11.   As for no-strike guarantees, the mayor again has the right to demand enforceable pledges not to repeat the foolish October strike.

12.   As the city struggles to remain solvent, the mayor has to make tough decisions on cutting the budget without eviscerating services.

13.   At least the mayor had the grace not to mention New York wine.

14.   Before the merger of the transit police into the regular force, mayors had little control over the transit police.

15.   A more plausible explanation for his IPO activities may be that the mayor has a pal at Morgan Stanley who is funneling shares his way.

16.   A spokeswoman, Zenia Mucha, said the governor would consider any suggestions the mayor had to save money or make the authority operate more efficiently.

17.   According to his spokesman, the mayor has no official stand on the Police Corps.

18.   All mayors have had their bouts with reporters.

19.   But being mayor also has its drawbacks.

20.   But his spokesman, Richard Riley, said the mayor did not have unilateral power to impose the cuts until the Council acted.