Now the Mayor's office has approved a plan that could make those dreams come true.

That office must approve a license before the Medicaid center can be built.

Last week, the office of the state attorney general approved the Plaza's condominium plan.

Cooper told him the front office did not approve.

Once a building is padlocked, he added, his office must approve new tenants.

The office, as the state's top legal and law-enforcement agency, must approve all state contracts before they become effective.

The corporation produced the information and the comptroller's office approved the deal, canal officials said.

Yet the Office of Management and Budget approved only $40 million.

Finally, I want to state for the record that the general counsel's office approved each of these cases with the greatest of care and sensitivity.

The office is also approving a smaller share of applications: around 50 percent so far this year, down from 72 percent in 2000.