Mr. Rivera's was the most aggressive union in attacking the Governor in 1995 for his proposed cuts.

Mr. Rangel's comments could increase political pressure on the governor to tone down his confrontational approach, if not scale back his proposed cuts.

Mr. Weld said many of his proposed cuts would come from the social services area, like Medicaid, welfare and health insurance for state employees.

Mr. Bloomberg is expected to present his proposed cuts to the current budget tomorrow.

The people who met with Mr. Reagan today asked him to reconsider his proposed cuts.

Even the Republican-controlled Senate has made it clear it would reject his proposed cuts in health and education.

With his proposed cuts facing strong opposition, he is not likely to get everything he wants, but he will get some of it.

Privately, lobbyists for the industry said they would hold their fire for now and give the Governor the opportunity to scale back his proposed cuts.

If growth were really the goal, Mr. Bush would have restricted his proposed cut to new investment.

"We can play around the fringes," Mr. Doherty said, in response to a question about how he might find savings other than his proposed cuts.