According to the city, the cost to secure Obamaâs home between Nov. 5, 2008, and Jan. 18 was more than $1.5 million â most of which the city âexpectsâ to be reimbursed because of his status as president-elect. Everythingâs more expensive in New York!
Taxpayers will fund Yankees' VIP parking, NYC gets less money. A skeleton of the new Yankee Stadium, which is taking shape. The Yankees and hundreds of their VIPs will get free valet parking for the next 40 years, courtesy of New York taxpayers.
Yankee Stadium's exterior changed dramatically, too, as three escalator towers were added, one at each of the Stadium's three entrances. And, with 10 additional rows of seats added to the upper deck, the already-grand Stadium would have an even more majestic look.