Though the changes represented an overall cut in hours, they also served to make hours consistent between branches.

A specific allocation would shield those studies from any overall cuts in the institutes' budget, Mr. Abbott said.

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

The black hole is equivalent to wiping out one-sixth of the overall cuts in public spending identified by the Treasury with such fanfare last week.

The overall cuts will be roughly balanced by tax increases for the most affluent.

Some districts will see overall cuts even though they had some savings from last year.

The overall cut, 4.4 percent, comes on top of a 2.5 percent reduction ordered this year.

Many of the doctors saw the move as an overall cut in fees, something that Physicians Health denies.

Had the city kept the operating responsibility for the park, that amount would have gone down as a result of the overall cuts, perhaps to around $200,000.

CUNY says that is a 25.7 percent reduction, compared with an overall cut in the state budget of 3.4 percent.