Although federal authorities announced the contractor who headed the controversial CityTime automated payroll project will pay over $500 million in restitution, which will largely to to the New York City’s coffers, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the sudden cash infusion won’t be a budget panacea.

“We start out for the year after this with something like a 3 billion dollar deficit projected, so this will help close that,” Mr. Bloomberg said while simultaneously cautioning the budget will be one “where we have to make choices of ‘either or.’” Read More