His work overseeing the stage in Madison Square Garden for this summer’s Republican National Convention grossed David Nash about $7.34 million. The former Rockettes choreographer is now based in California.

The man who built the bridge that linked the Old Post Office with Madison Square Garden, Peter Freeman, received about $11 million for his work. The Freeman Companies are of Dallas.

Gift bags for delegates to the convention were purchased for more than $154,000 – from a company in Passaic, N.J.

U.S. Security was paid $23,000 a month for its work on security for the convention. The company is based in Columbia, Md.

Those payments by convention organizers were listed yesterday in the Federal Election Commission’s first accounting of spending in New York City associated with the GOP convention. The report provides a view into how Republicans spent $81.6 million to put on a party – with more than a little of the money going to out-of-state companies and advisers.

Mayor Bloomberg put a decidedly different gloss on the convention spending. He focused on the city government having spent just $7.9 million in expenses to serve as host for the convention, less than the $27 million figure he had first projected last year. He also touted a $4 million surplus from the venture and said it will be donated to the Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City.

“No one is hyping the numbers,” the mayor told reporters in the Blue Room at City Hall yesterday. “We have a $4 million surplus from the RNC, and net/net it didn’t cost the city anything.” That’s because the host committee donated equipment to the city worth about $4 million.

Mr. Bloomberg has focused on how much economic activity the convention sparked in the city. The new report, which covered spending by convention organizers but not by individual delegates, showed not only considerable spending on out-of-towners, but also some notable spending in town. Among those items:

• AMS Bowling at Chelsea Piers got $1,400 as an entertainment expense.


• Shred-It, a Brooklyn paper-shredding company, got more than $10,000.


• There was a $3,759 dinner bill from Jean Georges restaurant.


• Monster Worldwide got $1 million for database development.


• Emma Bloomberg, one of the mayor’s daughters, was reimbursed $316.50 for travel.

Overtime and other extra police payroll expenses came to about $54.2 million, the city Office of Management and Budget said. The federal government provided about $49.9 million to defray those costs, leaving the city to pay about $4.3 million, the city agency said.

Mr. Bloomberg said the NYC Host Committee 2004, either directly or through contractors, employed about 2,500 people in construction and trade, food services, and professional and financial services. According to city figures, 95% of those employed reside in the tri-state area.

About 73% of the final budget, or $59.8 million, paid the direct costs incurred by the convention’s four days, August 30 to September 2.