Quote Originally Posted by Novine View Post
I don't have the budget docs handy but I bet most of those depts. being zeroed out were funded primarily by state and federal funds. If that's the case, they'll have little or no benefit to the city's bottom line.
That's a good point. But I wouldn't assume that State funding covers the whole cost of the workers. In addition to payroll, the cost of pensions, benefits, office space, elevator service, payroll processing, HR, etc. might well have been left to the City.