Under the revised plan, developers of towers near subway stations would have to pay — upfront — for improvements like new entrances and wider stairways.
The bonds covered the upfront public improvements and were to be repaid from property taxes as the development grew and taxes rose.
The private builder, Street-Works Development of White Plains, will pay for the public improvements upfront.
Defining upfront the desired improvements has profound implications for how transdisciplinary research is conceived, designed, implemented and evaluated.
The contractor presents an estimate of the upfront cost of the improvements.
Significantly, these measures can actually pay for themselves as lower monthly utility bills amortize the upfront cost of energy improvements.
Last month, I described an innovative energy financing proposal called on-bill repayment (OBR), which would eliminate the upfront cost of energy improvements.
"When they see the bills," Mackey said, "they get pretty excited". Rebates and utility savings aside, the upfront costs of making improvements can still be daunting.
Upfront articulation of measurable, feasible improvement aims and indicators based on burden of MNH disease and proven clinical best practices (Phase one, Niger).
This is the first time an upfront adjuvant trial has demonstrated improvement in OS, and it provides further evidence that preventing early DM translates into a long-term survival advantage.
Upfront combination FOLFOX significantly improved response rate and PFS, but no improvement of OS was seen over sequential treatment (Cunningham et al, 2009).
