Sentences with phrase «on public housing projects»

I used to work down in JC & Newark in the early to late 90's for a construction company and have been in the worst of areas while working on public housing projects & private projects.

Bronx prosecutors have quietly stopped charging people arrested for trespassing on public housing projects through stop and frisk procedures, unless they interview the arressting officer and the officer convinces them to proceed.

Not exact matches

Given the billions in stimulus dollars that will be spent in coming years on infrastructure projects, demand for planners is likely to grow in lockstep with the flow of federal and provincial dollars to social housing, transit, public spaces and recreational amenities.

Prior to local project approvals, you'll provide the public with a detailed, verified Community Impact Report regarding the project's impacts on jobs, small businesses, housing, the treasury, the environment and public health; and

From the Puritans to the Projects is a compelling history of the treatment in Boston of «public neighbors» — needy people unable to provide fully for themselves — from the early 17th century to the present, focused on the construction and management of public housing in that city since the mid-1930s.

Specifically, he was one of a gang of twenty teenagers and thirteen young adults from Chicago's vast, grim Robert Taylor Homes public housing project arrested for pickpocketing at Churchill Downs in Louisville on Kentucky Derby Day.

And Edgebrook's future may well depend on whether Fair Oaks, the public - housing project, can survive.

Edgebrook, on the other hand, is in a transitional area of Danville adjacent to Fair Oaks, a 700 - unit public - housing project occupied largely by blacks, the majority of whom receive public assistance.

Public Open House 3 focused on the initial findings of the Analyze project phase.

In addition to small focus groups and one - on - one meetings, the project team conducted three public open houses that corresponded to project phases: Engage, Analyze, and Envision.

Such bonds function as an alternative to direct public financing of housing projects: Since interest income on PABs is tax exempt, investors are willing to buy them at very low interest rates, and this makes it relatively affordable for states, municipalities, and nonprofits to finance housing (and hospitals, infrastructure, and other public works) through the private capital market.

Mahoney said she convinced Cuomo to provide $ 200 million in state money for a sports stadium on the site of the demolished Kennedy Square public housing project - about a mile down the hill from the Dome.

A Brooklyn judge ruled on Thursday that the manslaughter conviction of Peter Liang — the former NYPD officer who accidentally shot un unarmed Akai Gurley in a public housing project...

NORTH HUDSON The public got their first look at the Gateway to the Adirondacks in North Hudson project on Monday when state agencies held an open house - type event to showcase early blueprints for the facility.

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Wednesday that his administration had made progress on its vow to remove a public nuisance from the city's housing projects: scaffolding.

A judge has dismissed a NYC Council - backed suit that sought to delay the implementation of Bloomberg's plan to build market - rate housing on city - owned land adjacent to public housing projects.

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. Andrew Cuomo on Sunday stepped up his criticism of New York City's public - housing projects — blaming the decrepit conditions for helping breed criminals.

It offers a snapshot of the fantastic work that's going on in the industry from retail to housing to large scale public services and rejuvenation projects we have taking place.

«This is a very different plan than was presented in the past,» Mr. de Blasio insisted to the Observer at the James Weldon Community Center in East Harlem, emphasizing that the plan will also guarantee NYCHA residents work on the construction projects, and earmark the new revenue for work on the existing public housing buildings on the parcels.

Just after last Thursday's health care summit at Blair House, the folks at YouTube corralled three of Congress» top officials — Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Minority Leader John Boehner, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid — and had them answer, on video, the same five questions from the public that had been bubbled up to the top of the project using Google Moderator.

My time spent in public service provided an opportunity to work on a variety of projects, from the expansion of business opportunities and job creation to development of workforce housing and revitalization of aging infrastructure.

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.

«The leaders of the House of Representatives will do well to focus on their primary constitutional duty of making laws for the peace, order and good government, and performing oversight role on spending of public funds rather than engaging in inherently execution functions of designing and executing projects This will enhance the operation of the sacred principle of separations of powers and the ability of the House to properly hold the executive to account for spending of public funds.»

This afternoon, elected officials and three Manhattan community boards are out with a letter they have sent to Mayor Bloomberg and NYCHA Chairman John Rhea concerning a proposal to build luxury housing on parking lots and other open space surrounding public housing projects.

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Cindy Williams, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology researcher who chaired a study of the S&T directorate at the behest of the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA), told the House Science Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation that DHS was awarding «many basic research projects» without «competition or peer review.»

Formerly a project director Florida Atlantic University's Center for Environmental Studies, Hammer has consulted with Union of Concerned Scientists and now serves Florida field manager for the Moms Clean Air Force, a group seeking to «further the public's awareness of climate change on children's health,» the White House says in a blog post.

She and many of her neighbors in a public housing project are accused of selling drugs on the word of a single informant and her bail is set at $ 70,000 which of course she can not afford.

Plopped between two public housing projects in one of the roughest and poorest neighborhoods in Austin, Texas, the school scraped bottom on virtually every measure of student achievement.

«The new Civil Engineering Training Centre will have a major impact on improving the essential skills required to underpin all kinds of construction and infrastructure development, including housing, commercial, industrial, transport, public sector projects and the # 244m worth of capital investment the Solent LEP is making across the area.

By 1999 Feinberg, with fifth - through eighth - graders in trailers on a school parking lot, and Levin, with the same grade levels on the fourth floor of a public school surrounded by housing projects, had the best performing middle schools in Houston and the Bronx, respectively.

Under the shadow of the West Virginia hills on the Ohio side of the river lies Steubenville, a hodge - podge of solidly built, well - maintained churches and other buildings; burnt - out brick husks with gaping holes where windows and doors once were; sagging single - family houses and tired public housing projects; warehouses; abandoned businesses; and trash - strewn empty lots — all crammed together in one compact area.

Tameka Carter, left, and Bliss Requa - Trautz, went building to building in the Edenwald housing projects in the Bronx, knocking on doors of families with children in Public School 112.

Its executive director, David Pickens, personally knocks on doors in public housing projects where low - income families live.

-» (1) IN GENERAL. - Not later than December 1, 2012, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate a report that includes a list of all of the letters of interest and applications received from project sponsors for assistance under this chapter (other than section 610) during the preceding fiscal year.»

Section 609 (b) of Title 23 U.S.C., as amended by Section 2002 of MAP - 21, requires the Secretary of Transportation to submit an application process report to the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works and the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure that includes a list of all letters of interest and applications received from project sponsors during the preceding fiscal year.

This also includes a consideration of whether the TOD Project targets Federal funding toward existing communities; reduces our dependence on oil; improves air quality, and promotes public health; and expands location - and energy - efficient housing choice.

The MAP - 21 requires the Secretary of Transportation to submit an application process report to the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works and the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure that includes a list of all letters of interest and applications received from project sponsors during the preceding fiscal year.

Based on feedback during three recent meetings in February and 19 public hearings, open houses, project and community association meetings during the last two years, two options have fallen (Alternative 3A and Alternative 3C) from consideration, and FRA will make several significant changes to Alternative 3B in the Final EIS.

The project aims to document every species currently housed in zoos and educate the public on such wildlife to promote understanding and conservation efforts.

Colorful posters promoting books would appear also on the walls at recreation centers and the common areas of public housing projects.

Open Plan is a long term public art and education project which invites international and British artists to create artworks with and for the SLG's close neighbours on Elmington, Pelican and Sceaux Gardens housing estates, along with a programme of events at the gallery.

Permanent works and public projects include Streetcar Stop for Portland, Regional Arts and Culture Council, Portland (2014); Plat 99, Bar and Lounge designed for The Alexander Hotel, Indianapolis, (2013); Tecoh, private residence, Yucatán (2012); Untitled (reinstallation of the Latin American Galleries), LACMA Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, US (2008); Untitled (Guadalajara Light Piece), Solares Foundation, Guadalajara (2005); House for Cesar and Mimi Reyes, Old San Juan (2004); Project, a reimagining of the lobby and new bookshop for Dia Art Foundation Chelsea, New York, US (2000); 4166 Sea View Lane, a proposal as part of an exhibition for LA MoCA to build an artist's house on a hillside in Mount Washington, Los Angeles, for which Pardo designed every element of the building (completed 1House for Cesar and Mimi Reyes, Old San Juan (2004); Project, a reimagining of the lobby and new bookshop for Dia Art Foundation Chelsea, New York, US (2000); 4166 Sea View Lane, a proposal as part of an exhibition for LA MoCA to build an artist's house on a hillside in Mount Washington, Los Angeles, for which Pardo designed every element of the building (completed 1house on a hillside in Mount Washington, Los Angeles, for which Pardo designed every element of the building (completed 1998).

Martin Herbert on the pick of the shows to see this month, J.J. Charlesworth on Art Dubai, Marie Darrieussecq on Heaven's Gate, Hettie Judah on fashion's «house rules», Oliver Basciano on Circa Projects in Newcastle and Gallery Girl on secondment to the public sector.

We focus on new commissions, giving the opportunity to artists to engage with the public space through our city and community projects, such as opening up closed gardens within the center of Athens to house public art exhibitions and bridge our formidable cultural heritage with contemporary art initiatives.

For six decades, Willats has concentrated on ideas that today are ever - present in contemporary art: communication, social engagement, active spectatorship, and self - organisation, and has initiated many seminal multi-media art projects everywhere from tennis clubs and public galleries to inner city housing estates.

Enacted both inside and outside the galleries, Public Engagement projects range from an experiential installation focused on housing in Los Angeles to residencies with a lending library and an experimental orchestra.

OPEN PLAN Open Plan is a long term public art and education project which invites international and British artists to create artworks and events with and for the SLG's close neighbours on Elmington, Pelican and Sceaux Gardens housing estates.

Edwards has had a longstanding commitment to public art, working on projects for public housing and universities since the 1960s, including Homage to My Father and the Spirit (1969) at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; Holder of the Light (1985) at Lafayette Gardens, Jersey City, NJ; and Asafokra (1990) at the Utsukushi - Ga - Hara Open - Air Museum, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.