It's the Brian Lair show on WNYC. Good morning again, everyone. I'm Bridget Bergen, sitting in for Brian today. Yesterday was what's known as Tin Cup Day in Albany, when local leaders make their cases to the state legislature for more money.

And Mayor Mumdani, a former member of the State Assembly, was among them.

It turns out the mayor needs a little less money than originally estimated.

By assuming an aggressive posture on savings without compromising city services,

incorporating updated revenue and bonus estimates, and using in-year reserves, we have lowered

that $12 billion gap to $7 billion. My colleague Jimmy Vilkind is a New York State

Issues reporter for WNYC and Gothamist, and he was there.

He joins me now to talk about what the mayor wants from Albany and how the governor and legislature are responding.

Hey, Jimmy.

Good morning, Bridget.

And listeners, we can take your calls on this.

What are the promises you are counting on Mayor Mamdani getting Albany to go along with. Do you think New York City

gets its fair share of state funding and services? Call or text us the number 212-433 W-N-YC. That's

212-433-9692. So, Jimmy, $5 billion seems like a lot of adjusting.

I hope I can find that in my couch cushions.

Do you know a little bit more about the mayor's deficit calculations?

Well, it's really a combination of a few things, Bridget.

You know, the mayor was joined by Sharif Soleiman, the director of the Office of Management and Budget,

as well as Dean Fulahan,

the first deputy mayor, who some listeners might know has basically been doing fiscal stuff in

city and state government, basically since they invented math. And so Dean is really well known in Albany,

pretty well respected, and the three men really presented this improvement as the product

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