1.   And just on Friday, the state appointed a monitor to oversee city finances.

2.   But given the dismal state of city finances, the chancellor will surely need help from civic minded New Yorkers.

3.   But the agreement drew approval from the Citizens Budget Commission, a business-financed group that monitors city finances.

4.   City finances deteriorated.

5.   City finances collapsed.

6.   Franklin does plan to get started right away on the financial audits of city finances that she made a cornerstone of her campaign.

7.   If the city is unable to balance its budget, state law is likely to trigger a takeover of city finances by a state control board.

8.   In Atlanta, the firm faced questions on how it managed to gain a virtual lock on handling some city finances while Maynard Jackson was mayor.

9.   In response to the concerns raised over equipment and personnel, Hoover tied some of the issues in the NIOSH report to tight city finances.

10.   Investigators are said to be conducting a broad review of city finances under Bradley and focusing on whether city credit cards were misused for travel or personal expenses.