11.   It covers pressure points in city finances, the fiscal outlook for cities, and a new analysis of lagging trends in municipal revenues over the past decade.

12.   Jackson, a Detroit native, oversaw a period of almost unprecedented stability in city finances.

13.   President Clinton recently appointed a five-member financial control board to take charge of city finances until the budget has been balanced for at least four years.

14.   The board will not take over city finances but could provide political cover, recommending unpopular service cuts and tax increases.

15.   The budget stalemate has its roots not in the traditional give-and-take of city finances but in the stubbornness of the mayor and the speaker.

16.   The CBC issues reports on city finances and monitors the efficiency of city agencies.

17.   Two years later, the SEC closed its inquiry into city finances without naming or blaming anyone.

18.   Each item has been requested since a state financial review board began overseeing city finances in July, he added.

19.   Giuliani sued over the issue, but the judge said Hevesi has broad powers over city finances and is charged with ensuring compliance with rules for procuring contracts.

20.   On the campaign trail, Mockus is talking a bit less abstractly, and more about tangible proposals to ease traffic, stabilize city finances and extend basic services.