Although the center kept its original name, it has grown into a citywide service treating some 2,500 a year as outpatients and residents.

The mayor would manage citywide services and propose a budget, while a 15-member council would approve the budget and monitor city agencies.

All this is a result of a plan to improve service citywide, which includes replacing 6,000 signs with an easier-to-read kind.

To the Editor: There are many preferable citywide services available to assist street homeless individuals, none of which were mentioned in your essay.

"I looked at it; it's well built," reported the official, Jack Linn, assistant commissioner for citywide services.

The rangers report to William Dalton, chief of citywide services in the Parks Department.

Aberdeen in Scotland operates a citywide service for passengers unable to use normal public transport services.

That left neighborhoods with a lot of needy teen-agers, and groups that provide citywide services, at a disadvantage.

Believing partnerships between governments and private companies can provide low-cost, high-speed citywide service that offers many advantages to residents, visitors and taxpayers.

High schools and certain citywide services are still under central control.