The Mayor quickly proposed to cut his $2.7 million budget by 23 percent.

The Mayor proposes to put up only half of what the state plan calls for.

The Mayor had already proposed spending $433 million in 1997 for school construction.

The Mayor has proposed an overall cut in school spending of $100 million next year.

In all, the Mayor proposed to spend $4.2 billion on housing over the next 10 years.

The Mayor had proposed coming up with his own name for schools commissioner.

The Mayor has proposed cutting the school system's $7.7 billion budget by $190 million.

The Mayor also proposed a $60 million cut, or 25 percent, in spending on foster care.

The mayor has also proposed a $150 million hotel and conference center for the site, though he said the project was still under negotiations.

One day later the Mayor proposed to eliminate the program entirely.