61.   Carollo, who met Giuliani for the first time over breakfast Thursday, said the mayor was nothing like he had expected.

62.   City officials suspended two firefighters Friday and the mayor said he hoped that the action would lead to the dismissal of any city workers involved with the float.

63.   Deputy mayors and commissioners, who are not governed by union contracts, should be treated the same way, the mayor said.

64.   Despite those differences, the mayor said Tuesday that he believed that the board had become an effective watchdog.

65.   Even so, the mayor said that the city stood to save far more this way and that competitive bidding could in fact have cost more.

66.   Even before the new cuts, the mayor said in his news release, the betting corporation appeared to be on a more solid footing.

67.   For months now, the two men have collided on budget cuts, which are necessary, and managerial reform, which the mayor says is moving too slowly.

68.   For passing motorists who might not be familiar with the local ways of Brooklyn, the mayor said, the police show some understanding.

69.   Fresh from his first vacation of his four-year tenure, the mayor said the time has come for the city to tackle its financial problems.

70.   Goldstein, for instance, supports a significant reduction in the bureaucracy of the Board of Education, the mayor said.