They say that it amounts to meddling with the city's spending priorities and that it could create a false impression of fiscal disarray.

Mr. Gumbs, 48 years old, blamed the Chancellor's own management advisers for some of the fiscal disarray.

And the Board of Education would no longer be required to collect dues on their behalf, which could throw the union into fiscal disarray.

The reality was cost overruns, fiscal disarray and questions about consulting fees and commissions paid in connection with the deal.

With me there, he no longer has to worry about the city slipping into fiscal disarray.

And many businesses in the state are in fiscal disarray.

The fiscal disarray could also hurt the county's efforts to negotiate a deal to keep the Islanders hockey team.

But the authority, which the state created in 1999 to monitor the county when it fell into fiscal disarray, expressed concern about potential gaps.

After losing 40 states to George Bush, Mr. Dukakis returned home to a state in fiscal disarray.

"Mayor Bloomberg inherited this city in a state of both fiscal and physical disarray following the 9/11 attack," Mr. Palladino said.