And the $21.5 million appropriated is the first construction money to be spent on the project.

Mayor Bloomberg has been seeking $6.5 billion in construction money over the next five years.

Lawmakers did not say what they plan to do about construction money.

With construction money difficult to obtain, fewer new homes are being built.

Six will not need construction money in this fiscal year, she said.

The temporary casino was supposed to provide the rest of the construction money.

Seward Park, like many other city schools, is also suffering from cuts in construction money.

The construction money is one of the links necessary to tie together all the opportunities for progress.

The fund provided one-third of the construction money, with the community and state splitting the remainder.

As a result, he said, the budget request submitted to Congress for the coming fiscal year would not include construction money.