Sentences with phrase «doling out $»

The government of Iran spent the most on promoting fossil fuel consumption in 2010, doling out $ 81 billion in subsidies.

As if Ulster County taxpayers doling out $ 77.8 million a year in county property taxes weren't enough, County Comptroller Elliott Auerbach revealed last week that some $ 2.2 million goes to line - item vacancies.

At a separate Sunday event in Westchester County, Cuomo announced he would be hiring Assemblyman Karim Camara — a Democrat from Brooklyn who is also a Christian pastor — to run a new Office of Faith - Based Community Development Services in charge of doling out $ 50 million in annual grants.

New York State is doling out $ 80 million dollars for major renovations at two Upstate airports.

It is a charge he has leveled as legislators seek input into the state's regional council economic development program, which gets advice from panels of academic and business volunteers in doling out $ 750 million around the state.

As the Manhattan District Attorney, Mr. Vance often makes news — whether it's doling out $ 808 million from a BNP Paribas settlement with the city, announcing an end to arrests for public drinking or urination, or railing against tech companies like Apple encrypting their devices and making them «warrant - proof.»

In 2012, The New York Times found that states, counties, and cities are doling out $ 80 billion a year in corporate incentives.

That may get some sneers from the skeptics — but the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub (a separate entity from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative) is forging ahead, doling out $ 50 million in funding to 47 researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, Stanford University, and the University of California, San Francisco.

Its failure, after doling out $ 1.1 billion, was spectacular.

Victoria Treyger, CMO of online business loan provider Kabbage, has some ideas that are worth hearing, considering the company has served more than 100,000 small businesses in the nearly four years it has been around, doling out $ 600 million in loans.

The Alberta floods of 2013 were even more costly, as insurers doled out $ 1.8 billion, according to the IBC's 2015 report on Canada's property and casualty insurance industry.

They employ 5.8 million employees and dole out $ 210 billion in annual payroll.

Bank of America, whose CEO infamously referred to its SBA portfolio as a «damn disaster,» lent $ 136.1 million in 2008; in the first quarter of 2009, the company only doled out $ 3.3 million.

Federal coffers are set to dole out $ 186.7 billion in infrastructure money over the next 12 years, but the most recent federal budget indicated about one - quarter of planned spending between 2016 and 2019 was being moved to future years.

Chan Zuckerberg Biohub doles out $ 50 million to 47 scientists.

The San Francisco start - up doles out $ 10,000 to recruits to spend as they like on computers and electronic equipment.

Founded in 1999, Donors Trust (and an affiliated group, Donors Capital Fund) has raised north of $ 500 million and doled out $ 400 million to more than 1,000 conservative and libertarian groups, according to Whitney Ball, the group's CEO.

Chile doles out $ 40,000 in equity - free seed capital to foreign visitors who want to start a technology business.

But the gush of credit — banks doled out $ 540 billion of new loans in January and February — is not reaching nimbler private companies.

Many churches are snapping up boxfuls of a little book called The Kingdom Assignment, the story of pastor Denny Bellesi, who doled out $ 10,000 in $ 100 increments to church members one Sunday, with three requirements: The $ 100 belongs to God.

For comparison, last week's Northern Trust Open doled out $ 6.8 million and the Pebble Beach Pro-Am the week before that totaled $ 7 million.

Jese's ability and composure on the ball, not to mention his attacking versatility, drew the interest of PSG, who doled out $ 25 million for Jese's services.

Some experts believe the NCAA could have a harder time defending itself than the National Football League, which recently agreed to dole out $ 765 million to pay for injury settlements and medical monitoring and care for former players who suffered concussions and other brain injuries.

Economic - development agencies run by local governments doled out $ 1.5 billion in tax breaks to 4,486 projects in 2011, an increase of 16 percent in net exemptions since 2010, according to the state comptroller's office.

State lawmakers doled out $ 52 million in pork - barrel grants before leaving Albany, including $ 500,000 for a solar - powered carousel in Buffalo and more than $ 29 million to local schools and libraries, according to the Empire Center for Public Policy.

The Durst Organization, which declined to comment via a spokesman, doled out $ 448,734.75 between 2013 and 2014 — most of which went to Democratic candidates and committees.

In today's Metro, Patrick Arden has the story on how, a full - year after the new Yankee Stadium's groundbreaking ceremony, the non-profit that was supposed to dole out $ 800,000 to other Bronx non-profits (a kind of compensation package for the borough's loss of parkland), has yet to be set up.

Then Romney appeared at the home of Buffalo businessman Anthony Gioia, upstate fundraising coordinator, where guests doled out $ 10,000 per plate for dinner.

Gillibrand's leadership PAC has doled out $ 172,000 to federal candidates so far in the 2018 cycle, according to Open Secrets.

In total, his administration will dole out $ 999.7 million for 1,062 projects across the state's 10 regions next year.

Under the terms of the settlement between Bank of America and a federal task force Mr. Schneiderman co-chairs, the lender will dole out $ 300 million in cash and $ 500 million in assorted relief efforts to New York State alone, with the rest getting spread across the country in the form of both hard currency and assistance to renters and homeowners.

He also doled out $ 35,750 in political contributions.

Both campaigns spent nearly the same amount during the most recent fundraising period, from January to July: Johnson spent $ 65,916 and Kurland doled out $ 68,494.

ALBANY — State lawmakers failed to renew mayoral control of city schools this week but they did find time to dole out $ 52 million in pork - barrel grants before they left the Capitol.

Cuomo has voiced support for Paterson's layoff plan, but the two largest state worker unions — CSEA and PEF — have been fighting hard to counter it, even calling on the governor to rescind the firings after learning that he has doled out some $ 17 million worth of pork prior to his impending departure from public office.

Economic development agencies doled out $ 2.8 billion in tax breaks throughout New York State from 2007 to 2011, during which time the state lost, not gained jobs.

Sanders's successor, Richards, has doled out $ 6.3 million to city groups since.

In a survey of developers and housing agencies, the New York State Association for Affordable Housing found that 2,935 units of affordable housing currently on the drawing board have been placed in limbo by the inability of Cuomo and lawmakers to reach a deal on how to dole out the $ 2 billion before the Legislature's session ended last month.

Also, Bryan Cave is certainly no stranger to the campaign contribution game, having doled out $ 142,485 since 2003, including to Andrew Cuomo.

Despite announcements and a dedicated effort by Governor Andrew Cuomo to steer cash — including a competition that will dole out $ 1.5 billion between Buffalo and the Bronx — job growth in the state has been almost exclusively in New York City.

But Dilan also doled out $ 10,000 to Make the Road New York, whose staffers are volunteering in large numbers for the rival campaign of Jesus Gonzalez.

Rechnitz bundled $ 44,650 for de Blasio during his 2013 campaign and transition, while one of his businesses doled out $ 50,000 to the mayor's Campaign for One New York in 2014.

The trade group doled out $ 10,000 to each in the first half of the year.

During the White Plains federal corruption trial of Halloran (R - Queens), defense lawyer Vinoo Varghese tried to shoot down the government's claims that the pol in 2012 offered to dole out $ 80,000 in no - show city consulting work on a Queens YMCA to the wire - wearing undercover agent in exchange for funds to boost what would be a failed congressional run by Halloran.

Empire State Development president Ken Adams echoed this point after a hearing where several lawmakers were skeptical about their diminished role in the ongoing process, which doled out $ 220 million in competitive awards on top of nearly $ 500 million that, prior to Cuomo's tenure, would simply trickle out of state agencies.

The city will dole out $ 150 million to developers looking to build industrial space, part of Mayor Bill de Blasio's push to bring more...

He also said that the state doles out $ 5 billion to the annual operating fund, compared to $ 1.8 billion by the city.

ALBANY, N.Y. — As the Paterson administration starts to dole out $ 24.6 billion in federal economic stimulus money, good - government groups and some legislators warn projects are being chosen in secret...

Leibell doled out $ 6.5 million in so - called «member items,» funded by taxpayer dollars, to nonprofit groups that he himself controlled between 2005 and 2010, according to the New York Times.

So far, the group has doled out $ 1.34 million to candidates in 14 City Council races, data from the New York City Campaign Finance Board reveals.