It was able to create approximately 105,000 units and preserve 86,000 in addition, by spending over $750 million per year. (Coalition for the Homeless) DiBlasio's current eight point plan; however, would create and/or preserve 190,000 units of affordable housing in the span of eight years. ... The Independent Budget Office proposed taxing vacant land at the same rate as commercial land, particularly those over 2,500 square feet. ... It will help fund and expedite new development of affordable housing and create four thousand newly constructed units over the span of eight years. ...

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Times Square, the crossroads of the world, was seedy and sleazy. ... These officers were part of the NYPD's Special Investigations Unit. By 1977, 52 out of the 70 officers who had been assigned to the unit were either in jail or under indictment (New York Magazine). ...

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After being paired with their canines, the new team is to complete a 10- week course to learn to locate and identify a wide variety of dangerous materials while working as an effective unit, training includes search techniques for aircraft, baggage, vehicles and transportation (Transportation Security Administration). ... The MTA has also been working with the NYPD by putting up cameras at Grand Central Station, Penn Station, and Times Square. ...

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