But details of where the money would come from to pay for it will not be released until next week's budget address.
Perhaps he was saving the bad news for his budget address later this month.
"If he doesn't deliver the budget address until May, then we'll know we have a problem."
The governor's staff members said his answers to the state's fiscal distress would come in the budget address next month.
He directed federal agencies to come up with remedies in time for his next budget address.
In fact, the previous day he had just been forced to deliver the budget address.
In remarks after his budget address, the Mayor seemed to agree with that sentiment.
His budget address on Tuesday could be very short.
They recently met with the president before he delivered his budget address to Congress.
Just do not expect to hear these explained in next year's budget address.