Although still exerting some influence in Roppongi, in recent times they appear to have shifted much of their presence to other districts in the Tokyo area.

So Gov. Jim Florio's administration shifted more state aid to poor districts, increasing taxes by $1.1 billion.

The financing law not only raised income taxes but also shifted hundreds of millions of dollars from wealthy school districts to low- and middle-income districts.

The proposed 1991-92 executive budget, which you describe as a "modest attempt" to shift money to poor districts, seeks to eliminate all of the formula's "save harmless" provisions.

In fact, Mrs. Whitman shifted about $38 million from wealthy school districts to urban districts under her spending plan.

The proposed formula would shift $13.7 million to districts in Suffolk and $7.6 million in Nassau.

The state has cut its share of the financing, officers have been shifted to other districts and gang members have rammed open some of the gates.

They said the main goal of the plan was to streamline the central administration by shifting certain managerial functions to districts and schools.

Hundreds of teaching aides, being shifted to new districts in a budget move, awaited reassignment, many with foreboding.

Another, Jim Florio, did lose re-election after he raised the income tax by $1.1 billion and shifted state aid from suburban districts to urban districts in 1991.