This scenario shows how a service can be provisioned remotely and automatically using Encompas2 management platform.

City officials said the scenario showed the city would run out of money to pay either fines or salaries in 18 days.

In the 11 scenarios of 8, 9 or 10 possible districts that include the Bronx, one scenario shows six districts with a black majority.

Other scenarios showed economic activity limited at an ecologically sustainable level.

"The scenario now shows positive but inadequate growth," a senior Administration official said.

One scenario had shown everything proceeding perfectly until the final step.

However even currently available estimates already show encouraging results in the case 2 scenario described above.

"Worst-case scenario," he corrected, "she shows up and isn't what you want her to be."

According to the 2006 Census projections, the medium-variant scenario shows that the population is projected to continue growing, to reach 1.93 million by 2031.

The high-variant scenario shows the region's population growing to over two million by 2031.