While he urged Congress to approve a package of relief money, he mentioned few specifics about rebuilding, or other proposals for the coming year.
Mr. Bloomberg, a businessman, has so far focused more on a general touting of his own management skills than a specific agenda for rebuilding and balancing the budget.
The only specific step toward rebuilding came from Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani and City Council Speaker Peter F. Vallone, who have said they will create a reconstruction commission, and Mr. Giuliani's name has often been mentioned to head that panel.
By contrast, Mr. Ferrer, the Bronx borough president, did not outline a specific proposal for rebuilding; he argued that even as the city deals with reconstruction and security, it should not allow issues like education, health and housing to "fall off the table".
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He invoked it in a new television advertisement released this weekend -- "Which Democrat has a specific plan to rebuild our economy and increase safety and security?" the announcer asks.
He has offered specific proposals to rebuild the strength and morale of the armed forces, and make them fully capable of meeting every challenge the new century will bring.
There is always some danger that the clarion call to rebuild specific industries, especially in a time of heightened global competition from a rising superpower, will be carried too far and the hand of government will weigh too heavily on the traditional dynamism of the American private sector.
"These city deals are about specific projects, about transport funds, rebuilding city centres.
