Representative Bill Green, a Manhattan Republican, said the budget reductions "were not going to make a bad situation any better."

But some Manhattan Republicans say they are worried about her campaign because she has been so battered in the news media.

Charles Millard, a Manhattan Republican, supported two of them.

The Manhattan Republican has Harvard bachelor's and master of business administration degrees.

Only Charles Millard, a Manhattan Republican, sided with the Mayor.

Charles Millard, a Manhattan Republican, said: "The real issue is whether we let the market operate.

"It's not that he was working at cross-purposes with us," said Senator Roy Goodman, a Manhattan Republican.

He worked on the campaign of the last elected Manhattan Republican, Assemblyman John Ravitz.

This year, the Manhattan Republican has raised $315,000 to fend off a Democrat's challenge in what is sure to be the city's most expensive Council race.

"If they are not organized and unified," she added, speaking of Manhattan Republicans, "that is always helpful, too."