At CREW.NY meeting, Levy suggests options.Saying that the NYC NYC abbr. New York City NYC New York City Board of Education has school buildings and playgrounds located on some of the best real estate in NYC, Schools Chancellor Harold O. Levy Harold O. Levy is a former Chancellor of New York City's public schools, serving under Mayor Rudy Giuliani from 2000 to 2002. He currently resides with his wife and two children in New York City. said he's been thinking about a way to conduct a "swap." "It's very possible that in the future, the Board of Education will be in a position to issue a RFP (Request For Proposal) A document that invites a vendor to submit a bid for hardware, software and/or services. It may provide a general or very detailed specification of the system. 1. (business) RFP - Request for Proposal. 2. that outlines a plan under which these very valuable parcels will be turned over to a developer for three years, at the end of which time, he or she will return to the school system, three new school buildings, rather than one, and the skyscraper of his/her dreams." Levy made his comments at the March meeting of CREW.NY (Commercial Real Estate Women of New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of ). In a speech during which the Chancellor outlined both the progress and the problems of the NYC school system, Mr. Levy said that the current condition of school system buildings was a result of "systematic dis-investment between the years of 1975 and 1990." "The buildings were simply not maintained," he said. Mr. Levy said that as landlord to more than 11,000 buildings, the NYC Board of Education owned more NYC real estate than any entity except the U.S. Post Office U.S. Post Office can refer to the United States Postal Service system. There are many interesting and historic buildings among the large number of facilities. . "We have begun to solve the problems of our buildings' envelopes," he said. "And, pretty much, that means the majority of the buildings are waterproof." At the same time, Levy said the system is in the process of upgrading the buildings' technology. While in some instances this means computers and internet access See how to access the Internet. , in other buildings it is decidedly less glamorous. "We have finally shut down the last coal-fired boiler," he said. Levy also praised the work of the School Construction Authority (SCA (Single Connector Attachment) An 80-pin plug and socket used to connect peripherals. With a SCSI drive, it rolls three cables (power, data channel and ID configuration) into one connector for fast installation and removal. ). "The School Construction Authority was created on the heels of the LaGuardia High School project. This was a school that took 10 years to build. Under the SCA, we're turning out decent quality schools within a year-and-a-half to two years." He said that at least for the foresee able future, he expected the SCA to oversee the majority of school construction projects. |
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