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Mayor Giuliani - a Roman Catholic - has said he will carry out his threat to cut the museum's $ 7m city subsidy on Wednesday morning because of the gallery's determination to proceed with the show.

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China's richest man, on a buying spree in Hollywood, urged U.S. filmmakers to work more closely with the Asian country as he unveiled a subsidy meant to lure productions to his multi-billion dollar studio in the eastern Chinese city of Qingdao.

Wealthy teams get cities to build them new stadiums on the cheap, then pick up and move elsewhere for more subsidies, he said.

In 2014, it tried to build a $ 6.5 billion headquarters on Manhattan's Far West Side, but ditched the plans after it failed to land $ 1 billion in additional subsidies from the city.

A joint project of Corporate Accountability International and Dr. Nicholas Freudenberg and Monica Gagnon of The City University of New York, the guide focuses on four local policy approaches: school policy, «healthy» zoning, curbing kid - focused marketing, and redirecting subsidies to healthier businesses.

What is the city of Houston doing to support school meals, other than relying on the federal subsidy?

For its annual operating budget, the MTA also depends on state and city subsidies, as well as a dedicated tax revenue, for 43 percent of costs.

Without that «sustainable source of funds,» Syracuse's land bank is still reliant on the city to provide public subsidies, Wright said.

Former City Comptroller Bill Thompson, the only Democrat who has formally declared his candidacy, disagreed on scrapping subsidies, but agreed the city has a long way to go before it can call itself business - frienCity Comptroller Bill Thompson, the only Democrat who has formally declared his candidacy, disagreed on scrapping subsidies, but agreed the city has a long way to go before it can call itself business - friencity has a long way to go before it can call itself business - friendly.

Four leading good government groups joined the City of New York and numerous environmental and consumer watchdog groups in asking the Public Service Commission to extend the public comment period before voting on awarding up to $ 7B in public subsidies to keep four Upstate nuclear plants operating.

Though shrinking federal subsidies have severely curtailed the city's ability to offer affordable housing in the past, city officials spoke hopefully about favorable leadership on federal and state levels that might help to restore some of that long - lost funding.

He asked them to fill out postcards calling on the mayor to fully restore the child care subsidies in the city budget.

While the Kingsbridge Armory battle centered on wages at one project, the wage bill seeks to expand the debate to developments across the city that receive public subsidies worth more than $ 100,000, whether in discounted land sales, tax credits or other incentives.

It renewed rent regulations for over a million apartments in New York City, authorized property tax rebates for 2.5 million homeowners on Long Island and upstate, restructured and extended a tax subsidy for the real estate industry — the biggest source of state campaign contributions — and authorized New York City mayor Bill de Blasio's control of city schools for another yCity, authorized property tax rebates for 2.5 million homeowners on Long Island and upstate, restructured and extended a tax subsidy for the real estate industry — the biggest source of state campaign contributions — and authorized New York City mayor Bill de Blasio's control of city schools for another yCity mayor Bill de Blasio's control of city schools for another ycity schools for another year.

A new budget released by Governor Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday blocks state reimbursements to rental - subsidy programs Mayor Bill de Blasio wants to implement to tackle New York City's growing homelessness.

In what could set off a major City Hall battle, two City Council members from the Bronx plan to propose a bill on Tuesday that would guarantee wages of at least $ 10 an hour, nearly $ 3 above the minimum wage, to all workers at development projects receiving public subsidies.

E.J. McMahon with the Empire Center, a fiscal watchdog group, say there might be some positive political fallout if the attention on the criminal charges cause New Yorkers to look more closely at some of the big projects now financed with public dollars, like the $ 750 million subsidy to the Solar City factory in Buffalo, run by Tesla chair Elon Musk.

The City Council's general welfare committee voted unanimously to pass a resolution this morning calling on the state Assembly and Senate and Governor Andrew Cuomo to change state budget language to allow New York City to use state funds to pay for rental subsidy programs for the homeless.

In the run - up to last week's election, activists in Orthodox communities that rely heavily on an endangered city subsidy program for child care seem to have been concerned that Mayor Michael Bloomberg might not renew the program if Orthodox voters didn't back his pick for attorney general.

There is a particular dilemma in these parts of the country where for the last 10 to 15 years they have been reliant on subsidy from Whitehall, and those subsidies were funded by explosive growth in the City of London.

In exchange for taking its parkland, soaking up taxpayer dollars (in the form of subsidies and tax breaks) and bringing more traffic congestion and parking woes to the area, the Yankees (and the city which backed the project) promised to provide local jobs, quickly restore parkland and give back money to community groups and programs on annual basis.

As Albany debates extending and perhaps expanding a tax on New Yorkers who earn more than $ 1 million a year, Mr. de Blasio suggested imposing a «mansion tax» of 2.5 percent on residential sales of more than $ 2 million in New York City and using that revenue to provide rent subsidies to 25,000 seniors.

The city has called on the state Assembly and Senate and Cuomo to change state budget language to allow New York City to use state funds to pay for rental subsidy programs for the homelcity has called on the state Assembly and Senate and Cuomo to change state budget language to allow New York City to use state funds to pay for rental subsidy programs for the homelCity to use state funds to pay for rental subsidy programs for the homeless.

NY Waterway — which lost a bid to operate the citywide ferry and formerly operated the East River Ferry — runs service on the Hudson River but gets no subsidies from the city to push fares down, a spokesman for the company said.

The grand total in city and state development subsidies for the Empire Outlets and hotel project on the island's North Shore: $ 50 million.

And not all of Mr. Ickes's New York clients have gotten what they sought, including JPMorgan Chase, which decided not to build a new headquarters at Hudson Yards on the Far West Side of Manhattan after failing to obtain city subsidies.

With an agreement on a final New York City budget due by the end of June, the growing Strong Economy for All coalition of nearly 20 City Council members, unions and social service advocacy groups announced a «People's Budget» plan at a June 21 rally on the steps of City Hall that calls for a millionaire's tax and an end to corporate subsidies and tax loopholes.

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn announced new compromise legislation on Friday that would require only companies receiving direct subsidies from the city to pay employees the so - called living wage, which is a few dollars more than the minimum wCity Council Speaker Christine Quinn announced new compromise legislation on Friday that would require only companies receiving direct subsidies from the city to pay employees the so - called living wage, which is a few dollars more than the minimum wcity to pay employees the so - called living wage, which is a few dollars more than the minimum wage.

CITY HALL — After months of heated debate and demonstrations, City Council Speaker Christine announced a deal Friday afternoon on controversial legislation that would force developers who receive big city subsidies to pay their workers more than the minimum wage but would exempt their tenants from doing the sCITY HALL — After months of heated debate and demonstrations, City Council Speaker Christine announced a deal Friday afternoon on controversial legislation that would force developers who receive big city subsidies to pay their workers more than the minimum wage but would exempt their tenants from doing the sCity Council Speaker Christine announced a deal Friday afternoon on controversial legislation that would force developers who receive big city subsidies to pay their workers more than the minimum wage but would exempt their tenants from doing the scity subsidies to pay their workers more than the minimum wage but would exempt their tenants from doing the same.

In the waning days of 2013, with Bloomberg on his way out of City Hall, a deal was cut: Empire Outlets would receive $ 50 million, mostly in city subsidies, and the powerful Building Trades Council would support the mayor's (ultimately unsuccessful) plans to re-zone areas of east midtown, in ManhatCity Hall, a deal was cut: Empire Outlets would receive $ 50 million, mostly in city subsidies, and the powerful Building Trades Council would support the mayor's (ultimately unsuccessful) plans to re-zone areas of east midtown, in Manhatcity subsidies, and the powerful Building Trades Council would support the mayor's (ultimately unsuccessful) plans to re-zone areas of east midtown, in Manhattan.

Previously, the city had relied on subsidies and tax abatements to entice companies into adding below - market rate units.

In a letter yesterday, the representatives called on NYCHA Chairman John Rhea to place an immediate moratorium on terminations for the city's 99,000 Section 8 recipients while reviewing how it administers the program, as well as restore subsidies to participants who may have been dropped in error.

The Rent Stabilization Association, the city's largest landlord organization, Friday threw its support behind the plan by Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi (D - Queens) called the Home Stability Support program that is intended to reduce reliance on homeless shelters by creating a new statewide rent subsidy to keep people in their homes.

A commission chaired by the City of Chicago's Comptroller issued a report earlier this week which said that Chicago can no longer afford its subsidies for government worker retiree health care, which currently cost the city $ 109 million annually but would grow to nearly $ 500 million in a decade thanks to projected increases in the number of retirees and in health care costs.The commission offered Mayor Rahm Emanuel a series of suggestions on how to change the program to save money, including having workers pay a greater percentage of their own health care premiums in retirement, but it also concluded that the city might want to simply end the subsidy program, a move which almost certainly would be challenged in coCity of Chicago's Comptroller issued a report earlier this week which said that Chicago can no longer afford its subsidies for government worker retiree health care, which currently cost the city $ 109 million annually but would grow to nearly $ 500 million in a decade thanks to projected increases in the number of retirees and in health care costs.The commission offered Mayor Rahm Emanuel a series of suggestions on how to change the program to save money, including having workers pay a greater percentage of their own health care premiums in retirement, but it also concluded that the city might want to simply end the subsidy program, a move which almost certainly would be challenged in cocity $ 109 million annually but would grow to nearly $ 500 million in a decade thanks to projected increases in the number of retirees and in health care costs.The commission offered Mayor Rahm Emanuel a series of suggestions on how to change the program to save money, including having workers pay a greater percentage of their own health care premiums in retirement, but it also concluded that the city might want to simply end the subsidy program, a move which almost certainly would be challenged in cocity might want to simply end the subsidy program, a move which almost certainly would be challenged in court.

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In Iowa last month, possible Republican candidate Newt Gingrich derided «big - city attacks» on ethanol subsidies.

Regarding the National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs), the European Parliament set for a binding template for the NECPs and added into the template many important details, e.g. on phase out of fossil fuel subsidies, Member State's national trajectories for maintaining and enhancing the carbon removals from sinks as well as trajectories and objectives for energy from renewable sources produced by cities, energy communities and self - consumers.

In 2015, CAE released a report claiming that the solar industry is reliant on subsidies and that cities and schools are embracing solar installations even though «they can take 40, 50, or even 100 years to pay for themselves.»

The study found support for city subsidies to help make existing buildings more environmentally friendly; a $ 2.50 surcharge on the average household monthly electricity bill to support public education on energy use; and support for the installation of solar panels on city - owned buildings, even if the electricity generated is significantly more expensive than what what the government now pays for electrical power.

While the details have yet to be finalized, city council plans on replacing automobile transportation in the city centre with alternatives that include 60 kilometres of new bike lanes, a new subsidy for the purchasing of e-bikes and a significant expansion of its already - robust public transit system.

Its specialists are working on ways to help governments end fossil fuel subsidies while protecting the poor, connect global carbon markets, and make agriculture and cities climate - smart and resilient.

Kara soon realized that there weren't enough government subsidies to fund Meals on Wheels so he took on a fundraising role, organizing several large - scale functions that have contributed greatly to the program, says the city.