He also organized a new municipal bureaucracy and left a surplus in the city treasury when his term ended in 1978.
But they have long warned against overregulation, saying too much municipal bureaucracy would make it difficult for them to operate efficiently.
Moreover, the municipal bureaucracy remains bloated and resistant to change.
No major municipal bureaucracy has shown it can overcome the vast problems that take hold when caseloads are counted by the hundreds of thousands.
I realize in the context of the municipal bureaucracy in which i was not steeped, these may be ill considered.
It's one of the largest municipal bureaucracies anywhere, with a budget of $5.4 billion and 1.5 million clients, many highly vulnerable.
He also lets customers pay on credit and advises them in their dealings with an intimidating municipal bureaucracy.
Ms. Quinn will be taking control of a municipal bureaucracy that is larger than many private companies.
The plan also counts on "productivity" measures to pare $147 million from administrative and overhead costs of the sprawling municipal bureaucracy next year.
Wherever national, municipal and legislative bureaucracies mix it up, there is bound to be trouble.