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Mayor Bloomberg at Liberty Warehouse, Red Hook Brooklyn, Tuesday, May 28th 2013. Mayor Bloomberg joined by Finance Commissioner David M. Frankel to announce 90.3 million in reductions for property taxes in commercial and residential areas. (Joe Marino/New York Daily News) 
Mayor Bloomberg exceeded his authority when he tried to usurp the city controller’s wage-setting powers, an appeals court ruled Tuesday.
The state Appellate Division ruling agreed with a lower court judge’s determination annulling a mayoral order aimed at reforming the way prevailing wages are determined for about 3% of city workers. The wage amounts for the workers — mainly skilled tradespeople such as carpenters, blacksmiths and plumbers — have been set by the controller’s office for more than a century.
