«The CUNY Board of Trustees has approved an operating budget request for FY2017 - 18 that seeks increased state and
city investment in faculty hiring, new research, expanding college access and other initiatives necessary to provide our students with an affordable, high - quality education,» Arena said in an emailed statement.
«While I support increased
city investment in the subway, the city already has a $ 4.2 billion surplus and therefore has the ability to do so with existing resources,» he had said.
«While I support increased
city investment in the subway, the city already has a $ 4.2 billion surplus and therefore has the ability to do so with existing resources.
The total $ 41.1 billion cost would include an $ 8.2 billion
city investment in the form of funding, tax incentives, and other investments, with the rest paid for with state, federal and private funding.
However, high unemployment, inadequate infrastructure, and limited supportive programs have contributed to economic stagnation in the neighborhood over the last decade, precluding Jamaica from realizing the potential of previous
City investments in the area — including the development of the Jamaica AirTrain terminal in 2003 and a 2007 rezoning of 368 blocks in the area aimed at providing a dynamic mix of residential, business, and community opportunities in the heart of the downtown.
Mayor Bill de Blasio touted
city investments in programs to provide lawyers to tenants facing eviction in housing court — but stopped short of endorsing the «right to counsel» that's been advocated for in the City Council.
Not exact matches
Matt McIlwain, the managing director at Seattle - based
investment firm Madrona Ventures, further suggests the
city's overall attitude is
in line with how the company operates: «It has a very can - do, growth - oriented attitude, which aligns with the Amazon culture,» he says.
In many big
cities, municipal land - use planning departments and other local agencies are hiring planners to help manage growth linked to population increases, burgeoning private
investment and new infrastructure.
But the school Wednesday got a hint of validation to the tune of $ 5.5 million
in investment in a round led by Cambridge - based venture - capital firm Charles River Ventures and New York
City - based Matrix Partners.
The most recent Global Green Economy Index (GGEI), produced by the US consulting firm Dual Citizen, looked at 60 countries and 70
cities and ranked them based on their overall green economic performance, which includes energy efficiency, climate leadership, and
investment in clean technologies like recycling, renewable energy, and green chemistry.
One of the first
investments I led at USV was a company called Stash, which is a financial service based
in New York
City.
Just this May, he gave a presentation entitled «The Endgame» at the annual Sohn
Investment Conference
in New York
City, where he warned investors of the need to sell their equity
investments and remain
in cash and gold.
A haven for hardware developers, the
city attracts some of the largest volumes of research and development
investment of anywhere
in the country.
I'm a free enterpriser so this might be me saying, well look, I don't think it is fair now to say to people that have made those
investments — it's a number of companies not just Bell and Rogers, it's Telus and so on — that the
city is going to facilitate more competition or invest
in it.
Over the past 30 years, policymakers from around the United States have spent countless hours and numerous dollars on programs, policies, and incentives to create venture - capital clusters and to stimulate
investments in their
cities and regions.
• HC Technologies, a Chicago - based principal trading firm with offices
in New York
City and London, announced the formation of its private equity arm, HC Private
Investments.
By the end of 2010, the fund, which has offices
in Prague and New York
City, had provided $ 104.3 million
in loans,
investments, technical assistance, and grants to 36 outlets
in 26 countries, and had earned $ 35 million
in interest and dividends.
With an increase
in interest rates looming
in the United States and an expected economic slowdown, an increasing number of
investment banks are expecting the
city's home prices to come under downward pressure.
What's more, the ubiquity of tech startups — and the decreased financial barrier to entry — has prompted Philadelphia and Detroit, among other
cities, to begin offering venture capital
in an effort to boost economic development, create jobs and attract young people, says Archna Sahay, Philadelphia's manager of entrepreneurial
investment.
The deregulation
in 2010 of the yuan
in Hong Kong turned the
city into a RMB
investment hub, a position for which London, Singapore and other financial centres are now vying.
The opening of a 43,000 square foot Northgate Gonzalez supermarket
in San Diego's
City Heights area, an early FreshWorks
investment, created 122 new jobs, for example.
«We're not seeing the kind of growth and scale - ups, and if we can solve that problem we'll also keep our most talented
in Miami by using entrepreneurship as a tool for community building,» says Matt Haggman, the program director
in Miami for the Knight Foundation, which committed a $ 2 million
investment to help bring Endeavor to the
city.
The company, which Musk says will probably be the highest returning of his three
investments, already employs some 180
in offices
in Berkeley, Foster
City, Los Angeles, San Diego, and Sacramento, and averages 90 installations a month.
Mike Garland, executive director of corporate governance for New York
City Comptroller John Liu's office, which has a $ 550 million
investment in JPMorgan Chase, said «it was a disservice to shareholders that the vote became a referendum on Jamie Dimon.
Amazon (amzn) has said it plans to invest over $ 5 billion
in construction and produce many as 50,000 high - paying jobs at HQ2, with the further promise of «tens of thousands of additional jobs» as well as billions of dollars more
in additional
investment in the host
city — prompting a flurry of (sometimes outlandish) bids from
cities and states to woo CEO Jeff Bezos and company.
But the
city makes up for it with its first - place market potential ranking (out of 150
cities), and its house - flippers see the second - highest average gross return on
investment compared with those
in other
cities.
Amazon has promised $ 5 billion
in investment and 50,000 new jobs over the next 10 years for the
city or region it chooses for its second headquarters.
Laredo's house - flipping market potential — which factors
in metrics such as the number of real estate agents per capita and the average gross return on
investment — ranks 58th out of the 150
cities that WalletHub analyzed.
Instead of hiring the first one who shows up, do your homework, advises David Moore, an angel investor and president of
City Rewards Network
in Charlotte, N.C. «A lot of
investment bankers are going to call you and say «We can take your small company public for $ 50,000.»
He also poked fun at Gilbert's massive real estate
investments, which will appreciate
in value dramatically if property values
in the
city continue to climb.
Buffett, the son of a stockbroker and four - term U.S. Republican Representative, got his start
in investment early: at age 11, he bought three shares of
Cities Service Preferred (and three for his sister).
In August 2012 Euro Forex Investment Ltd moved into London's Heron Tower, the tallest building in the Cit
In August 2012 Euro Forex
Investment Ltd moved into London's Heron Tower, the tallest building
in the Cit
in the
City.
London remains the top European
city for venture capital
investment in financial technology firms, according to data released by Mayor Sadiq Khan's promotional agency.
The Old Perth Port proposal comes amid a ramp - up
in hotel
investment in the central
city, with the Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority planning for a world - class hotel and residential precinct on a 6,800 sqm site
in Elizabeth Quay.
The real estate
investment trust, based
in Jersey
City, New Jersey, said it had funds from operations of $ 50.7 million, or 50 cents per share,
in the period.
Sant Cugat works daily supporting entrepreneurs, Greenfield
investments and consolidated companies to reinvest
in the
city:
No
city has made a greater
investment in old - fashioned bike share than Washington.
Porat attributed this huge spike to its $ 2.4 billion purchase of New York
City's Chelsea Market building, as well as
investments in data center construction.
«We don't want to be the next Silicon Valley,» said J.B. Pritzker, founder of the
investment firm Pritzker Group, at the inaugural Inc. and CNBC iCONIC conference
in the Windy
City on Tuesday.
With PM Narendra Modi encouraging active participation from the asses towards building India's smart
cities, the environment for
investment in the south is apparently conducive.
Dining
in a noisy Manhattan steak house with his accountant, a German investor, a New York
City investment banker specializing
in agriculture, and assorted lawyers, Stephenson actually began reading the label aloud.
While there's still plenty going on
in this area
in terms of startups and venture capital
investment, the
city may have seen a drop because of a relatively low high - growth company density of 94.4 (out of 100,000).
«The Marines Corps allowed us to make sure we could understand the worst - and best - case scenarios, take care of everyone else first, and accomplish the mission with minimum casualties,» says James Warren, founder of the Warren Financial Group, an
investment - advisory firm
in Kansas
City, Mo. «Those are the same principles we consider when doing
investment planning: How can we accomplish what we want to do with minimum risk
in relationship to the return?»
Today, LearnVest, which is based
in New York
City, announced that it has completed registration with the SEC as an
investment adviser.
• Bowery, a New York
City - based farming startup, raised $ 20 million
in Series A funding co-led by General Catalyst and GGV Capital with additional
investment from GV.
People often associate entrepreneurs and startups with Silicon Valley, if not New York
City or Boston, because a disproportionate share of venture capital
investments flow to startups based
in those
cities.
The firm's
Investment Intensity Index compares the volume of direct commercial real estate investment in a city over a three - year period from 2014 relative to the c
Investment Intensity Index compares the volume of direct commercial real estate
investment in a city over a three - year period from 2014 relative to the c
investment in a
city over a three - year period from 2014 relative to the
city's GDP.
Westergaard Online Systems Inc., a 10 - person publisher of
investment information and analysis based
in New York
City, spends $ 5,000 a month sending promotional faxes around the country.
Released this week, the report found
cities in Europe and North America topping the list of preferred
investment destinations.
Matt McIlwain, the managing director at Seattle - based
investment firm Madrona Venture Group, says the
city's relative strength
in the grocery and retail sectors make it an attractive location, especially as the company continues to experiment with its Amazon Fresh delivery service.