Victims have filed lawsuits to increase the settlement figure.

The defendant would then have 60 days to offer a settlement figure.

Insiders report the settlement figure was $680m, to be paid over 12mths.

Only these are backed by settlement figures provided by the government.

However if a third deduction is applied to the new replacement cost we are left with a settlement figure of $400.

"If the settlement figures are double the size," the finance council member said, "then you have that kind of an issue."

"I was somewhat disappointed by the settlement figure, which seems quite low."

She said Mayor Bloomberg would not be personally involved in coming up with a settlement figure.

The $512 million settlement figure is 1.79 times the overcharges.

Where do settlements and the expansion of settlement figure into a meeting like this?