Sentences with phrase «of a land bank for»

And voters backed the creation of a land bank for the Catskills and Adirondacks.

Voters next month will consider the approval of a land bank for the Adirondacks, but supporters fret its fate amid a broader push against the constitutional convention.

Not exact matches

«We're expecting a soft landing for Canada's housing market in 2015,» explains Marc Pinsonneault, senior economist at National Bank of Canada.

You won't expect it, because you prepared for the long haul,» she writes, «but then all of the sudden, midst the puffy clouds and blue skies, your little twin engine Entreprenairplane will sputter, the needle on the gas gauge unexpectedly plummeting to zero, and you will have only one choice... land your plane on the wild, abandoned air strip called Bank Balance: Fourteen Dollars.»

Developers said reasons for holding off include sky - high land prices in Manhattan over the last couple years, banks» aversion to lending on new projects and fears of a luxury glut.

AdelaideBank, a division of Bendigo and Adelaide Bank, will today (Wed) announce stricter controls on apartment lending that include bigger sizes, better design, identifiable cash flows for investor / lands and more stringent calculations of a borrowers» capacity to repay.

What is to stop U.S. banks and their customers from creating $ 1 trillion, $ 10 trillion or even $ 50 trillion on their computer keyboards to buy up all the bonds and stocks in the world, along with all the land and other assets for sale, in the hope of making capital gains and pocketing the arbitrage spreads by debt leveraging at less than 1 % interest cost?

-- Goethe What is to stop U.S. banks and their customers from creating $ 1 trillion, $ 10 trillion or even $ 50 trillion on their computer keyboards to buy up all the bonds and stocks in the world, along with all the land and other assets for sale, in the hope of making capital gains and pocketing the arbitrage spreads by debt leveraging at less than 1 % interest cost?

The successful program allowed copies of records held by the land registry and all other parties to the transaction, such as banks and real estate agents, and each step of the property purchase process to be verified and recorded on blockchain for all parties to see.

Also, for the first time, resolutions filed with three corporations request that they honor the Holy Land Principles, a corporate code of conduct for US companies doing business in Israel / Palestine, The West Bank, The Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem.

For 1.6 times 2015 book value, versus its own valuation of 1.4 times, Coli will add 50 per cent to its land bank in top tier cities, such as Beijing and Shenzhen, where land is increasingly scarce.

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The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) estimates that in the north of the West Bank approximately 80 per cent of Palestinians who own land on the other side of the barrier have not received permits from the Israeli authorities, and hence can not cultivate their fields.

I believe that Israel should and must exist, but I can not support the policies of the Israeli government that enforce separate standards of living for Arab Israelis, much less the continual deprivation of civil rights andconfiscation of Palestinian lands in Judea and Samaria (aka the West Bank).

They listed the «occupation» of Palestinian lands, Israel's separation barrier with the West Bank, its military checkpoints, political prisoners, demolition of homes and disturbance of Palestinians» socio - economic lives as factors that have made life increasingly difficult for Palestinians.

along one's memory banks and names get buried under, so that he wonders now if God would know just who he was intent on praying for, but whose name refused to reveal itself, vanishing, alas, alas, into the land of Wonder.

Name a place, from Boggabri to the Burdekin and Horne has fought out a market share there, assessing the fertility of the land and the banks potential for being the chief lender there.

In a wide - ranging speech titled Why Australia must be responsible with agriculture, delivered at a business lunch today, David Farley called for the government to renegotiate indigenous land titles and pastoral leases, to establish an emergency food bank, in addition to a number of other initiatives to boost Australian food production and export to meet local and regional demands.

This China Food and Drug Authority approval (CFDA), expected within weeks, is significant for any number of reasons — not least being that the company has flagged it expects to land take - or - pay contracts, backed by bank guarantees, from Chinese counter-parties (the second milestone).

i have never seen the fans get so geed up as when lord snooty of peckenham said we have OVER # 200million + cash in the bank, i would bet everything i have, that he isn't wrong either, i for one cant wait for the full yearly account to come out in sept - oct then we will really see what the real lay of the land is.

Gordon wrote on many topics: angling techniques («The fly must be placed to an inch as the fish will rarely take it unless it floats over them just right»), the books he read, the effects of drought and floods on fish, the seasons of the year («The silence of the snows is over all the land, and the bright waters of our trout streams run almost black between icy banks») and his belief in the natural fly as a model for the artificial («The insect must be studied and many patterns dressed before one can hope to satisfy the critical eyes of the trout»).

The cost of the stadium, originally noted as being the same as Arsenal's although without the bonus of as much valuable land to sell off for housing, has more than doubled and extra bank loans have been sought.

«Park land is not a land bank for other government agencies,» said Erma Tranter, of the Friends of the Park organization.

«Parkland is not a land bank for other government agencies,» said Erma Tranter of the Friends of the Park organization.

This new organisation is responsible for managing the sales of everything from Ordnance Survey and the Land Registry, to RBS and Lloyds Bank.

For Israel, the survival of Hamas and terrorists justifies all of its security policies and persecution of the Palestinians in the West Bank (by seizing land for military purposes, cutting off communities and thus hampering commerce, revoking permits to travel in between zone A and zones B and C, and outcasting Palestinians from JerusaleFor Israel, the survival of Hamas and terrorists justifies all of its security policies and persecution of the Palestinians in the West Bank (by seizing land for military purposes, cutting off communities and thus hampering commerce, revoking permits to travel in between zone A and zones B and C, and outcasting Palestinians from Jerusalefor military purposes, cutting off communities and thus hampering commerce, revoking permits to travel in between zone A and zones B and C, and outcasting Palestinians from Jerusalem).

For now though, I think the political actors are happy with the status quo so expect greater amount of settlements into West Bank, violence in new settlements from Palestinians in reaction to encroachment and then wall extension and construction as Israel's booming economy gobbles up more land whereas the hobbled Palestinian economy continues to underperform.

In response, policies are required to capture more land value for the public good, perhaps through alternative forms of taxation or the creation of public land banks, to help minimise speculative investment in an effort to reduce rising inequality.

Any claim arising from the activities of a Federal land bank, a Federal intermediate credit bank, or a bank for cooperatives.

A mere afternoon with an Israeli NGO in the West Bank is evocative of the scale of the settlers» enterprise on land that was more - or-less extorted from local farmers, who, ironically, often end up working for those who exploit their land.

Visit our Properties page to see those that are currently available for sale and a list of all properties the Land Bank currently owns if you need to report a maintenance concern.

Madeline Fletcher, executive director of Newburgh Community Land Bank, has high hopes for the program.

Sometimes this requires only short - term involvement of the land bank, which may acquire a problem property so it can be quickly sold to a responsible buyer for redevelopment.

Resolution No. 28 of 2013 — Adopting «Guidelines for Land Bank Management and Disposition of Real Property within the City of Syracuse» drafted and proposed by the Land Bank Citizens Advisory Board

A land bank is typically a not - for - profit or governmental entity intended to facilitate the return of vacant and abandoned properties to productive use.

«For a moment I was a little afraid, because there was a serious monsoon of efforts to create community gardens and green spaces, none of which generate any revenue,» said Bey, referring to dozens of community gardens the land bank has established throughout the city.

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.

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

«Expanding the number of land banks throughout the state provides a boost for struggling urban communities, empowers municipalities and opens countless doors for community revitalization and economic development,» Silver said.

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.

Increasing the number of land banks is a common - sense, effective step toward success for local governments statewide.»

He has also called for immediately increasing the minimum wage in the city to $ 15, which it is scheduled to reach by 2019; free subway and bus fares for low - income New Yorkers, to be paid for by «jettisoning» de Blasio's BQX streetcar plan; establishing a «New York City Land Bank»; ensuring a right to counsel for undocumented immigrants; and prohibiting ICE from being in the vicinity of city buildings.

Other sustainability and development programs that have been initiated or reformed over the last six years under Governor Cuomo include: · Cleaner, Greener Regional Sustainability Plans · Regional Economic Development Councils · Land Bank Act to convert vacant properties · Legislation to combat zombie properties · Complete Streets design initiative · Upstate Revitalization Initiative · Hudson Valley Farmland Preservation and Southern Tier Agricultural Industry Enhancement Programs · Clean Energy Communities · Brownfield Redevelopment Reform · Historic Preservation Tax Credit · Climate Smart Communities Grants · Community Risk and Resiliency Act Elaine Kamarck, Founding Director of the Center for Effective Public Management at the Brookings Institution and Author of Why Presidents Fail and How They Can Succeed Again said, «Whenever I get a chance to come home I'm always impressed at the rapid progress being made here in the Finger Lakes.

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.

It would create a land bank of 250 acres and allow withdrawals of small amounts of land to fix bridges and lay cable lines for internet access.

For the rest of the budget, on the upside, the mayor's office expects to see increased revenue from sales tax, parking fees and property tax collection — thanks to the land bank, the agency tasked with handling the cities massive list of vacant properties.

The mayor's administration, along with members of the land bank's board, will go before the council again in the coming months and ask for a more detailed revenue sharing plan according the mayor's director of special projects, Tim Carroll.

Small amounts of land could be withdrawn from the land bank and used for road maintenance and repairs, or to add cable lines for internet access.