41.   City agencies are struggling with devastating budget cuts, and council members are beginning to plot strategies to distribute the pain.

42.   City officials also acknowledged on Monday that several city agencies had visited one of the Queens County buildings in recent months to investigate overcrowding or a medical emergency.

43.   City agencies were encouraged to provide city services to aliens in the order, which was later renewed by Mayor David Dinkins and Giuliani.

44.   City agencies, however, say that overall the quality of much of the work has been high.

45.   City agencies have been overhauled to improve service.

46.   City officials said they would not lose their welfare benefits and would be reassigned to other city agencies.

47.   Colleen Roche, a spokeswoman for the mayor, said she did not know whether other city agencies had written policies prohibiting contact between reporters and city workers.

48.   City agencies in Portland, Ore., have consolidated their welter of e-mail systems.

49.   City contracting officials said Thursday that four of the companies accused in the Board of Education case also sold to those city agencies.

50.   During these audits, they have often moved temporarily into offices at city agencies so they can have easy access to records.