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That plan will be presented to the City Council for debate and adoption of a final budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1. The administration was also considering elimination of the Departmentof Ports and Trade, but officials said yesterday a final decision had not been made. The Office of the Auditor General has had trouble defining its role. I dont think that its output has been what everyone hoped and expected, former dty Comptroller Harrison J. Goldin, who originally supported its creation, said yesterday.

In a time of austerity it is prudent to eliminate it. auditor generals biggest case is a pending dispute with the Grand Hyatthotd, which is 50-percent owned by Trump. The office has accused the hotel, which is next to Grand Central Terminal, of improper accounting practices that, reduced its lease payments to the dty by $2 million in one year and would cost the dty tens of millions of dollars if allowed to continue. The hotel has accused the agenqy of an improper audit and sued Burstein for making the audit public. The suit will go right on and the dty has made a commitment to be rigorous-in prosecution of its rights, said Burstein, who was appointed by Koch in 1986.

She said she hopes the Division of Real Property, which administers leases, will get the staff and authority to take over her offices watchdog role involving such leases. In March, Trump announced the appointment of Burstein brother, Judd Burstein, as his top in-house lawyer an appointment she said she frowned on because it created questions of conflict of interest Judd Burstein left that post within days, however, saying he had not realised how many administrative duties it involved. Karen Burstein said the office, whose annual budget including her $110,000 salary, was over $2 million, had spotted about $7 million in underpayments by leaseholders through audits covering 1986 through 1990. The office also helped set up auditing units in other city agencies. Teaching Bad Words WORDS from Page 19 better able to both be chill (calm) and chill out abusive students.

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