Bloomberg's leadership wins PWC honors."Future generations will look back and recognize that we are in a 'golden era' of construction," said Deputy Mayor for Economic Development and Rebuilding Daniel L. Doctoroff Daniel L. Doctoroff (born July 11, 1958) is Deputy Mayor for Economic Development and Rebuilding for the City of New York. Under the leadership of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Doctoroff has overseen one of the city’s most dramatic economic resurgences, spearheading the effort , when he accepted the Design/Construction Leadership Award from Professional Women in Construction on behalf of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg at the organization's annual Awards Reception. The Mayor, who had planned to attend the event held at Club 101 on Tuesday, March 15, was called away to head the U.S. Presidential delegation at the dedication of Yad VaShem's new Holocaust History Museum in Jerusalem. Doctoroff outlined a multitude of public sector projects, ranging from major rezonings to West Side development and transportation improvements. Pointing out that "the world's leading architects are re-energizing our skyline," he praised the private sector for responding in kind with housing starts "at record levels." "It is not just what, but how we build," said Doctoroff, stressing the administration's commitment to making construction opportunities open and accessible to women and minorities. The Department of Small Business Services has an aggressive procurement program to attract W/ MBEs (woman and minority-owned business enterprises) and the mayor has appointed a commission to investigate opportunities in construction co-chaired by Deputy Mayors Doctoroff and Dennis Walcott and staffed by Department of Consumer Affairs Commissioner Gretchen Dykstra Gretchen Dykstra is the previous President and CEO of the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation. The former Commissioner of New York City's Department of Consumer Affairs, Dykstra left that post in April of 2005 to head up the foundation, which is entrusted with raising funds for . Doctoroff applauded the work of the many women commissioners and others in high places who, "in many ways, power the city." "Our mayor's vision will significantly help our industry and bring new life to the city 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 ," said PWC president Lenore Janis as she presented the award to Doctoroff. Commissioner of Buildings Patricia J. Lancaster, the first woman to hold the position, praised Mayor Bloomberg for boldly "making changes in a way that is unprecedented in our city"--ranging from placing more women in power to "unleashing the biggest building boom in the history of the city over the next 10 years." PWC executive vice president Theresa Vigilante vigilante n. someone who takes the law into his/her own hands by trying and/or punishing another person without any legal authority. In the 1800s groups of vigilantes dispensed "frontier justice" by holding trials of accused horse-thieves, rustlers and shooters, and presented the Public/Private Partnership Recognition Award to Avalon Chrystie Place, which is playing a major role "in the renaissance of the lower East Side." A four-block project that represents a highly successful collaboration between the public and private sectors, the residence will rent 75% of its 712 units at market price, while reserving 25% as affordable housing. Furthermore, the complex, which includes numerous amenities from a 42,000 s/f community facility to an indoor exercise room and a two-level Whole Foods Market, is creating 375 construction jobs and 418 new permanent jobs. The award was accepted by Fred Harris Fred Harris or Frederick Harris may refer to:
New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. Department of Housing Preservation and Development. Harris called Avalon Chrystie Place, "a wonderful example of how this administration has made extremely difficult projects a reality" by fostering cooperation between the city, the neighborhoods and private interests. PWC board member Andrea Phyfer-Strong, of Turtle & Hughes, Inc., presented PWC's Public Project Recognition Award to the Staten Island Ferry The Staten Island Ferry is a passenger ferry operated by the New York City Department of Transportation between Whitehall Street at the southernmost tip of Manhattan near Battery Park (South Ferry) and St. Terminals in honor of their 100th year of service and the nearly complete reconstructions that are transforming the St. George Terminal on Staten Island Staten Island (1990 pop. 378,977), 59 sq mi (160 sq km), SE N.Y., in New York Bay, SW of Manhattan, forming Richmond co. of New York state and the borough of Staten Island of New York City. and Whitehall Terminal in lower Manhattan Lower Manhattan is the southernmost part of the island of Manhattan, the main island and center of business and government of the City of New York. Lower Manhattan is generally defined as the area delineated on the north by Chambers Street, on the west by the Hudson River (North . Said Phyfer-Strong, "The glass-enclosed panoramic views will be astonishing a·ston·ish tr.v. as·ton·ished, as·ton·ish·ing, as·ton·ish·es To fill with sudden wonder or amazement. See Synonyms at surprise. , the retail space will increase significantly, the connections to buses and other modes of transportation will be streamlined and various green innovations are already in place." The award was accepted by Commissioner of the New York City Department of Transportation Iris Weinshall and senior vice president of the Economic Development Corporation Eve Michel. Weinshall praised the many people affiliated with the project. She saluted Michel, who "had the vision and determination to get the job done," and said that the terminals "will add to the city's excellence." |
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