board of estimate

American  

noun

1. a special organ of a municipal government, as of New York City, composed of the mayor, the president of the city council, and the controller, and charged with approving the city's budget and fiscal matters.

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Example Sentences

In 1959, four years after the first Voice editorial opposing the highway, the city board of estimate voted not to build it, and to close the park even to the traffic that was then allowed.

From New York Times • Sep. 21, 2018

Supreme Court agreed, ruling that the powerful eight-member board of estimate violates the constitutional principle of one person, one vote.

From Time Magazine Archive

Within the next five weeks, the city's powerful board of estimate will make the final decision on Lever House's landmark status.

From Time Magazine Archive

His own board of estimate held at least two strategy meetings without even telling Beame, and when he heard about them, he could only protest, "What are you guys trying to do to me?"

From Time Magazine Archive

He is a member of a board of estimate, of which the other four members are the comptroller and auditor, with the county treasurer and supervisor.

From Civil Government in the United States Considered with Some Reference to Its Origins by Fiske, John