The New York herald., 1921-12-20
WOULD GIVE MAYOR
VETO BUT NOT VOTE
Real Estate Board to Offer
Various Ideas To-day to
Charter Revisers.
FEW FOLLOW WINS PLAN
Some Bureaus Mentioned for
Consolidation in Lengthy
Suggestions.

The Real Estate Board Of New York
last night made public the recommends
tions IT win present to tho New York
City Charter Revision Commission at its
second meeting, to be held in the offices
Of Comptroller Craig this AFTERNOON. In
many respects they follow the lines of
the proposed Twins charter.
The board advocates Board OF .Esti-
mate to consist of nine elected members
and the Mayor. the latter to have no
vote. but q veto over actions of the
board similar to- that exercised by the
Governor. This Is in line with the recon-
rnendation OF the Meyer committee.
which called its body OF nine q finance
committee and gave the Mayor no scat.
1t is recommended that the park de-
partments be abolished and q depart
ment of public buildings and grounds be
established under the city architect to
have charge of the planning, construc-
tain and maintainance Of all public
buildings. including school houses. parks.
pariways and Fairgrounds.
The board would sbolish the Sinking
Fund Commission. the Board OF Water
Supply and tho Department Of Plant
and Structures. turning the ferries
back to the Dock Department.
Among the other recommendations
are:
Continue existing administrative func-
tions OF the borough presidents, except
as hereinafter indicated. The borough
presidents are to be discontinued as
members OF the Board of Estimate and
Apportionfnent.
Consolidate Che borough bureaus of
buildings into department Of buildings,
to have a branch Office In each borough.
Abolish the tenement house depart
nent and transfer Its functions to the
Department Of Buildings and to the
Department OF Health. as may be appro-
pirate.
Continue Department of Street Clean
ing and transfer thereto jurisdiction of
Department OF Street Cleaning in the
boroughs OF Queens and Richmond.
Bureau for improvements.
/ Create a bureau OF public improve
ments and engineering In the Board of
Estimate, under a city engineer, and
transfer to such bureau:
(a) Jurisdiction Of all typographical
and other engineering for all city de-
partments. boards and officers.
OBJ Control of the planning and con-
stTuction of streets, sewers, bridges, tun-
nels (other than rapid transit), water
front improvements (except buildings
or structures) and water supply projects.
Relieve the Department of Water
Supply Gas and Electricity OF the juris-
diction of gas and electricity and have 1t
take over the powers and duties OF the
Board of Water Supply.
Relieve the Board of Aldermen OF all
Jurisdiction of bond and corporate stock
issues, salaries and other fir anciai mat
ters, except tho annual budget and the
tax levy.
Create the department Of city treasury
and transfer thereto the following bu-
reaus OF the Finance Department: City
Chamberlain. Collection Of City Rev
enue, Collection of Taxes. Collection of
Assessments and Arrears.
Abolish tho bureaus OF law and adj
justment. OF real estate and of municipal
Investigation and statistics, of the FL
nance Department, and create similar
bureaus In Board OF Estimate, also Bu-
reau of Purchase.
Abolish the Board OF Bellevue and
Allied Hospitals and create a depart
| ment of hospitals to take over all
municipal hospitals except those now
administered by the Department OF
| Health.