New-York tribune., 1921-10-21
Cuts MadeW ithout Regard
to Importance of Items
in Attempting TO Keep
Within Legal Limitation
Sl,500,OO0 More
Must Be Slashed
City and Hunter College
TeachersDenied Raises:
Mayor and Craig in Spat

The Board of Estimate, in order to cut
down the 1922 city BUDGET so as to
keep it within the constitutional tax
limit, has found itself in similar
predicament to that of last year, when
millions of dollars had to be slashed
from the required appropriations for
the Board of Education and other es-
sential expenditul es in various city
departments left out. The Hylan board
is now in the process of sashng
budgctary items regardless of their
Importance and merely on the chance
that they can be made up some way
next year. If Mayor Hylan is not re-
elected, it will be case of passing
the buck" to the succeeding admins
traton.
The proposed budget for 1922,
adopted yesterday at an adjourned
meeting or the Board of Estimate.
There is still $1,500000 to be cut from
this amount to bring it within the legal
tax limit This has to be done before
the final budget is adopted on October
81. Whore the million and half is
coming off is a quandary to the men
bers of the board. Somebod has
to suffer and some Of the departments
will be without funds essential to their
proper maintenance.
Teachers Denied Pay Raise
Already the increased salaries de-
manded under the state increase salary
laws for the school teachers at City
College and similar requests for the
teachers at Hunter College to the
amount of several hundred thousand
dollars have been denied because Of
the Mayors defiance of mandatory
legislation" More than 81 100000 above
the 1922 budgetary request of the
Board of Education, which the school
authorities contend is badly needed,
has been left out, and the Mayor and
take a chance on the weather this win
ter when they Topped off $i,500,050
from the request of the Department OF
Street Cleaning to handle possible big
snow storms.
The $4,000 increase in salaries for
TIE summer school teachers at City
College, allowed under the Lockwood
Donohue law, was deleted yesterday,
despite the fact that the mandamus OBJ
tanned by the City College authorities
compelling the Board of Estimate to
grant these increases was upheld on
appeal by the city to the Appellate Di-
vision of the Supreme Court. The
Mayor announced his intention of TAX
ing the matter to the Court Of APP
peals, if the Appellate Division would
consent, a requirement made necessary
because the decision of the latter court
was unanimous. Corporation Couns
O'Brien yesterday obtained an order
VIZ Of lot
Division, directing City College to
show cause why the mandamus decision
should not be appealed. Counsel for
City College will appear and oppose
the appeal when the order is return
able.
Craig and Hylan in Old Roles
The old spectacle of Comptroller
Craig and Mayor Hylan at odds was
College matter came up. The Comp
troller voted against the exclusion Of
the teachers salary increase from the
budget, as opposed to the Mayor and
the Borough Presidents, except Com
missioner Of Public Works Fay. repre-
senting Borough President Curran,
who voted with the Comptroller. Mr..
Craig explained that the law clearly
required the payment of the increases
should not oppose it. The majority
vote carried the day for the Mayor,
however, and now the chances are that
the City College teachers will have to
wait for their pay until the matter is
again thra he'd out in the higher court
The Comptroller declared it was use
less litigation, as the city would have
to pay in the end. The Comptroller
further contended that the best way
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legis lation was to enforce it.
"The way to cure the evil" said Mr.
Craig, sis to have an amendment to the
constitution to give to New York City
representation in the Legislature ac-
cording to its population. The way it
is now, under a constitution adopted
at the will of the railroads, there is an
overwhelming Republican majority up
state in the Assembly. Meanwhile
these laws are on the books and We
have no power within the tax limit
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