Sentences with phrase «other city infrastructure»

Finally the report calls for a «reimagining» and redevelopment of Rikers Island, which when it closes will provide a «blank slate» of 400 acres of land, which the report said could be used to expand LaGuardia airport or house solar power facilities, and other city infrastructure, which the report said could bring in $ 7.5 billion in annual economic activity.

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In many big cities, municipal land - use planning departments and other local agencies are hiring planners to help manage growth linked to population increases, burgeoning private investment and new infrastructure.
Austin infrastructure is strong with an international airport and, unlike other large Texas cities, a strong public transit system.
Atlanta stands out from other startup cities because its established companies and startup infrastructure focus on building businesses that bring in real revenue.
Attacking cities» power grids, transportation arteries or other critical infrastructure, while leaving rural areas untouched, could result in a significant advantage for one candidate over another.
In addition to lenders, cities and other community groups sometimes offer no - or low - interest loans within redevelopment districts to encourage businesses to do such things as improve the façade of their storefront, improve the structural infrastructure of their place of business, or create jobs.
Whilst there is clear competition for serviced office occupiers from other innovative cities across Europe, thanks to its robust economy, strong infrastructure and dynamic cultural scene, London has everything to play for as it continues to lead the world in the serviced office market.
All other religions teach tolerance, forgiveness and love and Kuran teaches «kill non-muslims (Quafirs)», «declare war against non-muslims (Jihad)»... If this is your religious book teaches, no wonder so many muslims are terrorists... and others stay quiet when their brothers bomb our cities and infrastructures.
Dyster says Wallenda owes the city $ 25,000 in emergency services and other infrastructure requirements paid out by the city for Wallenda's tightrope walk across Niagara Falls in June.
This complements the more than $ 20 billion resiliency plan we're undertaking across the five boroughs to protect our neighborhoods and infrastructure from flooding, sea level rise and other climate risks, helping us create a more resilient, sustainable and equitable New York City
Other Westchester Municipalities having School Board And 2018 - 2019 Votes include The Peekskill City School District (2 seats up), Greenburgh Central School District, New Rochelle Public Schools (One (1) full Five - year term and one (1) Two - year term [unexpired portion of a vacant term]-RRB-, Scarsdale Public School District, the Mamaroneck Union Free School District (which includes public school system for Village of Larchmont residents), Port Chester Public Schools, Tuckahoe Union Free School District (one (1) board seat), Pelham Public School District (Eligible Pelham voters may vote on a two - proposition bond proposal to fund facilities / infrastructure projects and athletic facilities / fields upgrades), Rye City School District (There is only one Polling Place: The Rye Middle School Gymnasium at 3 Parsons Street.)
Other issues the new mayor and city council will have to tackle include infrastructure, crime, a spate of arson, gun violence, and a proposed 9.3 percent tax hike.
The Action Plan, in conjunction with other City investments, will support approximately 3,000 new housing units, 500,000 square feet of retail space and 800 hotel rooms in Jamaica through economic opportunities, cultural amenities and infrastructure.
ALBANY, N.Y. — Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner told state legislators during a budget meeting today that her city needs state money to fix its water system and other aging infrastructure.
Other budget recommendations include $ 6 million for city - wide infrastructure reconstruction, $ 2.5 million for the demolition of city buildings and structures, $ 802,500 to improve the Genesee Gateway, more than $ 1 million for improvements near the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, and $ 1.2 million for the Niagara Street Gateway project.
The budget included gubernatorial priorities including an expanded system of college tuition subsidies, funding for several infrastructure projects and the legalization of ride - hailing outside New York City — among other things.
Also at 8 a.m., MTA CEO Tom Prendergast, NYPA CEO Gil Quiniones and other officials and experts speak at City & State's «State of New York City Infrastructure Conference,» at New York University, 60 Washington Square, Manhattan.
DeFrancisco said Mahoney's offer this week to pay for the repair of some city streets was praiseworthy, but he questioned why it was accompanied by public statements suggesting that Miner had no plan to repair infrastructure other than begging for more state and federal money.
During the reign of Governor George Pataki, the Lower East Side liberal single - handedly carried the standard for the state's Democrats, working to steer millions to infrastructure and other projects in New York City while blocking Republican attempts to roll back rent regulations.
The New York City Housing Authority «is moving forward» to use $ 500,000 from the city to install 15 cameras in the lobby of each building in the complex and create new infrastructure to allow for more cameras in the future, among other upgrades, a housing spokeswoman sCity Housing Authority «is moving forward» to use $ 500,000 from the city to install 15 cameras in the lobby of each building in the complex and create new infrastructure to allow for more cameras in the future, among other upgrades, a housing spokeswoman scity to install 15 cameras in the lobby of each building in the complex and create new infrastructure to allow for more cameras in the future, among other upgrades, a housing spokeswoman said.
«We can see that senseless and wasteful cost overruns on construction projects are destroying New York City's subway system and harming other public infrastructure priorities,» Sampson said.
«The trend now is for state governments to develop other semi-urban areas in their states into cities through the provision of basic infrastructures there.
SCHENECTADY, N.Y. — Gov. Andrew Cuomo was in Schenectady on Tuesday to tout a $ 23 million project to redo the city's train station and connect it to other infrastructure and business projects in the city.
Common Council President James Noble, who recently formed an infrastructure committee to help track and coordinate the city's efforts to deal with an aging sewer and stormwater system and other problems said that he had received no word from the Mayor's office regarding the status of the sinkhole project.
Miner stepped down as co-chair of the Cuomo - controlled Democratic State Committee last year, and most recently has been in a public dispute over whether the state should direct funds to upgrade infrastructure in Syracuse and other cities or funnel them to projects tailored for economic development.
Since then, the city has spent more than $ 3 million to shore up the tunnel, reline the shaft and perform other work to stop the sinkhole's expansion and prevent further damage to underground infrastructure.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Anticipating a «feeding frenzy» over New York state's $ 5 billion windfall, a dozen public officials, union leaders and contractors gathered this morning at Syracuse City Hall to advocate spending all of the money to repair roads, bridges, water pipes and other infrastructure.
«So the Council proposes that the city develop a Neighborhood Commitment Plan to accompany rezoning proposals, describing and tracking commitments for housing, schools, infrastructure, and other city services.»
Giambra says, «It is time we join with the other states that have moved to legalize marijuana and take advantage of the enormous opportunity we have to raise money to deal with our very serious infrastructure problems, including the subway system in New York City.
«Prior to the announcement of funding support from the province and the City of London, the community had lost two biotechnology companies to other areas in Canada that offered the infrastructure as well as some critical mass,» Crowley explains.
This is why we need to protect buildings as well as humans in cities in future urban planning, so the strategic placing of hedges, trees and other green infrastructure can have a direct benefit as an air pollution control measure in cities
This comprehensive review highlights that trees and hedges, as well as other green infrastructure, must be used strategically to help create healthier, less polluted cities that are also more pleasant for everyone to live and work in.
Amsterdam offers great connections, housing, hotels, and infrastructure, he pointed out, and 81 % of EMA staff had indicated they would move to the Dutch capital, more than for any other city.
The games also served as an impetus for permanent improvements to the city's transportation infrastructure and vehicle emission standards, possibly influencing other metropolitan areas in China to follow Beijing's lead.
In the U.S., several cities in California, as well as Seattle, Chicago, Phoenix and others are now setting up recharging infrastructures.
The first big hurdle in implementing Smart City projects is to work with the existing municipal services, infrastructures, databases and other resources.
Among other changes, report authors say some rural infrastructure should be relocated away from coastlines, while new and existing buildings in the densely packed New York City metropolitan region should be reconfigured to allow for periodic flooding and sea intrusion.
Innovative urban design could create increased access to active transport.99 The compact geographical area found in cities presents opportunities to reduce energy use and emissions of heat - trapping gases and other air pollutants through active transit, improved building construction, provision of services, and infrastructure creation, such as bike paths and sidewalks.303, 318 Urban planning strategies designed to reduce the urban heat island effect, such as green / cool roofs, increased green space, parkland and urban canopy, could reduce indoor temperatures, improve indoor air quality, and could produce additional societal co-benefits by promoting social interaction and prioritizing vulnerable urban populations.311, 303
(We understand that Musk also talked with Trump about other issues, including the need for a smart grid — the kind of infrastructure that would give a boost to the solar energy business, in which Musk is a leader via his investments in the company Solar City.)
These workers will focus on heating and other maintenance issues, following a frigid winter that revealed serious infrastructure issues in some of the city's school buildings.
City - based education organizations, or «harbormasters» and others who coordinate efforts to improve education within a city to incubate new school models; work to attract talented entrepreneurs to develop break - the - mold innovations; and build an infrastructure of charter school supports that allow operators to focus more energy spent on innovative educational approaches, not operatiCity - based education organizations, or «harbormasters» and others who coordinate efforts to improve education within a city to incubate new school models; work to attract talented entrepreneurs to develop break - the - mold innovations; and build an infrastructure of charter school supports that allow operators to focus more energy spent on innovative educational approaches, not operaticity to incubate new school models; work to attract talented entrepreneurs to develop break - the - mold innovations; and build an infrastructure of charter school supports that allow operators to focus more energy spent on innovative educational approaches, not operations.
The UC Berkeley Center for Cities and Schools analyzed the state's K - 12 infrastructure policies, regulations and funding patterns and recommended more emphasis on modernization to support 21st Century education by making schools more sustainable through projects such as solar panels and other energy efficient building methods.
Audi says it will expand the availability of its Traffic Light Information feature to other cities across the U.S. as V2I infrastructure expands.
In many countries deforestation, often together with other problems, leads to migration to the big cities, where the lack of infrastructure is another source of further conflict.
States, cities, and other public entities issue debt to fund projects for essential infrastructure and to enhance the quality of public life.
The city's role, on the other hand, is to influence and accommodate business investment decisions by: Investing in supporting infrastructure Adopting supportive taxing and regulatory policies Providing high levels of customer service, being «business friendly» Creating smart, sustainable incentives Understanding trends in the local economy Communicating with the business community If the city is successful it encourages job creation, generates the revenue to support and sustain local services, and improves the community's quality of life
Through an extensive community engagement process, educational literacy workshops, and storytelling events, a curated collection of community narratives will be integrated by an artist into improved streets, sidewalks, benches, and other neighborhood infrastructure in the Oakland City neighborhood.
The event provides insight in the city's exceptional infrastructure on the level of artistic production: Studios throughout the city function as participating venues, in which individual artists not only present their work, but simultaneously host that of other artists.
Curated by Michael Rooks «Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks; Recent Developments in Painting» Den Frie Udstillingsbygning, Copenhagen, Denmark «HyperSurface», OVADA, Oxford, UK «Schil / Ders», De Constant Rebecqueplein (DCR), The Hague, Netherlands «HyperSurface», Rod Barton Invites, London «Parallax», Fieldgate Gallery, London 2007 «Existencias», Museo De Arte Contemporaneo De Castilla Y Leon, Leon, Spain «Design for Living», Initial Access, Wolverhampton, England «Raumwelten», Kunsthalle Arnstadt, Arnstadt, Germany «Odd Spaces», Galerie Møller Witt, Aarhus, Denmark Artist Intervention, Commissioned by Vienna Art Week and the City of Vienna, Austria 2006 Recent Acquisitions, Hamburger Banhof, Berlin, Germany «The City is Not a Tree» Alon Segev Gallery, Tel - Aviv, Israel «Slider» Cell Projects, London 2005 «Ian Monroe and Emma Stibbon: Utopian Architecture», Upstairs Berlin, Germany «Infrastructure» Studio Voltaire, London «Winterzauber» Upstairs Berlin, Germany 2004 «Edge of the Real», The Whitechapel, London «Selected Sculpture» MW Projects, London «Cinderella» Trailer Projects, London «Contra Pop» Vamiali's Gallery, Athens, Greece 2003 «Bag Lady» Cell Projects, London «Reduced» Century Gallery, London «Debris» Martinez Gallery, Brooklyn «Godzilla» Trailer Projects, London Saatchi Gallery, County Hall, London «The Queen Mum Show» One in the Other Gallery, London «Chockerfuckinblocked» Jeffery Charles Gallery, London «RSVP» 5 Cork Street, London 2002 «Present» Hammer Sidi Gallery, London «The Way to Happiness» VTO Gallery, London «Trailer Presents» Trailer Projects, London «Lend us # 100m» 21 Dingley Road, London
As founder of Bloomberg LLC, he's a numbers guy, and the numbers can't be beat: over three terms his office has spent $ 2.8 billion on improving arts infrastructure across the city; his nonstop boosterism for the arts has paid off, with the cultural sector generating $ 21 million per year (Christo and Jeanne - Claude's The Gates, which he brought to Central Park with the Public Art Fund and art advisor Linda Silverman in 2005, yielded $ 254 million alone); and he's given over $ 200 million of his own money to the arts and other causes.
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