Sentences with phrase «local development corporation»

JAMESTOWN - The Jamestown Local Development Corporation board of directors will hold its first meeting of 2018 Tuesday at City Hall.

DiNapoli has been critical of the use of local development corporations.

The Attorney General's office subpoenaed the West Harlem Local Development Corporation for its records, after DNAinfo reported that the group has spent more of its money on consultants than it has in programming.

In the wake of the verdict against St. Lawrence, State Senator David Carlucci is calling for local development corporation reform.

Dinolfo has said one complicating factor has been the move away from the county using Local Development Corporations.

Schneiderman's aides took four people into custody Wednesday in connection with what prosecutors said was a bid - rigging scheme at the Monroe County Local Development Corporation.

On May 1 former director of the Ramapo Local Development Corporation testified that Christopher St. Lawrence frequently bailed the RLDC out of tight situations by using town funds.

Paterson quickly signed five pieces of legislation on his first day in office: to add the New York State Department of Labor to the New York City Transit Track Safety Task Force; to eliminate a law that discouraged employers from holding blood drives; to change the way in which members are appointed to a state health and research board; to restore eligibility caps to certain senior employment programs; and to grant tax exemptions to several local development corporations in New York State.

Brodsky says once the loophole allowing local development corporations to negotiate contracts was eliminated, new ways were created, like using the private not - for - profits Fort Schuyler and Fuller Road to award contracts.

In the East New York south and east cluster, a team led by MHANY Management and Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation will construct nine buildings with 36 units on 10 lots.

The ongoing saga in Monroe County's Local Development Corporation bid - rigging case has finally come to an end, at least in court.

The requirement covers dozens of city officials, including the mayor, members of the Common Council, department heads, members of the planning and zoning boards, members of the city's ethics board, the Kingston Local Development Corporation and others.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — In a rare agreement Friday between Monroe County Legislature Republicans and Democrats, they voted unanimously to take a step toward dissolving local development corporations, but not everyone's happy with how the issue came up in the first place.

Mr. Grodenchik worked for Parkside, a firm with close ties to the Queens Democratic establishment, lobbying on behalf of the scandal - plagued Flushing Willets Point Corona Local Development Corporation.

«If you bring stakeholders to the table that can give you the perspective of indigenous businesses and indigenous residents, then you're going to get it right,» said Bill Wilkins, the director of economic development for East New York Local Development Corporation.

Saranac Lake Local Development Corporation, $ 300,000: Funds to be used to renovate downtown mixed - use buildings.

The East New York Restoration Local Development Corporation (ENYRLDC) was formed to administer the funds from the CBA.

To be fair, city officials and reps from the quasi-public Albany Local Development Corporation (ALDC) repeatedly reassured everyone that eminent domain would be used only sparingly — if at all.

PLATTSBURGH The Lake City Local Development Corporation (LCLDC) has been resurrected after years of dormancy.

· The controversy over Local Development Corporations..

Annual meetings of the Cortland County Agriculture Local Development Corporation, Business Development

The Syracuse Local Development Corporation (SLDC) will donate $ 400,000 to the Say Yes to Education Endowment Fund, according to a press release from Mayor Stephanie Miner's office.

The nearly $ 2 million in earnings will come from the sale of hydropower that in 2012 was made available to the town of Massena to allocate to businesses in consultation with local economic development organizations, including the St. Lawrence River Valley Redevelopment Agency and the St. Lawrence County Industrial Development Agency Local Development Corporation.

Four people formerly connected to area local development corporations were arraigned on multiple charges in State Supreme Court.

Beckman will focus his considerable talents on getting the Golden Hill Local Development Corporation up and running.

(To complicate matters, or perhaps to reinforce the comparison: some nonprofits — like local development corporations, or LDCs — are also public authorities.)

Three local development corporations illegally lobbied City Council members in 2008 and 2009 to promote development projects in Willets Point and Coney Island, the state attorney general says.

The agreement includes mandatory compliance training for local development corporation employees, more public disclosure of interaction between these corporations and reminders that it is illegal to lobby the Council regarding development projects, even indirectly.

«This agreement will bring greater transparency, and ensure accountability for these and other local development corporations operating in New York State.»

Miller was also previously the Project Director for the Downtown Jamaica Cultural District and a Community Organizer for the Laurelton Local Development Corporation.

The EDC will be restructuring to remove the organization's local development corporation status to avoid further violations.

The board says it has «no confidence» in the West Harlem Local Development Corporation which is being investigated by the State Attorney General.

Brooks» husband, Robert Wiesner, is one of four men charged this month in an alleged bid - rigging scheme through projects connected with local development corporations in the county.

Ridgewood's market is run by the Myrtle Avenue Business Improvement District, the Ridgewood Local Development Corporation and The Greater Ridgewood Youth Council.

Hirsh is also an officer with the Kiryas Joel Municipal Local Development Corporation.

Skahen said the county initially agreed to pay all of the rent for the office because the city at the time did not have its own local development corporation to raise money by issuing bonds for nonprofit groups.

The land bank is opening for business with funding from a recent $ 1.257 million grant from state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and $ 100,000 in local seed money from the Troy Local Development Corporation and the Troy Capital Resource Corporation.

After graduating from Harvard Business School in 1971, Dodson worked for the San Francisco Local Development Corporation, a non-profit organization that gave business and technical assistance to minority - owned businesses.

«We're excited to finally figure out a way to create cleaner energy and reduce our overall utility costs at the ARC,» says Mary Lucero - Durst, Director of Asset Management at the East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation, which owns and manages the building.

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According to a study titled «Municipal Use of Local Development Corporations and other Private Entities: Background, Issues and Recommendations» that DiNapoli's office issued in April, Hein's plan to use an LDC to fund government operations could be considered part of an «on - going pattern of abuse» of LDC's by local governments.

DiNAPOLI: ACTIONS OF RAMAPO TOWN OFFICIALS HIGHLIGHT NEED FOR LDC REFORM Press Release from NYS Comptroller's Office Ramapo town officials took a risky approach to financing a minor league stadium through the Ramapo Local Development Corporation (RLDC), according to an audit released Wednesday by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli.

The Department of Youth and Community Development said it received $ 300,000 from the West Harlem Local Development Corporation to hire 220 Harlem kids for a summer jobs program.

Brodsky said once the loophole allowing local development corporations to negotiate contracts was eliminated, new ways were created, like using private nonprofits to award contracts.

HCR Commissioner / CEO Darryl C. Towns, NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) Commissioner Mathew M. Wambua, Dunn Development Corporation, and Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation, Inc. celebrated the grand opening of the Liberty Apartments at 119 Fountain Avenue in East New York, Brooklyn.

On Connections with Evan Dawson, Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks defended the practice of county government using Local Development Corporations, or LDCs, to handle projects.

Donaldson opposed a resolution the transferred the property from the county to the Kingston Local Development Corporation, a move that allowed county officials to skirt requirements for an open competitive bidding process for the site.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman today announced a settlement with the city's Economic Development Corporation, Flushing - Willets Point - Corona Local Development Corporation and the Coney Island Development Corporation.

Influencing legislation is barred by statute for local development corporations.

The Agency is the entity that governs the Broome County Industrial Development Agency and the Broome County Local Development Corporation.