To hear Mark Page tell it, New York City's budget glass is most definitely half empty.

"We didn't cut our '05 plan," said Mark Page, the mayor's budget director.

However, the mayor's own budget director, Mark Page, recently noted the immense challenges involved in potentially altering pension plans.

The letter, sent by the city's budget director, Mark Page, calls on most agencies to suggest ways to cut their budgets by 9.5 percent.

The mayor's budget director, Mark Page, said that the city's tax collections could drop further because Wall Street profits were even lower last year than expected.

On Monday, the mayor's budget director, Mark Page, said the administration was working in Albany to try to get the rebate approved.

Mark Page, the city's budget director, said the Sanitation Department was looking for other ways to save money.

Mark Page, the city budget director, announced the deadline and outlined the request for the list in a memo sent out Friday.

"These transactional taxes are extremely unstable," said the city's budget director, Mark Page, who sits on the board.

The mayor made the remark as his budget director, Mark Page, sent a letter to city commissioners that opened the door to layoffs.