These include overall square footage, which is determined by lot size under a formula known as the floor area ratio.

Under a new formula, aid for both would be the same in most cases; Washington pays 80 percent of the cost.

The Assembly approved a measure that would distribute more money, $1.073 billion, under a different formula.

Those charges are determined under a formula that Congress, after negotiations with regional interests, created in the 1980's.

The authority's payment is calculated under a complex formula and was $29 million last year.

The numbers can be increased over the years under a formula set in the bill.

Then the building is forced to step back under a formula that allows little additional height above the base.

Under a complicated formula, the rent dropped to $3.5 million in 2002.

The 460-seat house was elected in 1989 under a formula approved by the Communists.

The bill would compute benefits under a new transitional formula.