The Mayor has criticized parties on both sides of the controversy.

That was the same formula adopted last year, which the mayor had then criticized as too high.

The mayor himself had criticized the board's decision last year to adopt increases of 4 and 6 percent, 1 percentage point more than he wanted.

Indeed, the mayor criticized the commission the day after the subpoenas were issued.

The mayor and the police commissioner have criticized some bank officials for lax security measures.

The mayor subsequently vetoed the measure and criticized the council's decision to take the approach they did to policy making.

He argued that the mayor was criticizing the Council's issues sites and direct mail efforts because they have been effective.

Instead of discussing the reports, the Mayor criticized task force members for leaking their conclusions to the press.

This week the mayor criticized the Bush administration's plans to cut federal housing assistance as "shortsighted."

Mayors could throw rocks and criticize, but they couldn't really do anything about it.