Cuomo warns of tax hikes, dire cuts if feds can't find $15B - POLITICO

Cuomo argued that the state is uniquely entitled to those funds because the pandemic hit New York so hard last spring and was comparatively defenseless thanks to federal government bungling.

And Mujica said if the federal government comes through with more funding, such a move would no longer be as much of a priority.

There are other measures aimed at bridging the gap between the $15 billion Cuomo wants and $6 billion he’s worried he’ll get, including continued (though lesser) withholdings to local aid, education and health care spending, Mujica said.

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