Sentences with phrase «city taxpayers $»

The de Blasio administration's refusal to oversee co-locations will cost city taxpayers $ 40 million in fiscal year 2017.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Syracuse Police Department isn't saying whether it disciplined two officers involved in an arrest that cost city taxpayers $ 2 million.

NEW YORK CITY — It has cost New York City taxpayers $ 11.6 million to defend Mayor Bill de Blasio and his aides against multiple investigations into his fundraising practices.

«This was a false choice... a deeply flawed and severely limited minimum wage bill that never would have passed in exchange for a fiscally reckless pension bill that would have cost New York City taxpayers $ 6 billion,» mayoral spokeswoman Karen Hinton said.

Stationing firefighters and medics 24 hours a day at Trump Tower costs New York City taxpayers $ 4.5 million a year — none of which has been reimbursed to the FDNY, agency officials said.

When Albany city officials got wind of the plan, they urged lawmakers to reconsider, fearing it would hurt the city's already tight finances — they'd have to borrow money to make the payment earlier, costing city taxpayers $ 100,000.

As the mayor spoke, the Senate was passing a bill to impose the cap on the city, a move the Republican majority said would save city taxpayers $ 4.5 billion by 2019.

On Monday, de Blasio said reconstituting the Board of Ed and its 32 local school boards could cost city taxpayers $ 1.6 billion over the next 10 years.

Not exact matches

The City of Vancouver has moved to take over the Olympic Village — now a struggling luxury condo project — and place it in receivership in hopes of recouping some of the $ 740 million in taxpayer funds invested in the project.

The city of Marlborough, Mass., recently estimated that it were it not for local commercial taxpayers, the average homeowner would see his property tax bill (now averaging $ 4,791) shoot up by $ 1,164 per year.

Of the approximately $ 291,000 embezzled from Centro San Antonio, none were taxpayer dollars, according to a third - party audit firm hired by the City.

Veeck is also part of a Twin Cities group that has offered $ 80 million to $ 90 million to buy the Twins from Pohlad, the eightysomething billionaire banker who has 1) said he won't sell the team and 2) demanded a $ 200 million ballpark be built with taxpayer money, lest he 3) move his franchise.

• accepted more than $ 300,000 in city taxpayer - funded reimbursements of their costs in moving portions of a storm sewer and constructing a water line.

The cheapest solution for Chicago taxpayers would be to turn over Soldier Field to McCaskey, eliminate all the city taxes, give him all the profits on concessions and parking, renovate the facility along the lines of the 1992 plan, and have the Park District continue to pay the $ 12 million a year that it costs to operate the stadium.

Taxpayers» share of city pension costs has skyrocketed more than 900 percent in the last decade — from $ 703.1 million in 2000 to $ 6.5 billion in 2009, according to the NYC comptroller's office.

Backed by $ 750 million in taxpayer money, the nearly $ 1 billion Solar City factory is the centerpiece Cuomo's Buffalo Billion economic development initiative and meant to be a beacon of hope for an economically depressed cCity factory is the centerpiece Cuomo's Buffalo Billion economic development initiative and meant to be a beacon of hope for an economically depressed citycity.

The mayor's decision to pay school - bus workers seniority benefits that are not part of their contract is going to cost taxpayers $ 136 million — and a city lawmaker is calling for an investigation.

The taxpayers of New York have coughed up nearly $ 5 million to settle sex harassment claims filed by city workers against city employees over the last five years, the de Blasio administration revealed.

Meanwhile, Queens City Councilman Ruben Wills is on trial for stealing $ 30,000 in taxpayer dollars.

Restructuring their administration could save $ 163.8 million in taxpayer funds annually and improve benefits to which City employees have access.

When de Blasio unveiled his $ 84.68 billion second - draft budget proposal for the coming fiscal year, he announced that the city would meet Mark - Viverito's request that city establish a permanent taxpayer funding stream to the New York Immigrant Family Unity Project, a pilot program that has provided attorneys to unauthorized foreign nationals in immigration court.

For example, in the early 1990s, Lloyd Williams, a political and business associate of Inez Dickens and her father dating back at least to the 1970s, and head of the Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce and its development arm the Greater Harlem Housing Development Corporation, presided over a disastrous sweetheart real - estate deal with the City that wound up costing the taxpayers almost $ 4 million.

At a typical cost of $ 400 per square foot, we estimate that the City spent roughly $ 400 million taxpayer dollars to acquire the one million square feet (23 acres) of Willets Point Phase One property, which the Bloomberg administration intended to gift to QDG for $ 1 (one dollar).

The New York City bill would have imposed roughly $ 400 million in new costs on city taxpayers in the next four years, adding billions in liabilities to an already under - funded pension sysCity bill would have imposed roughly $ 400 million in new costs on city taxpayers in the next four years, adding billions in liabilities to an already under - funded pension syscity taxpayers in the next four years, adding billions in liabilities to an already under - funded pension system.

• Rick «Wall Street Lobbyio» Lazio's taxpayer bailout bonus... $ 1.3 million • One week of unemployment insurance for more than 3,000 unemployed New Yorkers who lost their jobs following the financial crisis... $ 1.3 million • Four average mortgages on homes that were foreclosed on during the financial crisis... $ 1.3 million • Starting base salary for 30 new New York City Police Officers... $ 1.3 million • Starting base salary for 30 new New York City Firefighters... $ 1.3 million • One year of SUNY tuition for 261 New York students... $ 1.3 million

Saying taxpayers shouldn't be stuck with the bill for $ 13.6 million in legal fees to defend against City Hall corruption investigations, a new lawsuit seeks to force NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio and several top aides to pay their own way.

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.

If the city has to cough up 4 percent settlements, the IBO said taxpayers would have to fork over more than $ 5.4 billion.

DEALS — Daily News's Greg Smith: «A contractor whose former company was suspected of mob ties won $ 37 million in taxpayer - funded city contracts last year — despite his history of blocking investigations into his prior company.

City taxpayers shelled out a record $ 648,000 to house the homeless in hotels for just one night last year, according to an alarming new report obtained by The Post.

Not only would design - build save taxpayers over $ 113 million and decrease construction time by a crucial two years, but without it, massive trucks would be compelled to travel through Downtown Brooklyn — the City's third largest commercial district — because the BQE would be unable to support their weight.

NYC's School Construction Authority is over budget on more than half its current major projects — costing taxpayers at least $ 300 million more than planned, city data show.

An ongoing turf squabble between the Syracuse Common Council and Mayor Stephanie Miner's office has so far cost city taxpayers more than $ 28,000.

Backed by $ 750 million in taxpayer money, the nearly $ 1 billion factory is the centerpiece of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's Buffalo Billion economic development initiative and meant to be a beacon of hope for an economically depressed city.

Syracuse — If city taxpayers had to pay off the current bill for retiree healthcare, each household would owe more than $ 32,000, the most per capita of any city in New York, according to a study released today by the Empire Center.

If the city went broke — which Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner said could happen within three years — taxpayers would be on the hook for the entire $ 1.8 billion bill.

«As I mentioned before, we have a budget deficit of over $ 20 million next year and that is of great concern to me and I think a great concern to taxpayers here in the city and certainly to our employees and to get ourselves out of that hole we need to do a few things.

Connellan admitted stealing $ 32,500 from state taxpayers by claiming to work a second job for the state while he was actually on - duty with the city police.

The City Council dished out nearly $ 147 million for pet projects throughout members» districts, including a grant to a dysfunctional medical center in Queens that even Mayor Bloomberg's agencies doubt should get taxpayer money.

The city's Campaign Finance Board fined de Blasio $ 47,778 on Dec. 15 for improperly spending taxpayer - matching funds on personal expenses.

Former Bronx City Councilman Larry Seabrook, who infamously tried to bill taxpayers $ 177 for a bagel sandwich and a Snapple, owes $ 2,139.14 in taxes.

Taxpayers» share of city pension costs has skyrocketed more than 900 percent in the last decade — from $ 703.1 million in 2000 to $ 6.5 billion in 2009, according to the city comptroller's annual reports.

Similarly, Public Advocate Letitia James has refunded $ 3,912.82 to taxpayers, while City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito has given back $ 4,274.13.

De Blasio, who has retained a personal lawyer and recently submitted a $ 10 million legal contract for a white collar law firm to represent the city in the matter — on the taxpayers» dime — maintained that he did everything by the rules.

City taxpayers will shell out $ 3.8 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the family of an inmate who died when Rikers Island correction officers failed to get help after...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is giving $ 16 million in taxpayer money to CBS Corp. to keep production of Colbert's the «Late Show» in New York City after David Letterman retires.

«They want to focus on Washington instead of the fact that she supported the use of taxpayer money to cover up sexual harassment and abuse in the State Assembly, she approved of seating Hiram Monserrate in the State Senate even though he slashed his girlfriend in the face and caused a wound so deep it required 20 stitches to close and she wrote the law that sent $ 373 million in Westchester's state school aid to New York City.»

The new stables are an integral part of a compromise deal to restrict horse - drawn carriages to Central Park, and The New York Times reported yesterday that the new home for the horses — to be located in a building the city already owns on the 86th Street Transverse — could cost $ 25 million, at city taxpayers» expense.

The city Housing Authority's widening lead - paint scandal could cost taxpayers more than $ 100 million, leading personal - injury lawyers told The Post on Friday.

This costs taxpayers in both the City of Tonawanda and Town of Grand Island over $ 500,000 per year.