The New York herald., 1921-10-09
Increased Assessment OH
Real and Personal Prop
erty Expected to Keep
Tax Unchanged.
CUTS in ALL BUREAUS
Police Department Is Only
One Not Showing Sharp
Decrease in Personal
Service Item. ~
2 HEARINGS THIS WEEK
Tentative Total Must Be
Adopted by Midnight, Oct. 90;
Aldermen Then May Make
Further Reductions.

New York city's tentative budget for
1922, as it was submitted yesterday to
the Board of Estimate by the commit
tee on finance and budget, amounts to
$354,446.46S.76. This is $21,5S2,2S5.41
less than the amount requested from
all departments, but is $S,916, ,42S.9s
more than the budget for the fiscal
year 1921. The tentative total how
ever, according to Secretary Joseph
Haag Of the Board of Estimate, in
cludes provision in the 1922 budget for
all deficits in the budget of the De-
partment OF Education.
Because of delay at the printers the
Board of Estimate, which met in spe-
cial session yesterday. postponed ac-
tion on the tentative budget until to-
morrow. Under the law provision
must be made for public hearings. dur
ing which the tentative budget may
be revised upward or downward, and
these will be held on Tuesday and
Thursday Of this week beginning at
2:30 in the afternoon
Time Limit Midnight, Oct. 20.
The tentative budget must be pro-
posed for adoption by midnight of Oc-
tober 90, after which it may only be
revised downward and adopted as a
whole by the Board OF Estimate by
midnight of October 81, after which 1t
goes to the Board of Aldermen. where
Il may be still further reduced, but not
increased. 80
The outstanding feature OF the ten
tative budget is that instead of ap-
proximately total of s400, ,000,0 900. as
was predicted would be the case by
Elon r. Brown, chief counsel to the
Meyer legislative committee, the final
total, according to members of the
Board of Estimate. will not greatly ex-
ceed the tentative total, If. indeed, fur
ther reductions are not made.
The total amount allowed to city de-
partments and borough offices in the
tentative budget for 1922 is $500. .097. .15601.
while that for >, the county offices Is
s9.91s, ,Ts9.45 These two sums combined
represent the gross amount tentatively
fixed for city departments. borough and
county offices-$340.0 OILS. .955.52. which is
Just S21. $50, Al less than the total re-
quests Added to the total of $3i00l5,-
9555.52 In the final budget must be $1i.-
43O,5ls.24. representing New York city's
share Of the direct State tax Of $2204l.-
1927. which brings the total tentative
budget as submitted yesterday to 1884,
49, 46S.76.
With the tentative, budget nearly
Sc. 100000 In excess of that for 1921. upon
which the tax rate for Manhattan was
2T. with a high water mark of 2.S5
in Queens. it would appear that the
tax rate for 1922 would be approximately
nine points higher. Indications are.
however. that this advance will be Off
set by increased assessments on real
and personal property amounting to ap-
proximately $40. 100000. the effect of
which. it was said yesterday. would be
to fix the new tax rate at about the
same as the existing rate.
Tax May Not he Changed.
The increased. assessments of real and
900, 900, would provide an additional
revenue to the city of approximately
sl2.00o.0oo. While a portion of these
additional assessments may be sworn
off, it was conservatively estimated by
officials of the Department of Taxes
and Assessments that deductions thus
resulting would not bring the increased
revenue much below $10.0o0.0 900. or ap-
proximately the. margin by which the
tentative budget for 1922 exceeds the
final budget of last year. II these esti-
mates should prove correct or nearly So,
tic new tax rate. based on the 1922
budget, would be substantially the same
as last year: Manhattan. AT Bronx.
ASA Brooklyn. aso Queens. 2.s5; Rich
mond. 2.s3.
Tt was the opinion of some of the
members OF the Board Of Estimate that
the final budget might be as low as
$3.50. 900. If the Committee on FL
nance and Budget has followed custo-
mary procedure. allowances for cuts
have been made In several of the more
important department estimates. II Is
seldom that the tentative budget is in
creased In its final adoption. Estimates
on the other hand. usually are submitted
by the department heads with view to
arbitrary reduction by the committee.
and tho committee itself has been known
10 allow items In the tentative budget
for purposes of flexibility that may be
transferred TO other departments. or
omitted altogether In the final adoption.
Cuts I'm Personal Service.
Mayor Hylan would make no prcdic-
tion concerning the final total or tho uiti-
mate tax rate. He did, however, indi-
cate his satisfaction with the tentative
total. And said that he hoped II would be
reduced ,>1ther than Increased.
Misleading figures" he said. "have
been given out by the Meyer committee
and It's counsel regarding n budget of
100000 900. They are about as accu-
rate as other attacks on tho city by the
Meyer Republican campaign committee"
Another outstanding feature of the
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