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| Page 1 of 1 | Previous | Next | ARIBRA MARCH 9, 2010 Habitat for Humanity Embraces Density, Makes History The Atlantic Avenue project may represent a new direction for Habitat. From NY Times | Making History In a Brooklyn Neighborhood When Habitat for Humanity New York City consulted an architecture firm on its new site in the Ocean Hill section of Brownsville, Brooklyn , it received a response that switched on a light bulb. The result, nearly three years and one entirely new development model later, is the largest creation in Habitat’s history, an $11.6 And the city’s branch of Habitat just learned last week that it will receive about $10.5 | CONSTRUCTION KNOWLEGE MAY 6, 2011 Construction Cheaters Going to Jail…Where They Belong The VPs of finance, operations and estimating are all on the hot seat. “Sadly, greed and corruption impose a hidden, billion-dollar-a-year tax on New York City’s construction industry,&# said New York District Attorney Cyrus R. Lehr Construction Corp renovated office buildings in NYC and ran a scheme that reportedly cheated $30M from their customers. Working for marquis clients like Fidelity Investments and The Economist magazine, Lehr ran an over-invoicing scam. The charge of enterprise corruption carries a jail term of 25 years. Vance Jr., | | | | | |
| GREEN GODDESS APRIL 11, 2011  Down the Up Staircase New Boards and new Municipalities and new Government plans that change every few years also add to the mix. There is something grotesque about the fact the education reform is being led not by educators but by financers and speculators and billionaires.” Yes I am a broken record when it comes to my harping on Education issues. left Education years ago for many reasons. | DISTRIBUTION UPDATE MAY 27, 2010 Machine tool consolidation continues per share to 5:00 pm, New York City time, on June 18, 2010, unless further extended or terminated. The offer and withdrawal rights were previously scheduled to expire at 5:00 pm, New York City time, on May 26, 2010. As of 5:00 pm, New York City time, on May 26, 2010, 4,444,444 shares, representing over 38% of Hardinge's outstanding shares, have been validly tendered and not withdrawn. The offer is not subject to confirmatory due diligence or any financing condition and will be funded entirely from Romi's internal resources. | GREEN GODDESS JULY 9, 2009 Stimulate This!!! Today the New York Times found that this is just the case with many projects going unfunded and others simply not making any sense in relation to dollars and jobs in many states. Not shocking given our Mayor's disengagement from the larger picture outside the City of Seattle. Cities have been relying on property taxes booming during the last few years but with declining values, foreclosures and people simply losing work or wages who will request re-evaluation of their property assessments. said his city “did pretty terrible” when it came to getting money. | GREEN GODDESS SEPTEMBER 28, 2009 Real Esate Wars broker based in New York City who says that he doesn't like open houses, preferring to match clients with appropriate buyers. piece of property on a marshland," recalls New York City-based architect Mary Langan. If a broker is selling a house, you figure he knows the place pretty intimately — after all, he talks a good game about the new kitchen, the big closets, the heated garage. Same goes for purchases of non-real-estate items (such as patio furniture) and owner carry back (in which the seller provides some of the financing). Realtors?study | | | | | | | |
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GREEN GODDESS | SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2009 The Struggle Continues
found two articles in the New York Times today - one about the aging workforce another an editorial about the role of women in the workplace. As a freshman, I had an interview for a magazine internship in New York City. And when I moved on to create Portfolio for Condé Nast — the magazine company best known for titles like Vanity Fair, Vogue and The New Yorker — half of our top editors were female. My career was recently summed up in a New York magazine article as leggy. that is not the real test. showing up and doing the job. But 6.7 MORE >> -
GREEN GODDESS | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2010 Green Insurance
That could translate into multi-million savings for the owners and tenants of buildings like the retrofitted Empire State Building, the Condé Nast Building at Times Square, and the newly constructed Bank of America Tower on Bryant Park, all located in New York City. It’s like commissioning a ship,” Bushnell said in a BNET Finance interview. For some Insurers the push for green building is now. Going green can be good for the environment, good for your image, and even good for property insurance rates, according to Fireman’s Fund, a major U.S. commercial insurer. MORE >> -
GREEN GODDESS | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2010 The Politics of Hate
The share of HI expenditures that can be financed with HI dedicated revenues is projected to decline slowly to 76 percent in 2045 and then to rise slowly, reaching 89 percent in 2084." More recently, conservatives have panned President Obama's new START treaty, which would further reduce nuclear arsenals, and even questioned the importance of nuclear reductions in the first place. The last week in the United States had to have the most vitriloic and distrubing display of xenophobia and nativism that I may have ever witnessed. Oh, gosh, Democrats, this is a scary question. percent." MORE >>
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