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New York’s budget, how would you spend it?

The city of New York spent $472.5 million on asset manager fees in 2012/13. The allocation of these funds is part of the $68 billion annual budget the City Comptroller has to run the city of New York.

The bureau of asset management that oversees the $137.4 billion in pensions fits within that budget, but the money it spent on asset manager fees has increased more than the returns it generated. How it reins in those fees will be one of many challenges for the new Comptroller Scott Springer.

What would you do with a $68 billion annual budget?

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