Bloomberg: state isn't doing 'their fair share' to split costs

There's been some dispute between aides to Bloomberg and Cuomo about the size of the cuts the city would absorb in Cuomo's proposed budget.

$2 billion, is the figure Bloomberg is using. Cuomo aides say it's far lower.

This morning, Bloomberg explained his figure is based on money he said was promised to him by the previous governor, plus the loss of "revenue sharing" on social programs that Albany will no longer fund.

"They're not going to do their fair share. Now, the city can't afford to pick up the balance," said the mayor.

Also, Bloomberg complained about a state law driving up education costs in the city

"One of the biggest drivers in the reason our education budget keeps going up is, there's something like a 19 percent increase built in for special ed, mandated by the state," said Bloomberg.

More from Bloomberg's radio show this morning: 

"Our cut in this budget is about $2 billion. All these things are how you define it. They are going to cut us, I don't know, roughly $650 million, in education aide, from what we got last year. The trouble is, for the last few years, the state has been giving us more and more money. I have to use the numbers - whoever the existing governor is - tells us we're going to get. Paterson again and again and again assured us $650 [million], so we have $650 [million] in the budget. If you take the assumed increase, plus the real cut, add them together, that's a billion-three [$1.3 billion]…there's also $300 million in revenue sharing, that gets you to a billion-six [$1.6 billion]. There's other cuts to Medicaid and other social service programs, there's a lot of things that the state has been splitting the cost with the city and all of a sudden, if you read the details, they're not going to do their share. Now, the city can't afford to pick up the balance. "