Sentences with phrase «city spend billions»

Yeah, securing top - 4 and champions league football while turning a profit in the transfer market to pay off a stadium debt while competing in the most competitive league in the world, as Chelsea and City spend billions at the hands of sugar daddies and United was at the peak of their powers?

Not exact matches

Capital spending ballooned to $ 7.3 billion from $ 2.5 billion a year earlier, although that included the one - time, $ 2.4 billion purchase of the Chelsea Market building in New York City.

While Uber has spent billions expanding overseas — it's currently available in 581 cities in 81 countries worldwide — Lyft has partnerships with international ride - hailing services but still has no presence of its own outside the United States.

The city is spending 4 billion in construction - double the amount spent leading up to the 1996 Olympic games.

But Comcast spent just $ 1.7 billion and only won rights within its cable territory, leaving out other major cities such as Los Angeles and Dallas.

The former mayor, who spent $ 261 million on his campaigns for New York City office, says he'd spend as much as $ 1 billion of his own money on a presidential run.

Local governments, especially those outside mega cities like Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, spent at least 8.6 billion yuan ($ 1.3 billion) subsidizing airlines in 2016, mostly for them to start direct services to far - flung places such as New York and Paris, according to data compiled by Civil Aviation Data Analysis.

(July 16, 2015 — New York City) Just two years after launching the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) commitment to advancing women - owned business in new markets, WEConnect International and Vital Voices have helped to facilitate and track more than US$ 3 Billion in new spend with women - owned businesses and the training of more than 40,000 women business owners based outside the U.S.

But as cities, counties and states compete for economic development, spending on such programs nationwide has climbed into the billions of dollars, even in an era of fiscal austerity.

Previously, Mr. Satchu spent 12 years in New York City where he was a General Partner at Fenway Partners, a US$ 1.4 billion private equity firm focused on acquiring leading middle market companies typically from families or large corporations and a Financial Analyst at Merrill Lynch in the High Yield Finance and Restructuring Group.

Just three blocks from City Hall — that gorgeous, gold - plated building where politicians are deciding how to spend more than $ 10 billion next fiscal year — sits a shooting gallery in broad daylight.

They have also spent 4 times that amount (approx $ 3 BILLION) in 1/4 of the time to build a mall in Salt Lake City.

In preseason, I watched Our arsenal tesm completely humiliate machester city with all their billions and that is the pure joy I get supporting a club like arsenal that still manages to pull off miracle after miracle even when we lack the spending power of competitors like chelsea, man city and man united.

City might even spend billions on players, united too, but as an Arsenal fan who cares??

You think Wenger and co should have spent that odd half billion down the back of the sofa to try and narrowly squeak past the post with a PL title in the past 6 years just to keep up with City?

Good luck to Sanchez if he thinks he's going to win the UCL with City, who've barely gotten out of the group stages after spending close to a billion dollars over the last 6 - 7 years.

The owners of City spent probably a billion on a team that had nothing.

the only reason we are challengers for the tittle is because of new players in the team like Sanchez, Coquelin, and even Hector Bellerin and even with them we come 3rd, Chelsea the title winners are strengthening their squad even with the announcement of 1 billion in dept, ManU will be spending heavy, Liverpool have already started bolstering, City for shore they will spend

Even he isn't sacked after 1 season and in his 2nd season he spent 1 billion to get City where they are.

Of course Liverpool at some time would get better but habe won nothong of note for a number of years... We have won 3 FA Cups in 4 years and are putting a new team together... some good youngsters coming through and spending decent money on transfers for good players... Ozil Sanchez Cech Mustafi and Lacazette in just last few years... We all want more names but you also mentioned Leicester who won on a shoestring... City and Man Utd will probably have spent a billion between then last 3 or 4 transfer windows and not won PL..!

Jeffrey Loria bamboozled the city and county out of a half - billion - dollar stadium that he now owned, and he made a big show of spending on the Marlins like they were the big - market team they deserved to be all along.

Considering that Chelsea, City and PSG have spent close to # 3 billion between them over the past 15 years, it goes to show that old, accumulated wealth and history is still able to resist the power of new money.

AL It's hard to argue against some simple facts man city and chelsea have spent billions of pounds on players and wages.

City have spent just over a billion pounds since the 2008/09 season with a large chunk of that being shelled out on strikers.

Liverpool blew it, not unlike us in 2013, but with City's unrivalled financial muscle (nearly # 0.5 billion net spend over the past 5 years), they should really be winning their titles far more convincingly, and Chelsea will be much stronger next season, as I hope will we!

Barack Obama the candidate said he wanted to spend billions on a nationwide program similar to Geoffrey Canada's Harlem Children Zone in New York City, widely praised for its focus on comprehensive child development.

The MTA board approved a slimmed - down, $ 26 billion capital - spending plan for major construction, repair and improvement projects, following months of political wrangling between city and state officials.

The federal government has approved New York City's plan to spend the first $ 1.77 billion in aid for Hurricane Sandy recovery, with the money expected to start flowing by early summer to homeowners, businesses and others in need.

Assembly Democrats on Monday evening released their one - house budget proposal, a $ 170 billion spending plan that would fund transportation in New York City through fees on ride hailing services and cabs in Manhattan and add more money for education than what was proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

The governor signed into law a $ 25.8 billion state education spending plan that includes a $ 129 million boost in funding for Long Island, and a $ 386.8 million bump for New York City.

Republican Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan nudged New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio to provide more information on how the city spends $ 9 billion in state funding for education as a precursor to considering an extension of mayoral control of public schoCity Mayor Bill de Blasio to provide more information on how the city spends $ 9 billion in state funding for education as a precursor to considering an extension of mayoral control of public schocity spends $ 9 billion in state funding for education as a precursor to considering an extension of mayoral control of public schools.

We send over $ 9 Billion to the City of New York in State aid... It is eminently reasonable for a parent or a City Council Mmeber to say «where are you spending the money?»

The plan has New York City spending $ 85.2 billion, slightly more than de Blasio's earlier budget proposal.

The announcement of the penalties for senior - level DOC officials comes the same day City Comptroller Scott Stringer released a report showing the Department's spending has soared to a record $ 1.36 billion this year, growing 44 percent over the past decade, even as the inmate population hit a record low — an average of 9,500 inmates each day.

To help address the city's housing, homelessness and affordability problem, Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday announced «Vital Brooklyn,» a program through which he proposed spending $ 1.4 billion in the borough.

The budget also includes an additional $ 2 billion in new spending and an increased employee headcount of 6,700 for the city, which marks a growth of 25,000 new employees since 2014.

Harry Nespoli, chairman of the city's labor coalition, suggested letting New York apply some of the $ 400 million of unused cash from the union health - insurance fund to pay for teachers who would be fired under the mayor's $ 65.7 billion spending plan.

Reinvent Albany today praised four laws which go into effect today making billions of dollars in City spending more transparent to the public.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg unveiled last Thursday his $ 68.7 billion budget — a spending plan that has no tax increases or calls for teachers and uniformed city workers to lose their jobs.

Under de Blasio, New York City is financing affordable housing at a breakneck pace, creating or preserving over 24,500 units last year — more than any year on record — spending $ 1.1 billion, the most ever by the city in a single year, according to City Hall officiCity is financing affordable housing at a breakneck pace, creating or preserving over 24,500 units last year — more than any year on record — spending $ 1.1 billion, the most ever by the city in a single year, according to City Hall officicity in a single year, according to City Hall officiCity Hall officials.

Taxpayers are spending $ 1.7 billion in the current fiscal year on the Department of Homeless Services — after twice injecting extra cash totaling $ 287 million beyond what was in the city budget passed in June to deal with the burgeoning homeless crisis.

«We spend $ 22 billion on the New York City public school system, so to say we aren't devoting resources is ridiculous,» Bloomberg said at a press conference at Washington Irving High School later Tuesday, where he celebrated the opening of 54 new schools in the coming school year, 19 of which will replace schools that have been closed.

-LSB-...] plan has New York City spending $ 85.2 billion, slightly more than de Blasio's earlier budget proposal.

The Regents do not specifically mention a decade - old order from the state's highest court that said billions more need to be spent each year on schools in New York City to fulfill the state's constitutional requirement that each child receive a «sound, basic education.»

Once aboard, Hizzoner — who was joined by a pack of journalists — launched into a diatribe against Cuomo and MTA Chairman Joe Lhota, who last week blamed de Blasio for refusing to spend the city's $ 4 billion - plus budget surplus to fix the subways.

The city plans to spend nearly $ 1.1 billion to house the homeless in commercial hotels over the next three years, officials said Tuesday.

«The lack of detail on how New York City spends the almost $ 9 billion provided to it by the state has been one of the key determining factors in a short term extension of mayoral control,» Flanagan continued.

State Budget Director Bob Megna issued a statement yesterday rejecting the mayor's claim that the city stands to lose $ 2 billion if Cuomo's spending plan is enacted as - is by the Legislature and also insisting the mayor has more than enough stashed away to make up the difference of whatever the final aid reduction might be.

It's «tin cup» day — mayors from around the state will be descending on Albany to discuss the impact of the $ 168 billion spending plan on their cities.

[31] The spending included a record $ 1.8 billion aid increase to local school districts, and $ 2.5 billion in aid for construction projects at state and city public colleges.