N.Y. Yankee stadium cost up, mayors blamed: study
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Baseball's New York Yankees will get taxpayer subsidies worth $217 million more than first estimated for a new stadium, a civic group said on Friday, blaming ex-Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and Mayor Michael Bloomberg for the ballooning cost.
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Commissioner Bud Selig and other baseball owners should be thrilled. The luxury tax on payrolls has inhibited George Steinbrenner's spending.
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This is what happens when the Yankees don't win the World Series for four consecutive years. Losing breeds big eyes and bigger paychecks for other players.
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By Dianna Cahn, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Dec. 9--Even with more than $600 million spent to date on The Scripps Research Institute, the city of Palm Beach Gardens went back and forth with the county this week over who would foot a $210,000 bill for additional land costs.
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The value of New York City real estate rose 18 percent to nearly $797 billion from last year, a new mayoral report said on Friday, an eye-catching sum that reveals the desirability of the city's commercial and residential buildings.
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A new stadium for Major League Baseball in Washington DC will cost around $90 million more than the mayor expects, the city&#39;s independent chief financial officer told the City Council Thursday.
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By Mike Lee, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Feb. 27--FORT WORTH -- High-ranking city officials tried to hush up nearly $2 million in cost overruns in the city's information technology department, according to a lawsuit by a former manager in the department.
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Mayor Adrian M. Fenty has proposed using public funds to build a professional soccer stadium in Southeast Washington that would cost as much as $190 million, a drastic departure from his stance against public financing of the Nationals baseball stadium.
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A new stadium for Major League  Baseball in Washington D.C. will cost around $90 million more  than the mayor expects, the city's independent chief financial  officer told the City Council Thursday.
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Boston and Anaheim must pay baseball&#39;s luxury tax along with the New York Yankees, according to figures compiled by the commissioner&#39;s office.
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Washington, DC, City Council committees will consider a revised stadium funding package on Wednesday that includes a $450 million community investment fund financed with bonds, according to the mayor&#39;s staff.
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New York City, where tolls are $6 and putting your car in a parking garage for just an hour can run you $20, is already an expensive place to drive. Now the mayor wants to make it so costly some people won't even bother driving and will take mass transit instead.
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The Washington, D.C., City Council  will debate stadium funding again on Tuesday after the mayor,  the council chair and Major League Baseball officials reached  agreement on a new financing strategy.
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New York and other major US cities are considering fees for those driving during rush hour.
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TAMPA, Florida  - The New York Yankees' spring training stadium Legends Field has been renamed for owner George Steinbrenner, the team said on Thursday.
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The New York Yankees are raising ticket prices for most of their top seats by &#36;10 next season, with the best box seats going for &#36;90.
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Many U.S. cities are finding their Wi-Fi projects costing more and drawing less interest than expected, leading to worries  of failure, resulting in millions of wasted tax dollars or grants when there had been roads to build and crime to fight