41.   For Giuliani, the override is yet another sign that outside of City Hall, the mayor has neither influence nor much credibility.

42.   For example, some Republicans want the mayor to have more power over the schools, some do not, making negotiations that much more complicated.

43.   For now, they say, the mayor has less room to maneuver.

44.   For the last six decades, mayors have had no control over many of the housekeeping issues that often matter most to residents.

45.   For the next few weeks the mayor will have to make a convincing case that he knows how to handle his own success.

46.   He has argued, as have previous mayors, that the law unfairly saddled the city with higher construction costs and delays.

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

48.   His advisers are preparing for the new mayor to have considerably less control over how he is portrayed to the public.

49.   If the PBA continues to play hardball in the contract dispute, the mayor has plenty of retaliatory weapons at hand.

50.   If the experience of other cities is any guide, the mayor may have good reason to want to avoid such a vote.