In his preliminary budget for the next fiscal year, the Mayor ordered the board to cut $181 million.
His thinking on how to cope will be apparent tomorrow, when the city's preliminary budget is due.
The authority issued its financial plan and 2004 preliminary budget last month, four months earlier than usual.
The administration also wanted to reach an accord before releasing its preliminary budget later this month.
The preliminary budget also shows he has made some difficult choices.
The preliminary budget for the year beginning July 1, 1994 was set at $9 billion.
Today, he will signal his priorities in a preliminary budget.
And $3.9 million is the amount in the city's preliminary budget for next year.
There is still more than a month left before the submission of the preliminary budget.
The program is renewed in the Mayor's preliminary budget for the coming year.
