New-York tribune., 1922-10-21
Budget Adopted
For 1923 With
Ill Million Jump
Estimate Board Accepts Out
lay Of $36l, ,763, ,98l, ,
Without Salary Increases,
for Final Action Oct. 81
Tax Payments Are Higher
Mayor Hylan Defends Eff
fort to Add to Pay of
His Cabinet M e m b ers

An $i1,o00,00o jump in the cost of
running the city governments is indi-
Gated In the figures Of the proposed
budget for 1928, adopted last night by
che Board Of Estimate. At q short
public meeting which followed another
OF Mayor Hylan's all-day executive ses-
sions Of the boards budget committee
it was announced that the total OF the
proposed budget for next year would
be 1851 ,76s, ,ss1.Ss, as against s35o,5ls,-
624.59 for 1922.
This increase In the city's proposed
expenditures does not include the
$500 salary inessaasa which 1t was
sought secretly to hand the members
fs u fan W CAB lnsE Il and which were
taken out when the facts became pub
l.ci nor. does It allow for increases IN
pay for tho hren.en, policemen, night
school teachers or other civil service
employees who sought small increases.
Mayor Hylan made public only the to-
tai figures for next years budget, but
the fact that he voiced his regret at
the icity's inability to pay increased
salaries to deserving employees is
taken to indicate that the budget COM
mittee. has decided. to stand by its res
olution resembling the pay boosts for
the thirteen commissioners and allow
no increases Of any sort.
May Hit City's Debt Limit
Like the Hylan budgets Of other
years, the 1928 budget Is expected to
approximate the constitutional debt
limit Of the city, which has been ex-
panded each year by adding to the as
sessed valuations on real estate and
thereby the borrowing capacity. About
$500 100000 was added to the assess
ment rolls for 1923, and this tremen-
dous increase in taxable property Is
counted on by the Board of Estimate to
bring the city's biggest budget within
the limits fixed by law. II any reduc-
,tion In the actual tax rate is made it
will also be by means Of the increase
in assessed valuations. Although the
rate per S10o may be the same or lower
than the 1922 rate, rhe increased as
payments for taxes considerably above
the figure for last year.
The proposed budget now goes before
the Board Of Estimate for public hear
ings and Anal action, which must be
taken by October 81. The Mayor ex-
poets to do considerable pruning and
materially reduce the budget total dur
ing the next ten days. He advised the
examiners Of the Board Of Estimate
and the Commissioner Of Accounts Of
tice, who will begin going over the
budget to-day. TO 'sharpen their pen
ellis" and promised at the same time
that the Board Of Estimate itself would
be prepared to "swing the AK" with
vigor. Public hearings on the budget
have been set for October 25 and 26 at
1880 o'clock.
Defends Secret Attempt
Mayor Hylan, in connection with the
announcement of the 1923 figures, took
occasion to explain that the only salary
increases provided were those made
mandatory by legislative enactment.
and commented with some bitterness
on the wide publicity given to the at
tempt to provide increases for his
cabinet at secret session. He was
careful TO point ont that no salary in
creases had been granted in any Of the
departments presided over by members
of the Board Of Estimate.
There was desire" the Mayor said,
ITO give sincere men and women who
never watch the clock some increases,
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