Adjusting for inflation, they said, state allocations for English for Speakers of Other Languages programs have dropped every year since 1995, when the state capped financing for the largest adult literacy program, Employment Preparation Education, at $96 million.
Bonnie K. Finnie, head of the corporation, which allocates federal grant money for development projects, said the allocation included a stipulation that there be long-term museum jobs for local residents.
In both cases, they said, the allocation of aid is driven by strict federal formulas.
Regulators said the allocation had nothing to do with political considerations or any action by Ms. Waters.
McLaughlin declined to give specific numbers but said the allocation would go mainly to assistants' salaries and recruiting.
The governor, a Democrat, said his allocation authority allowed him to rebalance the budget after he vetoed more than $85 million in new revenues, mostly from tobacco settlement proceeds.
A BBC spokesperson said: "The allocation of PPBs is based on criteria set down by the BBC Trust following a public consultation.
"It isn't a crisis tomorrow, it's a crisis in five or six years," Mr. Crowell said, but allocation "literally takes years".
Leaders of the leftist Workers Party called for Mr. Perez's expulsion, while Mr. Malan said "the allocation of budgetary resources has never been a theme of discussion with the I.M.F. and is not within its area of competence".
Even in those cases, however, Mr. Schechter said, the allocation of maintenance charges is proportionate and is in accordance with a schedule established at the time the co-op was formed.
