Supporters say the price index is a good measure by which to regulate city spending.

Quickly, Kucinich attempted to pay the bill by cutting city spending.

The new mayor should double the level of current city spending, now at about $500 million a year.

He worries that at the current rate of city spending, it will take him "30 to 40 years to start a computer lab."

But if a student has just one day of attendance in October, he can be calculated into city spending.

Mayor Bloomberg has increased city spending but trimmed his office's budget by 37 percent since 2002.

A more specific problem concerned $376,000 in city spending whose purpose could not be determined.

Kucinich moved quickly to pay the bill by cutting city spending.

He said the city had already made cuts or found alternative revenues for $2.6 billion in city spending since taking office.

This was done initially to lower city spending and taxes.