41.   The deputy mayor for operations is responsible for the day-to-day management of government, negotiating the city budget and making deals with council leaders.

42.   The financier wielded considerable power through the assistance corporation and the control board, which had the power to reject city budgets, contracts and labor agreements.

43.   The mayor and Vallone have usually tried to work out their differences quietly, and the Democratic Council has usually chosen to adopt city budgets with relatively little fuss.

44.   The mayor included money for the personnel in the city budget.

45.   The past and present mayors, comptroller and City Council leader who oppose the idea all claim it is an unnecessary drain on the city budget.

46.   These so-called bargain hunters forget that the city budget relies on local taxes.

47.   We do have a limited city budget.

48.   A city councilor lambasted city administration officials yesterday for chronic corruption and collusion practices as the reason behind the huge amount of money missing from the city budget.

49.   As candidates, both men campaigned against bloated city budgets and backroom decision-making, and said they received no corporate donations for their campaigns.

50.   Earlier this year, while reviewing city Olympic budgets, council members said they did not want to spend public money on a temporary park stage.