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Adding up the figures
After a confusing day of dueling statistics, the city budget office yesterday released the following estimates of the cost of the Street and Katz wage-tax reductions:
Cost of Street's cuts over four years: $108 million.
Cost of Katz's over four years: $251 million.
Difference: $143 million.
Not included are business-tax cuts both candidates have endorsed worth $53 million over four years.
Source: city budget office.
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