The Senate Republican plan also relies heavily on
labor savings, increasing the amounts proposed in an earlier GOP budget plan by $ 258 million in additional
unspecified savings generated through
labor concessions in fiscal 2018 and $ 405 million in 2019.
When Mayor Bill de Blasio announced his first
labor agreements with New York City unions this spring, he was sharply criticized for granting long - awaited wage increases in exchange for promises of
unspecified though sizable
savings on health care expenses.