About $50 billion a year is spent on public and private construction in the city.

About $5 billion will be spent in the city this year for public and private construction.

Only 8,890 units have been built for the Palestinian population, the large majority under private construction.

About $5 billion a year is spent on private and public construction in the city, with the lion's share in Manhattan.

Given the amount of private construction above the street and the tax incentives handed to developers, the financing should be available.

The program was begun more than 30 years ago to attract private construction of affordable housing for low-income people.

The years 1957 to 1963 were the high point in private construction, followed in the 1970s and 1980s by a greater emphasis on public works.

Flushing has more private, non-subsidized construction going on than in any part of the city.

Land allocation for private construction has also been suspended.

But now it has no existence because of private construction over the tank.