| 1788 |
The Treasurer of the city prepared the budget. |
| 1830 |
The Comptroller prepared the budget. |
| 1853 |
A Board of Commissioners was established
composed of the Mayor, the Comptroller and the Presidents of
the Board of Alderman and the Board of Assistants, to pass
on the appropriations of the Alms House Department and the
Board of Education before such appropriations should be
submitted to the Board of Supervisors. |
| 1871 |
A Board of Estimate and Apportionment was
established and charged with the duty of apportioning the
revenue resulting from tax assessments on property
valuation. |
| 1877 |
The Commissioners of Accounts were required
to draw up a schedule of expenditures of the Board of Education
as an aid in the preparation of the budget. |
| 1881 |
The Commissioners of Accounts prepared
an annual statement of expenditures of all departments
for use in budgeting. |
| 1914 |
A separate budget and efficiency staff was set
up in the Office of the Commissioners of Accounts. The
Board of Estimate and Apportionment also set up three
agencies to assist in the preparation of the budget - the
Bureau of Standards (later the Bureau of Personnel
Service), the Bureau of Contract Supervision, and the
Committee on Education. All of these agencies were
abolished in 1918 and the Board of Estimate and
Apportionment's examiners, who were transferred to the
secretary's office at that time, later became the nucleus of
the Bureau of the Budget. |
| 1924 |
On June 1st the position of Director of
Budget was created as part of the Mayor's Office by the
Board of Estimate and Apportionment. |
| 1933 |
The Bureau of the Budget was
established by Local Law 11 with the Director of the
Budget at its head. |
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*Source: Thelma E. Smith, ed.,
Guide to the Municipal Government of the
City of New York. New York: Meilen Press Inc., 1973.
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