kingsland Homestead in Flushing • $ 3 million for the preservation of the New York State Pavilion in Flushing Meadows — Corona Park • $ 480,000 to replace the aviary mesh and marsh bridge at the Queens Zoo in Flushing Meadows — Corona Park • $ 2 million to renovate the asphalt field at the World's Fair Playground in Flushing Meadows — Corona Park • $ 800,000 to formalize the picnic grove, add gravel pads and grills, install new fences and benches and upgrade the basketball courts in Rainey Park in Astoria • $ 1.5 million for turf and track upgrades at Roy Wilkins Park in Jamaica • $ 1.4 million to renovate Sandpiper Playground in Rockaway Beach • $ 600,000 to renovate the museum building at Socrates Sculpture Park in Long Island City • $ 500,000 construct a dog run at Triborough Bridge Playground B in Astoria • $ 375,000 for pavers and accent lighting at Tribute Park in the Rockaways • $ 250,000 for site acquisition to add to Udalls Cove in Little Neck • $ 175,000 to improve sidewalk and perimeter of Veterans Grove in Elmhurst • $ 1.6 million to resurface the baseball field and upgrade the play equipment at Vleigh Playground in Flushing • $ 300,000 to support the borough's Tree Stump Removal Program.

The City Council is expected to approve the demolition of «Five Pointz,» a street - art mecca in Long Island City, and Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer conceded «there was not a way to save the building.»

Massey said that he's read the Lippman Report and talked with experts, leading him to support «ending the facility that we now call Rikers» but building new facilities on Rikers Island rather than replacing the current Rikers jails with jails spread around the City.

But the budget does include several other priorities sought by the city: It grants design - build authority for the rehabilitation of the Brooklyn - Queens Expressway and the potential reconstruction of the Rikers Island jail.

De Blasio's plan for closing Rikers Island says little about where new jails should be built — a decision he shrugged off on the City Council.

Cuomo's proposal for a developer to build a lodge on Goat Island would harm the island's reputation as a place of natural beauty, and also would put other hotels in the Falls at a competitive disadvantage, members of the Niagara Falls City Council and the Niagara County LegislaturIsland would harm the island's reputation as a place of natural beauty, and also would put other hotels in the Falls at a competitive disadvantage, members of the Niagara Falls City Council and the Niagara County Legislaturisland's reputation as a place of natural beauty, and also would put other hotels in the Falls at a competitive disadvantage, members of the Niagara Falls City Council and the Niagara County Legislature say.

At 7 p.m., New York City First Lady Chirlane McCray will deliver remarks, Staten Island Mental Health Society, Building B, 669 Castleton Avenue, Staten Island.

At 6:30 p.m., Hochul will provide remarks at a screening of Alexander Shebanow's Film «Fail State», LaGuardia Community College, Little Theatre, Building E, 31 10 Thomson Avenue, Long Island City, Queens.

At 11:30 a.m., Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York President Gary LaBarbera and Long Island City construction and building services workers host a Labor Day celebration, Courthouse Plaza, Jackson Avenue and Thomson Avenue,Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York President Gary LaBarbera and Long Island City construction and building services workers host a Labor Day celebration, Courthouse Plaza, Jackson Avenue and Thomson Avenue,building services workers host a Labor Day celebration, Courthouse Plaza, Jackson Avenue and Thomson Avenue, Queens.

New York City has hired the architecture - and - design firm Perkins Eastman to study where and how to build jails that would eventually replace those on Rikers Island, which officials are working to shut down in the next decade.

Also at 1 p.m., Rep. Dan Donovan, state Sen. Andrew Lanza, Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis and New York City Councilman Joseph Borelli host a press conference to push for federal resources to combat the opioid abuse epidemic in Staten Island and South Brooklyn, Camelot of Staten Island, 460 Brielle Ave., Building H, Staten Island.

And Mr. de Blasio said he would spend $ 170 million to build a new correctional center for adolescents, which would allow the city to remove the roughly 180 adolescents housed on Rikers Island from the troubled jail complex.

Calling the idea offered by the speaker during her State of the City speech last week «interesting and intriguing,» Cuomo said the island jail was a dated facility, and that the smaller, more technically advanced jails that can be built today would be «more appropriate.»

As their attorney filed the article 78 proceeding in Supreme Court on Staten Island Monday afternoon, seeking an injunction on the city's plans, the Assembly members stood outside the court building, speaking to the press.

From Mark Stein of the Staten Island Advance: The city has struck a deal with a developer to resurrect a handful of decaying landmarked buildings on a property abandoned nearly four decades ago.

The City Island Chamber of Commerce has worked together with Senator Klein for many years and we look forward to building on that partnership in the future,» said Skip Giacco, president of the City Island Chamber of Commerce.

As a City Council Member Recchia did absolutely nothing to bring Sandy aid to over 5,000 Staten Island applicants, and he failed to hold a single hearing or call on then Mayor Bloomberg to fix the problems with the Build it Back and Rapid Repair programs.

The City of Buffalo and United States Army Corps of Engineers are partnering to restore a wetland habitat on Unity Island, using sediment removed from the Buffalo River to help build it.

Residents should write their personal impact statements or complete the printable form and either mail them as directed or place them in drop boxes made available at the municipal buildings in the Town of Tonawanda, City of Tonawanda and Grand Island.

In January, Bonjour sold the Crescent Club, a 130 - unit Long Island City rental building, for $ 97 million to Weiss Realty.