11.   Boeckmann said he has stayed on the Police Commission at the urging of Mayor Richard Riordan and would step down when the next mayor takes over.

12.   Above all, the next mayor will almost certainly have to deal with tough fiscal and economic conditions.

13.   But, he said, the stadium deals should be made by the next mayor.

14.   Completing labor negotiations with teachers, police and other city workers now toiling without a contract would present the next mayor with an easier passage.

15.   For six months, Michael R. Bloomberg presented himself as the independent businessman whose lack of experience in politics made him the ideal next mayor of New York.

16.   Grappling with them should be the task of the next mayor, but no candidate addressed the questions head-on.

17.   Green may well be the next mayor, and he will have trouble governing successfully without the enthusiastic support of Ferrer and his constituents.

18.   He promised to continue his valuable battle to give the next mayor control over schools, thereby ensuring political accountability for education.

19.   He said the next mayor would have a balanced budget by the end of the year, and, he predicted, maybe even a surplus.

20.   He wants to be the next mayor of Oakland, his adopted hometown.