1.  But now with several hundred thousand more people, municipal services are stretched beyond belief.

2.  An aide to City Council Speaker Peter Vallone said the speaker played a role in encouraging Giuliani to restore Lindsay to municipal service.

3.  Among them are sharp reductions in highly visible municipal services.

4.  Arab residents have long complained about the inequities between municipal services and educational spending in East Jerusalem and Jewish West Jerusalem.

5.  As mayor, McGreevey has also angered some residents by imposing fees on some municipal services that had been free for years, like picking up old refrigerators.

6.  Bearskin and Unified Government Chief Counsel Hal Walker confirmed Wednesday they have opened talks aimed at reaching a municipal services agreement.

7.  A vigorous advocate of privatizing municipal services, the mayor has made a series of recent appearances in support of creating more BIDs.

8.  But six years after apartheid ended, most people have learned that a black face in City Hall is no guarantee of good municipal service.

9.  But Steed apparently caught a break when he emerged as a bargaining chip in separate negotiations between the city and ACOG over municipal services needed to stage the Games.

10.  But the neighborhood, now that it officially belongs to New York City, is entitled to all municipal services.