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3 affordable housing projects that serve as social catalysts

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Some teachers in Northern California are living out of their cars, in hovels in the Santa Cruz Mountains, and with multiple roommates in one-bedroom apartments in Daly City, because they can’t afford to pay market-rate rent. Affordable housing is housing built for people who earn 80% or less of the area median income (AMI).

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Millionaire Sitt Invests $1 Million To Improve NYC Airport Infrastructure; Launches Global Gateway Alliance

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Sitt, CEO of Thor Equities is taking it upon himself to improve the infrastructure of New York City’s airports. ” Sitt continues, Our airports are often the first and last impressions visitors have of our City and country, and every bad first impression has a direct impact on economic activity.

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After Sandy: New Report Looks At Mitigating Climate Change Through Land Use

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As a result, we are seeing different approaches to development in the 21st century,” said Joseph Azrack, managing partner at Apollo Global Real Estate in New York City. Allow partial compliance and mitigation measures in order to create flexibility in insurance premiums for low-income households and small businesses.

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LOCATION FOCUS: United It Stands

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New York State’s 54,556 square mile geography is divided into 10 economic regions (according to Empire State Development)—Western New York, Finger Lakes, Southern Tier, Central New York, North Country, Mohawk Valley, Mid-Hudson, Capital District, New York City and Long Island.

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Google reveals a staggering drop in movement of people around the world during the global coronavirus pandemic as trips to shops, parks and workplaces plummet

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London and New York, the epicentres of their respective countries, have also seen a significant drop in movement. It found New Yorkers are going to the grocery store 32 per cent less often (pictured). New York City is one if the busiest places in the world, but COVID-19 and lockdown leaves the streets empty.

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New York Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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Transportation Capital Assistance Program: ESD administers this loan program for the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT). Looking to navigate New York City? Technical assistance. The program offers loans from $20,000 to $500,000, with a prime interest rate fixed at closing.

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Location Focus: New York – The Empire State Leverages Its Strengths

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Business will be able to locate in these special university economic zones and operate 100 percent tax-free for 10 years, with no income tax, business or corporate state and local taxes, no sales tax, no property tax, no franchise fees, and in many cases, no income tax for employees. In 2013, AA Technology Inc.,