Sentences with phrase «mayor said building»

The mayor says building a new stadium, to potentially replace the Carrier Dome at Syracuse University, is a huge decision that should be made together.

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The mayor of Boston said he would block them from build ing in «his» city and an alder man in Chicago said the same thing.

When saying Merry Christmas has become a bad thing, when we can no longer have the peoples vote counted and respected by judges and elected officials, when health care for aids and other associated dieses is covered, when kids in school have to be subjected to demonstrations of gay bedroom life when the mayor of NY will no longer without reason and against the law rent churches public buildings, when teen pregnancies up 45 percent will be paid for by us the people of the US with all the cost completely covered.

San Juan Bautista's mayor says there is «very little likelihood» of a Formula 1 race track being built near his town.

In Orland Park, some residents said they would not re-elect the mayor if he supported building a mosque.

What he doesn't always go on to say is that 90 % of that land is occupied by tracks and stations which can never be built upon, meaning the mayor's real ability to radically increase housing supply is much more limited.

They said the mayor was taking «contradictory positions» by targeting the tribes while at the same time expressing support for constitutional protections of those looking to build a controversial Islamic center near Ground Zero.

Dietl and Malliotakis said they would reject a plan, endorsed by the mayor, to close the Rikers Island jail, criticized de Blasio's stewardship of the schools, his administration's efforts to build more below - market - rate housing, and budgeting.

«The mayor said he'd build a lot of affordable housing, but will it even be enough the way the costs of this city are going?

The renovations will be complete by 2022 and are expected to save NYCHA roughly $ 5 million a year in energy costs, according to the mayor's office, but Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. said Wednesday's announcement is a «cold comfort» to the tenants currently living in those buildings since the timeline for the procurement process was not accelerated.

«To suggest that you can't have projects that do both, create good jobs and also create affordable housing, is just not even consistent with the mayor's own history,» said Paul Fernandes of the Building and Construction Trades Council.

Brown was sitting with the Rev. Jesse Jackson, with whom the mayor said he has built a relationship over the years.

DAVID N. DINKINS BUILDING — Mayor Bill de Blasio renamed the Municipal Building at 1 Centre St. after the city's first black mayor, David Dinkins, Thursday saying the city doesn't appreciate all that the 106th mayor accomplished during his time in office.

QUEENS — Power - hungry state Sen. Malcolm Smith schemed with a Queens councilman and GOP bosses to build a «corridor of corruption» in an ambitious attempt to line their pockets with cash and get him elected the mayor of New York City, federal authorities said Tuesday.

The mayor has said his proposed changes will help him reach a goal of building 80,000 new units of affordable housing, and preserving another 120,000, over the next decade.

The plan does not make the charters eligible for state building aid to make up for the mayor» scapital funding cut, sources said.

Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner says giving the Destiny USA entertainment and shopping center a tax break to build a hotel would be «a mistake,» but the mayor actually has little say over those incentives.

But the mandate would only apply to structures under 10 stories, where the mayor said the bulk of accidents occur, not to the 15 - floor building on Worth Street where last week's disaster took place.

«If you are a building owner, the City has tools to help you modernize your building and lower costs,» said the mayor.

I admire the mayor for making a full commitment to building affordable housing, but we can not build our way out of this,» said Frank Castillo, a building service worker who spoke on behalf of Service Employees International Union, Local 32BJ.

The mayor says that would make it more expensive to build affordable housing.

«I think there is a real possibility that the mayor is right, that the hotel will be built with or without» a tax break, she said.

Should we really be giving money to Byron Brown to demolish buildings and redevelop Central Park Plaza, as the mayor said he'd like to do with some of the funds?

«The mayor has invested nearly $ 5 million a year to deliver 24/7 half - hour Staten Island ferry service, added over $ 240 million to improve road conditions, brought faster plowing to Staten Island residential streets, and improved the Build it Back program so residents are finally receiving checks and rebuilding their homes — showing time and again that he is committed to improving the lives of Staten Islanders and giving the borough the attention it deserves,» she said.

The de Blasio administration said it would provide free space in public school buildings to a dozen new or expanding charter schools, including 10 run by Eva S. Moskowitz, one of the mayor's fiercest rivals on the issue.

... but the mayor's office said de Blasio's administration removed deed restrictions on the Manhattan building in question without knowing its owner had already signed a contract to sell the property to developers who planned to build luxury condos.

The City of Buffalo plans to allocate $ 300,000 for unspecified new software to facilitate more building permits, which the mayor says will make the process of issuing them more efficient.

Assemblyman John McDonald, a former mayor of Cohoes, spoke in support of the AG's efforts, saying his city has struggled with maintaining and keeping track of abandoned buildings.

The mayor said he sympathizes with residents» concerns about gentrification, development and displacement but echoed his longstanding argument that there are two options: either «do nothing» and watch rents increase and people get displaced or «do something» and at least create new affordable units when developers build luxury housing.

Dadey said in an interview with The Post-Standard that a strong Republican candidate for mayor will help build the party and give momentum to the GOP nominee for the 24th Congressional District seat in 2014.

The mayor said the Real Estate Board of New York — which represents developers — and the Building and Construction Trades Council, which represents builder unions — still have plenty of time to agree on wage requirements for projects built under 421a.

The question of what to do with the building was also discussed by the deputy mayors, including Mr. Shorris, early on in the mayor's term, current and former officials have said.

The mayor said his administration was still looking at where exactly to locate the new buildings, and said it would also seek to build some mixed - income development, with half the units renting at market rate.

The mayor also says he plans to get rid of cluster sites, which are landlord - operated apartment buildings known for having poor conditions.

De Blasio: You are saying that the mayor of New York City, standing up to Donald Trump, and protesting in front of his building is a bad idea?

The mayor says the schools can no longer have rent - free space in existing public school buildings.

Their alternative proposal, which had been presented by the leading advocates to the mayor ten days prior, calls for a radical investment in building new housing for low - income families, especially seniors, which critics say has largely been left out of the mayor's current housing strategy.

She acknowledged the challenges that come with the «Not in My Backyard,» or «NIMBY,» worldview — which the mayor said has hurt the city's proposals to bring homeless shelters to different neighborhoods — noting that given the rising population of New York City, the city has to «build more than people in neighborhoods would like.»

«Two years into his administration, the mayor has accomplished a great deal as a result of building a successful and broad coalition of Democrats who helped him produce free, universal pre-K, more affordable housing, improved community - police relations to reduce crime and increased traffic safety,» said Karen Hinton, a spokeswoman for Mr. de Blasio.

Officials in Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration removed deed restrictions on a Manhattan building without knowing its owner had already signed a contract to sell the property to developers who planned to build luxury condos, the mayor's office said Friday.

Experts say the loss of 421 - a could also greatly hinder the mayor's recently - approved Mandatory Inclusionary Housing plan, which largely relied on the tax breaks to make it easier for developers to build housing that includes affordable units.

The mayor recently said the city wants to stop using costly hotels and private apartments to house the homeless and instead will build 90 shelters over five years.

«This adds another layer of defense so that it's quite clear if an agent shows up, the default position is they're not coming in the building,» the liberal Democratic mayor said.

Crime is at record lows, jobs are at a record high, and New York City is building affordable housing at a record pace,» said spokesman Dan Levitan «That is the mayor's record, and one that New Yorkers are rallying around.»

At a press briefing at City Hall, Fuleihan and Alicia Glen, deputy mayor for housing and economic development, said that the city needs $ 200 million in state funding to be released, as well as design - build authority.

Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez joined in the criticism of the agency, saying that he and CB12 have long asked the Bloomberg administration — which in 2004 promised money for 165,000 new affordable housing units — whether funds were still available, noting that only 138 such units had been built in CB12 since the mayor's affordable housing plan was enacted.

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.

The Department of Transportation, the Department of Labor and other community organizations will partner with Syracuse Build, the mayor said.

Warren says it's only natural for each mayor to build on the successes of their predecessors, but she says the city continues to move in the right direction.

Melissa Grace, a spokesperson for the mayor, said that the administration is «focused on developing affordable housing, building and modernizing our parks, libraries and schools — and doing so in a manner that ensures community engagement.»