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The reduction has been accomplished by attrition, with some departures “encouraged,” according to a spokesman. Manes has 139 persons on his current payroll, six less than he had last Jan. In addition, seven positions vacant as of last Jan. Five Civil Service employes retired and six “noncompetitive” workers-provisional and patronage appointees-have been released, leaving a total of 75 in the office. One executive position has been eliminated.īronx Borough President Robert Abrams has cut his staff by 11 persons since the first of the year, according to his deputy, Jorge L. “One or two” of those dropped had Civil Service status, he said, and the rest were provisionals. Hayes said yesterday that 75 persons were now on the payroll. In the office of Brooklyn Bdrough President Sebastian Leone, 104 jobs were provided in the budget for the fiscal year that ended June 30. I but that most had been accomplished by attrilion, with actual layoffs occurring chiefly among provisional employes and not among those with Civil Service status.
In particular, it is asserted that the staffs of elected officials other than the Mayor-the Borough Presidents, City Councilmen and District Attorneys-have not been pared to conform with across‐the‐board cuts ordered by the Budget Bureau.Ī check of the elected officials disclosed that substantial reductions had taken place since last Jan. Mayoral aides, while reiterating their contention that agency heads have been given “hard” orders to reduce their staffs, concede that in many instances no concrete evidence could be obtained that the personnel reductions had been effected. The issue has assumed crucial importance in the last few weeks as it has become evident that a principal reason for the difficulty in marketing Municipal Assistance Corporation bonds to refinance the city's short‐term debt has been a widespread doubt among investors that the city has “bitten the bullet” by actually carrying out the promised dismissals.