She said the city decided that tours should be eliminated before charter flights.
Stan Altman, dean of the school of public affairs at Baruch College, questioned whether the office, created from the position of City Council president when that job was eliminated by charter revision, is truly necessary.
The plan to eliminate the charter-school fund comes as Mr. Bloomberg is proposing to make cuts of $358 million to city schools, and an additional $115 million in contingency cuts, which Chancellor Harold O. Levy has warned would reduce critical services to both disadvantaged and middle-class schoolchildren.
But since his election, his administration's focus has been Race to the Top, which Mr. Duncan used to further expand federal influence, dangling the $4 billion in grants before the states to persuade them to eliminate caps on charter schools, overhaul teacher evaluation and tenure systems and undertake other measures that fit Mr. Obama's vision.
They included eliminating tenure for teachers, expanding charter schools, lengthening school days and instituting a longer school year.
The Hamas charter calls for eliminating Israel, but the Islamist movement's public statements have been vague on whether that remains its ultimate goal.
Tower Air, a low-fare and charter airline, is eliminating 300 workers worldwide, or 19percentt of its workforce, and pulling a plane from its fleet in an attempt to return to profitability.
When Mr. Patrick, Republican of Houston, initially proposed it, Senate Bill 2 made far-reaching changes to the state's charter school system, creating a separate state oversight board and eliminating entirely a state law that capped charter contracts at 215.
Gov. David A. Paterson on Thursday proposed a host of changes in state education law, including eliminating the cap on the number of charter schools, which he said would make the state more likely to receive $700 million in federal grant money.
Labour said it could vote for the charter even though it only supported eliminating the current deficit "as soon as possible in the next parliament", rather than within the years.
