A Plan of Organization for New York City; A Mayor as Chief Public Representative and Framer of Policies Relieved of Detailed Administrative Responsibility a Board of Directors, And, as a Corollary of These Changes, a City Manager (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 edition. Excerpt: ... department; 5, public welfare department; 6, transfer of water revenues to finance department; etc., the second and third being the only measures adopted as yet Since the foregoing lines were written and the chart prepared there has been adopted and put into operation a compromise measure which vests in the bureaus of buildings under the borough presidents structural control and in the fire department occupancy supervision, except in reference to tenement houses. There will neither be wisdom in advocating nor advantage in considering a readjustment of this arrangement until it has been thoroughly tried out. Buildings, Plant and Equipment A new department of buildings, plant and equipment is proposed, with the department of bridges as a nucleus. A bill to effect this change has been drafted. The new department as provided for in the bill is to take over the building construction and maintenance work of the various departments, other than education, water supply, and docks and ferries, as the board of estimate may determine. In the plan now submitted, the department of buildings, plant and equipment would take charge of all building and construction work except that of the board of education. The department of buildings, plant and equipment would be the central agency for all matters pertaining to the upkeep of the city's physical plant. After some experimentation it should also be possible to make it in part a mechanical bureau which could take over the work of repairing fire apparatus, street cleaning equipment, etc. The department would also operate the municipal garage until this service is otherwise assigned. The central department for the construction and maintenance of buildings used by the general city service departments is only a logical...