Sentences with phrase «on house repairs»

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Republican Rep. Bob Goodlatte, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, implored Wray during a hearing on Thursday to «repair the damage done by» former FBI Director James Comey.

For up and coming WhistlePig brand ambassadors, a day at the Vermont headquarters involves everything from feeding pigs on the farm to repairing farm houses to researching whiskey laws in the state where they will focus on once they leave the farm.

To a large degree, Labor's big budget repair plans have stalled, while newcomers on both sides of the aisle find their way around their house on the hill.

On the other hand, she also estimates 40,000 new houses are needed, and another 40,000 cry out for serious repairs and renovations.

As he sought to repair the rift on Monday, Mr. Obama emphasized his working - class message after the speech with a stop at Union Oyster House, where he ordered clam chowder to go.

According to (pretty outdated) CBO data on this question, that is in fact what happened, but as I and others (particularly Krugman) has endlessly stressed, our policy makers recently pivoted way too quickly to deficit reduction and that too has made it much harder to repair the damage from the housing bubble.

In a report on artificial intelligence and the economy, the Obama White House suggested that automation might create jobs in supervising AI, repairing and maintaining new systems, and in reshaping infrastructure for developments like self - driving cars.

Or, you may want to have two emergency funds: one to cover smaller expenses like minor car repairs, and a larger one that you could use to put a new roof on your house if needed or pay your bills for a few months if you become unemployed.

I thank my Mormon neighbor fairly often still when I think of all the repairs and clean up their work crews did in my yard and in my house (and around practically every neighborhood on the gulf coast) with no obligation to join or even attend their church.

A woman working for a janitorial firm servicing the Baltimore World Trade Center says she now can buy clothes from a regular store instead of Goodwill and pay for the basic repairs on her house rather than watch it deteriorate.

Personally, I have seen very few of these «religiuos leaders» driving a 15 year old car, or struggling to buy food for their families, or living in a house they can't afford to make repairs on.

I went to New York recently and visited some family members, some who I haven't met before... On my last day I went to visit an aunt and uncle who were staying at their son and daughter in - laws house, while their own home was repaired post Hurricane Sandy.

Lefko also helped to repair the Rufus Porter murals in Old Sturbridge Village's Oliver Wight House, now the Old Sturbridge Inn, which dates to 1789 and is on the National Register of Historic Places.

A report released by Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeff Klein and New York City Councilman Ritchie Torres on Thursday found the city's public housing units are in dire need of repair, with problems ranging from mold on the walls, leaking ceilings and peeling paint.

New York City officials, even those who praised Cuomo's executive order on NYCHA, were stunned by one clause: The city must pay for public housing repairs — and it won't be cheap.

But the mayor is now saying that Cuomo is ultimately on the hook for making repairs to the system, as well as to that of the New York City Housing Authority.

A spokesperson for the New York City Housing Authority, says «Staff have secured the roof door and are working on the other repairs now.

City lawmakers laid into public housing officials Tuesday for lagging behind on $ 3 billion in repairs to buildings socked by Superstorm Sandy.

It also allocates $ 303 million to complete a new tunnel linking New York City to its upstate drinking water reservoirs, $ 571 million for bridge maintenance and repair, $ 1 billion for roof repairs at the New York City Housing Authority, $ 478 million to bring more public ramps into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, $ 5.2 million for bullet - proof window inserts on NYPD patrol cars and $ 275 million to upgrade a police shooting range in the Bronx.

The plan, which has been rebuffed by the de Blasio administration, calls for major additional investments in NYCHA repairs, 15,000 new units of senior housing on NYCHA land, and more.

Following the tour, Sanders» campaign released his affordable housing agenda that looks to increase federal spending on repairing aging public housing units and expanding counseling programs for first - time homebuyers and those facing foreclosure.

In his first public comments since the budget deal was struck over the weekend, de Blasio repeatedly said Gov. Andrew Cuomo is on the hook for system - wide repairs at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the New York City Housing Authority.

«A rent freeze on the surface may sound pro-tenant, but the reality is landlords will now have to forgo repairing, maintaining and preserving their apartments, which will trigger the deterioration of quality, affordable housing de Blasio pretends to care about,» stated Joseph Strasberg, president of the Rent Stabilization Association, which represents 25,000 landlords throughout the city.

In his first public comments since the budget deal was struck over the weekend, Bill de Blasio repeatedly said Andrew Cuomo is on the hook for system - wide repairs at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the New York City Housing Authority.

On Wednesday, de Blasio faulted Cuomo for «hypocrisy» and a «political opportunistic act» — appearing at housing projects without giving money for the repairs.

The Trump administration is curbing New York City's ability to spend money on major repairs to its public housing stock in its first major response to deteriorating conditions in the city's public housing and a scandal over false paperwork the city submitted about lead paint inspections.

A VA Medical Center on Long Island is in need of a «staggering» $ 279 million repair to make fixes to its leaking roofs, hallways and air conditioning, according to the chairman of the House Committee on Veterans Affairs.

Claim: The International Development Secretary's constituency home was damaged in a house fire in 2007 after he spent more than # 30,000 on repairing it, according to the Telegraph.

Hakim Azizi, the landlord for 510 W. 218th Street, was issued several violations by the NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) on Friday for failing to contract someone for repair work after the fire, including replacing windows and doors, according to Martin Collins, community liaison for City Councilman Robert Jackson.

He vowed to fight for the mansion tax on residential property sales of at least $ 2 million to provide revenues for low - cost senior housing and the millionaires tax to fund subway repairs and reduced fares for low - income New Yorkers in Albany, which he called «crucial initiatives» going forward.

The program would raise revenue for repairs and capital projects by permitting building of market - rate apartments on the grounds of eight different public housing projects in Manhattan.

Gov. Cuomo on Monday approved an independent monitor to oversee repairs at the New York City Housing Authority — a humiliating slap at Mayor de Blasio, who is supposed to be in control of the troubled agency.

The Democrat - controlled Assembly on Tuesday passed a bill that would enable the City Housing Authority to expedite renovation and repair projects.

The project is part of a $ 12 million push to repair various spots on the campus, including $ 88,500 granted by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the summer to repair the Basket Maker's House that was damaged by Hurricane Sandy.

City Hall officials have also called on Cuomo to release $ 200 million for public housing included in last year's state budget and authorize the de Blasio administration to employ «design - build,» a process of combining design and construction work, which they say would expedite repairs by at least 12 months.

The report also included: $ 30,000 in payments to Don Lebowitz, a housing consultant used by the Assembly who also serves on the board of the State of New York Mortgage Agency; $ 100 honorariums to a number of rabbis, ministers and an imam, most likely for delivering invocations before legislative sessions; nearly $ 25,000 in vehicle maintenance and repair expenses; and nearly $ 69,000 in custodial expenses.

Countdown Begins on Remodeling, Repairing and Paint Rules «New EPA Regs Aimed at Decreasing Lead Poisoning» In less than a month, all contractors who perform renovations, painting and remodeling that might disturb lead - based paint in houses, child care facilities and schools built before 1978 will be required to meet stricter guidelines under the new regulations established by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Oneida County Health Department officials said today.

In October, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced an end of 2016 deadline to complete repairs on all single - family homes in the Build it Back program, but Peterson said one of the biggest problems was finding housing for residents while crews work on their houses.

Albanese supports a proposed congestion pricing initiative, known as Move New York, to impose tolls on the three East River bridges to help fund the subways; while de Blasio called congestion pricing a «regressive tax» and stressed that his proposal for a millionaire's tax to fund subway repairs was a more viable alternative, even though his proposal has largely been shot down by the GOP - controlled state Senate and de Blasio sees it passing only once Democrats take control of that house of the Legislature in January 2019, which de Blasio said was soon.

Other concerns included contamination from future hydrofracking, the impact of water quality on house prices and residency, and safer and more cost - effective alternatives such as drainage repairs.

He also said she would raise the minimum wage across the nation, reduce students» college debt and take on issues particular to cities — affordable housing, mass transit, repairing roads and bridges, policing reform and immigration reform.

The budget saw some significant developments centered on the city's beleaguered subway system, strengthening sexual harassment policies and repairing the city's public housing — though some key issues, such as voting reforms and extending the statute of limitations for child sexual abuse victims, did not make it into the budget.

Albany, NY — State Senator Jeff Klein (D - Bronx / Westchester), New York City Council Member Ritchie Torres, Chair of the Committee on Public Housing, Senator Diane Savino (D - Staten Island / Brooklyn), Senator Adriano Espaillat (D - Manhattan / Bronx), Democratic Ranking Member of the Senate Housing Committee, and more than 500 hundred New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) tenants, today rallied at the state capitol to call for increased state funding to update and repair deplorable conditions in NYCHA developments in the Bronx and beyond.

Gargiulo, a nurse practitioner whose husband, Tom, has run for Babylon Town Board, said Sims charged her thousands of dollars in extra repairs and filed a lien on her house last week.

The plan calls for independent oversight of the city's Housing Preservation Department; establishing a public education campaign to inform tenants about HPD's role; empowering a new body or building inspectors to collect fines against landlords; having HPD make repairs not completed by the landlord in the specified amount of time and then billing the landlord; making inspectors carry citations in multiple languages and send out reports in multiple languages; forcing landlords to make repairs within 24 hours of emergency violations; establishing an East Harlem HPD oversight team as a pilot for other areas with at - risk low - income housing; providing inspections 24 - hours - a-day, 7 - days - a-week; and improving HPD's follow - up on violHousing Preservation Department; establishing a public education campaign to inform tenants about HPD's role; empowering a new body or building inspectors to collect fines against landlords; having HPD make repairs not completed by the landlord in the specified amount of time and then billing the landlord; making inspectors carry citations in multiple languages and send out reports in multiple languages; forcing landlords to make repairs within 24 hours of emergency violations; establishing an East Harlem HPD oversight team as a pilot for other areas with at - risk low - income housing; providing inspections 24 - hours - a-day, 7 - days - a-week; and improving HPD's follow - up on violhousing; providing inspections 24 - hours - a-day, 7 - days - a-week; and improving HPD's follow - up on violations.

Their responses touched on the public assistance cash grant, the need for public housing repairs, public works projects in Yonkers and the Hudson Valley, and more.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo declared a state of emergency at the New York City Housing Authority on Monday and ordered an independent monitor be appointed to oversee and expedite repairs to the agency's deteriorating buildings, where 400,000 New Yorkers live.

Their comments were in response to requests from Bronx Councilman Ritchie Torres, chairman of the Committee on Public Housing, for assurances that the housing authority leaders would not sell property — which former Mayor Michael Bloomberg had proposed as a fix for NYCHA's ballooning operating deficits and $ 17 billion backlog in rHousing, for assurances that the housing authority leaders would not sell property — which former Mayor Michael Bloomberg had proposed as a fix for NYCHA's ballooning operating deficits and $ 17 billion backlog in rhousing authority leaders would not sell property — which former Mayor Michael Bloomberg had proposed as a fix for NYCHA's ballooning operating deficits and $ 17 billion backlog in repairs.

She is putting forth some great ideas on how to stabilize the housing authority, and how to get those repairs done much more quickly.»

Mayor de Blasio, who has repeatedly called on the state to release the affordable and supportive housing funding, as well as money earmarked for NYCHA repairs but not spent by the state, has been skeptical about a new 421 - a deal.