Sentences with phrase «urban development of the city»

Scholars have studied the city's Bronze Age remains for more than a century, but more recent research has focused on the urban development of the city after it entered the Iron Age — in the 11th century BC — following the Bronze Age collapse of the Aegean palaces.

Real estate has become one the most powerful driving forces in the social and urban development of the city.

Not exact matches

Ali belongs to a new generation of urban planners taping into the rising demand for the services of a profession whose fortunes are tied to surging property development markets as well as the growth in city - building activity across Canada.

Around this time, Hsieh was studying urban development and was especially influenced by Harvard professor Edward Glaeser's «Triumph of the City.»

This points towards a vision for the future of cities, where diverse urban aspirations of prosperity and sustainable development are linked by a desire for equality.

Sidewalk's CEO Daniel Doctoroff has some experience rebuilding cities already: He is a former New York City deputy mayor who rezoned swaths of that city for urban housing and development projects, including the area of Manhattan's West Side currently being redeveloped above railroad tracks, Hudson YaCity deputy mayor who rezoned swaths of that city for urban housing and development projects, including the area of Manhattan's West Side currently being redeveloped above railroad tracks, Hudson Yacity for urban housing and development projects, including the area of Manhattan's West Side currently being redeveloped above railroad tracks, Hudson Yards.

International organisations which had previously ignored the significance of cities in international development - such as UNIDO and the Red Cross - pleaded to join an increasingly popular (and highly lucrative) urban field.

The Hon. Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, explained that Canada must think beyond trade and investment to build new opportunities and partnership through innovation hubs and by tapping into the growth of developing smart cities — urban areas that use communications technologies to manage their infrastructure.

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In environmental policy, the Party promises stronger greenhouse gas emission regulations and enforcement in the oil - patch; a water management plan to ensure that current and future needs are balanced; a moratorium on additional resource development on lakeshores and lake beds; a Green Energy Plan to support green energy projects and move the province away from coalpower; and a land - use framework that curbs urban sprawl and safeguards farmland and habitats in the vicinity of cities.

Though Dubai is full of blockbuster development projects, the city's urban form is perhaps best known for one specific attribute: height.

When these are neglected and money is pumped instead into industrial development, the males move to the cities, destroying the communities which have sustained the people for thousands of years and creating huge urban slums.

On November 7th in Cork City, Young Knocknaheeny will bring together leading experts, policy makers, practitioners, and participants to share and connect the science, policy, and interdisciplinary practice across the domains of child development, health, equality, urban development, and change practices for whole community prevention and early intervention.

Edwards pointed out that former Office of General Services Commissioner John Egan recently lauded Paladino's work with the State — urban development that fulfills State policies to revitalize inner cities.

Key partners include: Greater Buffalo - Niagara Regional Transportation Council (GBNRTC), Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority (NFTA), New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT); Erie County, Niagara County, City of Buffalo, City of Niagara Falls, Association of Erie County Governments, Niagara County Supervisors Association, University at Buffalo Regional Institute and Urban Design Project (UBRI / UDP), Daemen College Center for Sustainable Communities and Civic Engagement (CSCCE), VOICE Buffalo, Local Initiatives Support Corporation Buffalo (LISC), Western New York Environmental Alliance (WNYEA), Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper, The John R. Oishei Foundation, Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus (BNMC), Belmont Housing Resources for WNY, Inc. (Belmont), Buffalo Niagara Partnership (BNP), Empire State Development, New York State Department of State, Division of Smart Growth, Niagara County Department of Social Services, and Niagara Falls Housing Authority.

Today, State Assemblymember Brian Kavanagh and State Senator Daniel Squadron released the following statement in response to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)'s decision that changes to the Section 8 Small Area Fair Market Rent (SAFMR) policy — which could have had severe unintended consequences for NYC Section 8 tenants — will not apply to cities with low vacancy rates, like NYC.

Via Hudson Valley 360 HUDSON — City officials and U.S. Rep. John Faso are calling on the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson to -LSB-...]

WASHINGTON — Congressman John Faso (R, NY - 19) called on the US Department of Housing and Urban Development to address the «deplorable living conditions» at Bliss Towers in the City of Hudson.

At 8 a.m., City & State hosts an event highlighting economic development in smart cities, innovation in urban development and smart infrastructure, New York Academy of Medicine, 1216 Fifth Ave., Manhattan.

At 11:30 a.m., officials from the NYC Housing Development Corp., City Department of Housing Preservation and Development and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development join project partners to celebrate the rehabilitation and preservation of Elbee Gardens, 1950 Clove Rd., Staten Island.

They have never quite gotten along — Gov. Andrew Cuomo, 59, who reigns in Albany, and Mayor Bill de Blasio, 56, Cuomo's onetime assistant at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development whose domain is now City Hall.

Conference papers will address a variety of overlapping themes: Historical Origins and Development of Contested Cities and States; Urban Populations and the Politics of Demography; Ethno - National Borders and Walls; «Neutral» or «Shared» Spaces in the City?

The city's downtown region already boasts the possibility of a more prosperous future with urban development pioneer Ben Walsh in City Hcity's downtown region already boasts the possibility of a more prosperous future with urban development pioneer Ben Walsh in City HCity Hall.

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The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) contributed one million to EIT through its Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program by way of the Governor's Office for Small Cities (GOSC).

From his time working at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in the Clinton administration to his work on the City Council to reform 421a and end discrimination against Section 8 tenants to his work as Public Advocate to crack down on bad landlords, no one has done more to fight for affordable safe housing for all New Yorkers.»

Bronx, New York — New York State Homes and Community Renewal (HCR), the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) and New York City Housing Development Corporation (HDC), join Monadnock Development, Signature Urban Properties, and GTIS Partners for a ribbon - cutting ceremony to mark the completion of construction of the first two of ten planned buildings at Compass Residences in the Bronx.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has approved $ 1.5 million for the city of Springfield, Massachusetts to create a restaurant develoDevelopment has approved $ 1.5 million for the city of Springfield, Massachusetts to create a restaurant developmentdevelopment fund.

Ben Carson, secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, said in an interview Thursday his agency is requiring the New York City Housing Authority to get HUD's approval for any expenditures out of its capital fund.

In his sixth year governing the state of New York, Andrew Cuomo is on a bit of a roll when it comes to urban planning and city - based economic development.

In the past few weeks, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo signed an executive order imposing a state - controlled monitor for the authority's finances, and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development decreed that the city seek permission to spend any federal funds on the authority.

When I ask him for some better - qualified options, he mentions New York City comptroller Scott Stringer, former Department of Housing and Urban Development secretary Shaun Donovan, and «most people in this park.»

In its explanation, the Kaduna State Urban Planning and Development Agency (KAPSUDA) in a statement signed by its Director - General, Ibrahim Husseini, said the demolition was part of operations the agency was undertaking across city.

New York City depends on Washington for a lot of funding, much of that coming from the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Launching the report in Accra on Tuesday, Programme Leader for Sustainable Development, Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone for the World Bank Ivo Imparato says although there is a platform for cities and investors to meet the challenge of urban resilience, it would take a significant amount of support.

Kevin Zammer, secretary of the Buffalo Urban Development Corporation, the nonprofit city entity that sold the land to the state, said the organization had no role in changing the goals, which «would be the state's prerogative.»

Additional funding partners include the City of Yonkers, TCB, MHACY, RBC Capital Markets, M&T Bank, The Bank of New York Mellon, Federal Home Loan Bank of New York, New York State Energy Research Development Authority, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

On Tues., July 24th, New York City Councilmember Ydanis Rodriguez, together with Council Speaker Christine Quinn, and New York State Senator Adriano Espaillat, was joined by city agencies New York City Department of Housing, Preservation and Development (HPD), the Urban Homesteading Assistance Board (UHAB), and local non-profit the Community League of the Heights (CLOTH) at a town hall meeting to address concerns of tenants in foreclosed Vantage Property buildiCity Councilmember Ydanis Rodriguez, together with Council Speaker Christine Quinn, and New York State Senator Adriano Espaillat, was joined by city agencies New York City Department of Housing, Preservation and Development (HPD), the Urban Homesteading Assistance Board (UHAB), and local non-profit the Community League of the Heights (CLOTH) at a town hall meeting to address concerns of tenants in foreclosed Vantage Property buildicity agencies New York City Department of Housing, Preservation and Development (HPD), the Urban Homesteading Assistance Board (UHAB), and local non-profit the Community League of the Heights (CLOTH) at a town hall meeting to address concerns of tenants in foreclosed Vantage Property buildiCity Department of Housing, Preservation and Development (HPD), the Urban Homesteading Assistance Board (UHAB), and local non-profit the Community League of the Heights (CLOTH) at a town hall meeting to address concerns of tenants in foreclosed Vantage Property buildings.

Cuomo, who served as secretary of Housing and Urban Development under the Clinton administration, said he also spoke to Trump about addressing «record» high homelessness in New York City.

City officials contend that the 75 other SURA employees — who work in the departments of law, neighborhood and business development, or planning and sustainability — are dedicated to urban renewal work.

Cuomo, a former US secretary of housing and urban development, said he's visited a series of run - down New York City Housing Authority apartments in recent weeks because «I wanted to expose the problems.»

Mayor Bill de Blasio, New York City First Lady Chirlane McCray, United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julián Castro and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito lead a rally in Foley Square in Manhattan to celebrate the passage of the housing legislation.

At 1 p.m., NYC Councilman Ritchie Torres and others address the US Department of Housing and Urban Development's proposed rule that could increase rents for Section 8 households, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

If Section 8 vouchers are applied, the city would require a waiver from the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development to allocate units to current NYCHA residents.

The New York City Housing Authority will have to get the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's approval for every expenditure from here on out, reports the Wall Street Journal.

The federal Department of Housing and Urban Development, or HUD, didn't give any reason why Syracuse's application for $ 3 million was denied, the city said today.

On Friday, attorneys for the Community Development Project of the Urban Justice Center fired off a letter to City Planning Director Marisa Lago.

The city's Department of Housing Preservation and Development, Housing Development Corporation and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development also worked on the deal.

The projects include the JDS tower at 247 Cherry St.; 62 ad 69 story towers from L+M Development Partners and the CIM Group at 260 South St.; and a 62 - story building by the Starrett Group at 259 Clinton St. City Planning decided a ULURP was not called for because the developments would have required, in urban planning speak, only a «minor modification,» rather than a «major modification,» of the LSRD Plan.

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