Sentences with phrase «city investment in»

«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 CitIn August 2012 Euro Forex Investment Ltd moved into London's Heron Tower, the tallest building in the Citin 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 cInvestment Intensity Index compares the volume of direct commercial real estate investment in a city over a three - year period from 2014 relative to the cinvestment 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.