Such transactions produce swings that tend to skew the budget picture.

The rapid growth of retiree benefits has already greatly complicated the budget picture for military leaders.

But a worsening state budget picture led officials to freeze all new programs before the new workers were hired.

He said he would have to look at how such help would fit into the state's overall budget picture.

So far, the Cuomo administration has refused to release the most recent figures on the budget picture.

The only way to make the budget picture fit the frame is to cut.

The budget picture led to other clashes of economics and politics.

"What we really want is an up-to-date budget picture," he said.

The administration maintains that the tax cuts would make the overall economy and therefore the budget picture much stronger.

Nevertheless, he saw the bigger budget picture and signed the bill.