> City spending for the next five years on expenses including education, health care, pay raises for unionized city employees and the extraordinary and unexpect

> City spending for the next five years on expenses including education, health care, pay raises for unionized city employees and the extraordinary and unexpected surge in the number of asylum-seekers is projected to grow 3.9% a year, exceeding projected annual tax revenues by more than a percentage point, Champeny said. The list is technically correct but deceptive. It implies that those are the biggest expenditures (unless you read it carefully). The NYPD expenses, which is 10% of the total budget, the 3rd highest cost, and 5 times bigger than the asylum seekers budget, is left out.