New-York tribune., 1922-10-31
Law Bars PAY
Boost, Citizens
Union Asserts
Analysis of Figures by Or
gaiaizasion Shows 8 5 ,09W,-
900 Must Be Cut From
Budget Offered by Hylan
Must Act by Midnight
Reductions Demanded That
City May Benefit by S17,-
900, 900 FAX Decrease

Bafora the budget for 1923 Is adopted
to-day Mayer Hylan and the Board of
Estimate will have to cut more than
s5.0oo.eGo from the Indicated total of
ssGl, 100000 to bring it within the con-
stitntional limit, according to an
analysis Of the figures made by the
Citizens Union This may be accom- !
plished. the Citizens Union pointed out
yesterday, by eliminating all of the in
ereases in both salaries and admins
tratire expenses allowed at the secret
sessions of the budget committee.
The Board Of Estimate has until
midnight tonight to adopt the budget.
after which it goes to tho. Board of
A'dermen for approval. The Citizens
Union in its statement giving the re-
suits of It's analysis calls upon the
Mayor to make, these reductions in.
addition 10 sweeping decreases in
osifs items. 30 that the city may benc-
,fit by me sl7,oDupoo res.avr.vh y. vtste.
taxes and the city debt service.
$i,3oo,oo0 Iastallments Dropped
Italso asks, why an item of $1,000 900
for amortization installments payable
in 1928, which was included in the first
tentative budget, has been dropped for
the first time in many years. These
payments will have to be made, the
Citizens Union insists. The statement
follows:
"Ihe excess Of the proposed budget
over the constitutional limit is ascer-
tanned rs follows:
Total of proposed budget. s3si,T67, Sos SO
Deduct as excluded from the
constitutional limitation:
State taxes .sf2, ,595. .G23.g7
ssssrP5lsp sIs IsI.q.st st So
dcJt ...... s5.sts.5ss.ss
TO be raised for city pur-
posse by taxes md from
revenues of the city,. 2sa,323.34Sos
Deducr estimated city reve-
rues other than taxes. $4,000, ooooa
Portion of proposed budget
ssbiect to the ronstitu-
tiouhi 30 limitation. 2is,S23,5zB.es
City's Capacity Restricted
"The Constitution restricts the
city's tax capacity to g per cent Of
the assessed valuation of real estate
sRn0 personal pEopSILys assuming Iiot
the city will be able to maintain these
AT about $18700, 100000 after re-
view and the swearing Off of inflated
personal tax valuations and after MAX
ing the necessary deductions for ex-
emptions under the new housing tax
exemption law that would fix the con-
ssitutional limit for the 1923 budget
ut S2i4,0O0,o00 or S5,823,345,09 less
than the amount of the proposed
budget subject to the constitutional
limitation. This sum the Board of
Estimate must cut from the proposed
budget.
"Ihe proposed budget contains in
crcases OF s932,sS2.35 III personal SER
vice and $4,f73,5t5.21 for other than
personal service, q total tincrease OF
s5.105, ,3oT.56 over the tentative budget.
lt alse made decreases Of 1916, 1859 in
personal service and $f,866 ,9T4.45 in
otter than personal service, or total
OF S2.743,f50.44 below The tentative
budget. Ii the Board OF Estimate will
now in the final budget hold the de-
creases which it made in fine proposed
budget below the budget, and
cut out of the increases which it made
in the proposed budget over the tenta-
tive budget, it will be enabled to make
q constitutional tax lew