Sentences with phrase «land bank funding»

Rich Puchalski with Syracuse United Neighbors offered candy to councilors who would vote to return land bank funding.

Eight of the nine councilors voted to eliminate Land Bank funding.

Miner went on the offensive last week, lobbying to sway councilors and demonstrate the importance of Land Bank funding.

The most controversial amendments including those to the Land Bank funding, police and fire overtime - are short sighted and counterproductive.

Do you agree with the Council's decision to cut Land Bank funding?

I challenge the current administration to creatively, cooperatively find $ 2 million in other cuts if they want the Land Bank funding restored.

Applications for counties, towns and cities to apply for a second round of land bank funding will be available in the summer of 2014.

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Wealth begins with land and people and land reforms should be the cynosure of food self - sufficiency but the Bank - Fund duo demand cut in subsidies, liberalization of land ownership and undemocratic measures without any socialist tinge.

Miner plans to veto the budget, which strips funding from the Land Bank and cuts overtime for cops and firefighters.

Since 2013, The New York State Attorney General has committed more than $ 30 million through the Land Bank Community Revitalization Initiative (Land Bank CRI), with funding secured through settlements with the nation's largest banks over misconduct that contributed to the housing crisis.

This funding supports legally designated Land Banks, formed under the New York State Land Bank Act of 2011, to protect homeowners and neighborhoods across the state by acquiring vacant, blighted homes and transforming them into community assets.

Mayor Ben Walsh's budget adds a new class of police and firefighters and restores funding to the Greater Syracuse Land Bank.

Resolution No. 30 of 2015 — Authorizing the Land Bank to enter into a Funding Agreement with the City of Syracuse

«Under this program, residential properties owned by individuals, the Albany County Land Bank and the Albany Community Development Agency will be eligible for funding up to $ 50,000 per building.

Without that «sustainable source of funds,» Syracuse's land bank is still reliant on the city to provide public subsidies, Wright said.

The mayor's budget adds a new class of police and firefighters and restores some funding to the Greater Syracuse Land Bank.

Wright said the land bank will never be «self - sufficient» in the sense that it can generate enough revenue on its own, but the organization is trying to move away from its reliance on city funds.

New York's $ 182 million share of the nationwide $ 7 million Citigroup settlement includes at least $ 90 million in mortgage relief as well as directing funding for land banks and community development agencies aimed at housing for low - income earners, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office on Monday announced.

Local governments would also be in line to receive funding for the support of land banks and other development agencies, along with funding for a program aimed at low - cost rental housing.

According to the website of New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, the Attorney General allocated a portion of funding from the National Mortgage Settlement — $ 20 million total — to fund legally designated land banks in New York State through a competitive request for applications.1 The first round of funding was announced this past October.

In 2011, the state approved land bank legislation to help communities deal with vacant and abandoned properties after the housing crisis, but until recently the effort lacked the needed funding.

Executive Director Katelyn Wright says the land bank is bearing fruit, but looking forward, finds itself in a bind after city lawmakers slashed $ 1.5 million in funding for the land bank out of this year's city budget.

New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says there is $ 21 million in new funds to help land banks purchase vacant and abandoned properties, sometimes known as «zombie homes.»

The 18 land banks in New York State can apply for the funds, which are part of an $ 8 billion settlement with Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs.

He noted that Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has already helped to fund more than a dozen land banks throughout the state with money he recovered from major lenders involved in the housing crash — and had announced a new round of funding last month.

Besides Cuomo's election as governor, what was new in 2011, when the development finally landed state funding despite the low scores, was that The Birches at Fishkill had secured a $ 1.4 million grant from the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York.

The remains will be used in conjunction with the Albany County Land Bank to help fund resources for technical support in those pursuits, Sheehan said.

The land bank has made more than $ 1 million from real estate sales and can use that money and any unrestricted funds towards maintenance fees.

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OAG funding is helping the Chautauqua County Land Bank demolish between 40 - 50 highly distressed properties, as well as preserve and resell 40 - 50 vacant «side lots» that will be converted to open space and transferred to responsible owners who will put the lots back on the tax rolls.

The Common Council earlier this year voted to cut $ 1.5 million from the Land Bank and use the money to fund positions for 15 new officers.

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SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The budget passed Monday by the Common Council eliminates all city funding for the Land Bank and allocates $ 1.5 million to hire 15 new cops.

«The land bank is among 19 statewide that received more than $ 20 million in funding, but it was one of just two that got the full $ 2 million available.

Schneiderman's office has spent more than $ 30 million since 2013 to fund 10 land banks, not including today's $ 20 million.

So she's hoping to get some help from the city and is asking Mayor Ben Walsh to include some funding for the Land Bank in his upcoming budget.

The Land Bank carries out basic maintenance and implements the strategies described above as funds allow.

This article tells the story of several families who have purchased Land Bank homes over the past few years — some directly from the Land Bank and others fixed up with grant funds by Home HeadQuarters.

The new funding comes on the heels of a report from the Schneiderman's office outlining land banks» successes.

The comptroller claimed at a Thursday morning meeting of the Association for a Better New York, a group of the city's financial leaders, that the administration had missed out on funding and opportunities by failing to start a public land bank to manage and develop the 1,175 vacant city - owned properties across the five boroughs.

Funding for the Land Bank came under some scrutiny from the Council last fall.

«With losing $ 1.5 million in demolition funding, we've had to take a look at whether we can afford to take more into our inventory,» said Katelyn Wright, executive director of the Land Bank.

The Greater Syracuse Land Bank has received nearly $ 5 million to date in mortgage settlement funds granted by the Office of NY Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.

Councilor - At - Large Jean Kessner said the funding cut doesn't mean the Council doesn't still support the Land Bank.

«The Greater Syracuse Land Bank is once again a top earner of grant funding from the office of the New York state attorney general.

The Land Bank currently has $ 4 million in its reserve funds — money Common Councilors have said it could use to plug the hole left by the lack of city funds.