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This education experiment gave people the confidence to push an overhaul of policing, city procurement and other public services.
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The city had to cut public services, shed jobs, freeze pay, abandon capital projects and raise taxes to make sure it could pay back the federal loans.
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The election comes as America's second-largest city faces budget problems and overburdened public services.
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Hurricane Sandy had already forced New York City to shut down its public transportation services.
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But there is little sign of things being done: the city's schools, health services, housing and public transport are all in a mess.
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According to John Porter, assistant superintendent, Administrative Services and Public Relations for the Alexandria City Public Schools, their graduation rate is reflective of a large number of foreign-born students who may take longer than the traditional four years to graduate.
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Seth Diamond, the commissioner of the city Department of Homeless Services, said it was "bad public policy" to give people in shelters priority for public housing.
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The other is a city overrun by migrants and a powerful gang of drug traffickers, and devoid of public services.
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He ran on a platform that promised greater efficiency in the provision of government services (mostly in public education, health and transportation), and more security in a city where crime has increased tremendously.
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Final consumption expenditures of households include outlays for purchasing consumer goods and services from all trading enterprises and city markets, non-organised trade (street vendors), from public service, passenger transport, communications establishments, hotels, commercial Institutions of culture, health care and education.
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