Sentences with phrase «state land bank»

There are two such amendments on the ballot this year — one to strip corrupt elected officials of their pensions and another to create a state land bank.

This funding supports legally designated Land Banks, formed under the New York State Land Bank Act of 2011, to protect homeowners and neighborhoods across the state by acquiring vacant, blighted homes and transforming them into community assets.

New York State Land Banks.

New York State Land Banks: Combating Blight and Vacancy in NY Communities.

«The New York State Office of Attorney General has made it possible for the Chautauqua County Land Bank Corporation and the other state land banks to get up and running and to undertake programs that are having a real impact on our local neighborhoods,» said Vince Horrigan, Chautauqua County Executive.

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They've limited the number of homes Chinese can buy, restricted many state - run companies from buying up land, and ordered banks to rein in their lending, yet still prices continue to rise.

It's a narrative rejected by the 2.5 million Palestinians who live in the West Bank and who say that the scores of settlements like Shilo deny the viability of a future Palestinian state and constitute an Israeli land grab.

So far, eight land banks have been established in the state including Erie, Onondaga, Schenectady, Chautauqua, Broome and Suffolk counties, as well as cities like Buffalo, Newburgh and Rochester.

Since 2013, The New York State Attorney General has committed more than $ 30 million through the Land Bank Community Revitalization Initiative (Land Bank CRI), with funding secured through settlements with the nation's largest banks over misconduct that contributed to the housing crisis.

In many East Asian countries, such as South Korea, Hong Kong and Singapore, the majority of land is controlled by state corporations — public «land banks».

The Legislature passed a proposed constitutional amendment that would create a 250 - acre land bank for the Adirondack and Catskill parks, decreasing the time it takes to get smaller projects on state Forest Preserve land approved.

The New York Land Bank Association, which is made up of 23 land banks across the state, has plans to lobby the state Legislature to pass increases on certain taxes relating to buying and selling propertLand Bank Association, which is made up of 23 land banks across the state, has plans to lobby the state Legislature to pass increases on certain taxes relating to buying and selling propertland banks across the state, has plans to lobby the state Legislature to pass increases on certain taxes relating to buying and selling properties.

The new program will provide land banks across the state with $ 4 million in subsidies.

But 2018 is an election year, so the New York Land Bank Association won't ask New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo to pass tax hikes, Wright said.

Revitalizing NY State: A report on NY Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman's Land Bank Community Revitalization Initiative.

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.

«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.

State government in 2011 allowed Syracuse to establish a so - called «land bank,» - a separate arm of government that can take over abandoned and tax - delinquent properties and flip them to tax - paying owners.

In 2011, the state approved land bank legislation to help communities deal with vacant and abandoned properties after the housing crisis, but until recently the effort lacked the needed funding.

Speaker Sheldon Silver and Local Governments Committee Chair William Magnarelli announced yesterday the passage of legislation that would authorize the increase of the number of land banks in New York State from 10 to 20 (A. 8819, Magnarelli).

New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says there is $ 21 million in new funds to help land banks purchase vacant and abandoned properties, sometimes known as «zombie homes.»

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.

This amendment would require the state to acquire 250 acres for the preserve and maintain it in a land bank.

It would create a land bank to allow communities in the Adirondack and Catskill Forest Preserve to accomplish small projects without the need to amend the state constitution.

He noted that Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has already helped to fund more than a dozen land banks throughout the state with money he recovered from major lenders involved in the housing crash — and had announced a new round of funding last month.

Besides Cuomo's election as governor, what was new in 2011, when the development finally landed state funding despite the low scores, was that The Birches at Fishkill had secured a $ 1.4 million grant from the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman Friday announced $ 20.9 million in new grants to 19 land banks that are rebuilding neighborhoods across the state.

The land bank is one of five approved by the state earlier this year, as part of an effort to reduce the number of neglected properties and to add to property tax rolls.

The New York State Senate has passed a measure that would create a land bank for the Adirondack and Catskills.

Of the three propositions on the New York state ballot Tuesday, voters rejected the question asking for a constitutional convention but approved public pension forfeiture and a Forest Preserve land bank.

Former Assemblyman Sam Hoyt said, «Other states have seen the value of using land banks to convert dilapidated properties and rebuild communities, and New York is much better off with this new law.

Even after the creation of the state of Israel, Palestinians have been taught that all land west of the Jordan river (including the West Bank, Gaza, and Israel) belongs to them.

If a Palestinian state was formed on the West Bank and Gaza, they would be allowed to return to that state but not to reclaim the land and homes they left.

At 1:30 p.m., state AG Eric Schneiderman will announce the recipients of over $ 20 million in grants for land banks across New York, Albany County Building, Cahill Room, First Floor, 112 State St., Alstate AG Eric Schneiderman will announce the recipients of over $ 20 million in grants for land banks across New York, Albany County Building, Cahill Room, First Floor, 112 State St., AlState St., Albany.

The houses were obtained after state lawmakers in late 2016 authorized Buffalo, through its land bank, to obtain houses from its foreclosure list without having to compete for the properties at foreclosure auctions.

This is because the state legislation authorizing the formation of land banks limited the number of such entities to ten.

At one point, it appeared the City of Buffalo was preparing to go it alone and submit its own land bank application to the state.

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Land banks are working at the local level across New York State to rebuild and revitalize their communities.

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PLATTSBURGH — Voters in November will decide if the state should create a land bank to aid municipalities with routine infrastructure and communications projects on state land.

«The state is making available $ 20 million to cities like Syracuse to continue operating land banks...

«The Greater Syracuse Land Bank is once again a top earner of grant funding from the office of the New York state attorney general.

Remember to look on the back of your ballot for three proposals: Whether to hold a constitutional convention, a constitutional amendment that would strip state officers of their pensions if convicted of a felony and an amendment that would create a 250 - acre land bank in forest preserve lands.

A constitutional amendment that would create a land bank for public development within the Adirondack State Park and Catskills has received the endorsement of Republican and Democratic former elected officials.

The state also provides $ 500,000 towards lead abatement efforts for land banks to rehabilitate foreclosed and abandoned properties.

Acquisition & Disposition Committee Meeting Thursday, June 14, 3:00 pm Albany County Land Bank Office 69 State Street, 8th floor Albany, NY 12207

Finance Committee Meeting Thursday, June 14, 2:30 pm Albany County Land Bank Office 69 State Street, 8th floor Albany, NY 12207

The Assistant will provide organizational, research, clerical and planning support to the Executive Director of the newly incorporated Buffalo Erie Niagara Land Improvement Corporation (BENLIC) or «Erie County Land Bank»: a 501 - C3 Non-Profit Local Public Authority of New York State.

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