But also, the governor just dropped 1.5 billion extra to the city. I think Mayor Mamdani can arguably go back to her and the state leaders and say, hey, we need a little bit more. So The gap, you know, originally was 12 billion, a little bit over 12 billion. Then it comes down to 7. And then, you know, yesterday it came down to, I think about 5.4 billion. So, you know, there are a myriad of things we can be looking at. One of the things I always, as somebody who sat on the budget negotiating team in the council, said is we need to look at police overtime. (05:00–05:10)
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