Last April the players proposed $64 million and 30 percent.

The Administration proposes reducing the surcharge to 4.05 percent; the accounting office proposes 5.09 percent.

The teachers had wanted a 6 percent increase, while the 11-member Board of Education proposed 2 percent.

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

The clubs proposed 37.5 percent, 42.5 percent, 47.5 percent and 50 percent for the fourth time.

The Senate proposed 125 percent.

The borough chiefs would also have the power to propose 5 percent of the city's budget for capital projects and new, discretionary operating expenses each year.

The union has proposed 22.5 percent.

The legislators originally proposed 4.99 percent, but a firestorm of criticism forced them to back down to 1 percent.

Brooklyn suggested 17 percent and the Bronx proposed 17.5 percent.