As mentioned, the city has retiree health benefit reserves, but in the case of a recession, Doulis of Citizens Budget Commission warns that that money should not be touched to
fill operational budget gaps.
«The government is working, the projects are happening, so the pressure is really off the entire situation because effectively the entire
operational government
budget was passed yesterday,» Cuomo said during an appearance in Catskill, where a barge
filled with gasoline ran aground in the Hudson River.