New-York tribune., 1922-11-02
;tizells Union.
(alls Budget l3.
IIilIionTooIIigll
s.sleu,ent Points Out That
saving in State Taxes
as,d City Debt Service.
Il Used Up by HyIa,,
schools Not to Blame
q Million Increase Is
Taken into Account; /;
Administrative Costs Tn

ssysrgs in state taxes and apuro-
..,ss;ons for the debt service should
sc made the city budget for 1929 at
81. sls.so0,eo,l lower than the budget
i { yfas ago, according to statement
81 Citizens Union issued last night
,,twsing the budget of 1888, 900 COO
..s,sa By Mayor Hylan and She Board
i gssinate on Tuesday. with it's in
,,ssse Of s2,i5o,o0o ever the 1922
sxsres. Allowing for the $4,000 900
l.srsase for the school system. on
~s;ea Mayor Hylan mas attemp4ed 70
slaes the responsibiiity For The IN
srsa,,s budget. the Citizens Union
,,elsss ont that very substantial saw
;sts os the state tax and debt sery.
- i,ep,s would have beer re-.
aecssd in the new budrob and the tax
rste i. shese SENS had nos been di.
ssrtsa 10 other administrative puy-
sases
HSih millions OF dollars in additional
.spropriatioas for the Police and
sfees Cleaning departments and the
Espartnent cE Plant and Istructures
,slei to tae appropriations Tor the
ssay nsw jobs created in these and
gber sity Offices, the savings euuaaer-
i:ei by the Citizens Uninn. seems to
sss been dissioatea with littIe diff
Esl.y.
sasings Fail to Show Up
II this way the s1,S0o,oao saving on
sae taxes due the state from the city
gsgemment and the s17.302, 600 de-
tgase in the cost of the city debt serv-
10 have failed to show UP in the
adgst The Citizens Union analyzed
II budget figures as follows:
sThe final figure is S2.T50, ,242. 60
ssoYe this gears budget. This the
layoy attempts to explain by pointing
. sn increase of $5,606, ,334.55 in the
sppfopriation for the Department of
Eaueation. That, however, does not
iseasc o dollars increase in the 1928
..sdsst total, which the taxpayers and
iatersgers were justified in expecting
b find below the 1922 budget. State
sses for 1923 will be s1,834,SS9.57 be-
low 1922, and the city debt service
ipr 1923 is $i7 1882 below 1922.
This total decrease, amounting to S1S.-
ssi0s999, less the increase in the
sprzopsiation for cdueatioa. or me-
leefease OF at least Sf3,530, ,704.54,
;aonld haSe aaracteriaed the 1929
sudget Instead Of the two and three
ygarte- million increase which still
sppesfs thcrein, The presence of that
sefsase means that the savings in
Pity Debt Service and State taxes have
Hen diverted for the most ra,t to
ktsssae the administrative expense
saety government. Nor has there
Yer say mandatory legislation which
tasats fer a single dollars increase
tlls iaa3 budget over that for this
i Mayor Cus.nmary Defense
j, Mayer Hylan's defense OF the largest
ll.mdget New York or any other city in
ne Woyid has ever adopted was e-u-
gdtcd ~ q statement which reiterated
KS 4 ccmpia'nt that mandatory lagisla-
bon vas responsible for the increase
tae city's expenditures. Due to in
lsesssa real estate values in outlying
lseslaas, the Mayor says, it will be pos
Nolei reduca the tax rate 4 points,
fpd he insists that if the city was not
iraulred to pay state tax the local
IS rate wouid be 10 points lower.
eaEss What the Mayor intended TO
ssnsay bY this assertion no one. IL
Fy Hall would pretend to say. It
jas pointed out that this is not the
Fstgear that New York City has been
fs5dered a part CT the State of New
Ie'k, and therefore subject to state
1 The Mitchell administration also
seladed an appropriation for state
fx n it's budget, which In 1918, the
Ieafeefore the Eylan government took