Cuomo the president elect is about to embark on policysetting for the nation. He is going to do a state of the union, a budget. I wanted to make sure that he has a context of new york in those conversations. Finished having our new york state budget and many of the issues that are being discussed in washington would have a profound effect on new york. Not just new york but states across the country. To make sure he was aware of the impact on places like new york. Distrust eing discussed that would and local taxes, which would be devastating on new york, california, etc. If you did not allow the people of this state to deduct their taxes. , if therdable care act Affordable Care act is ended we have 3 million americans uninsured. That wouldamilies have a dramatic impact on the state. Not just those 3 million. We now live in a community where if you sneeze, i get sick. This is all about public health. Some of the changes to the Affordable Care act will have dramatic results on new york, and if the federal government does make changes to obamacare, it very important to protect the accomplishments of obamacare that it brought to us. We discussed the Housing Needs in new york, we have record homelessness in new york city. I was a former hud secretary. Junta could be a great ally to cities and states in combating homelessness. Getting production of once again. Infrastructure, which is something the president elect very much wants to concentrate on. We are ready to go in new york. If he wants to put federal money to use and quickly, this is the state to do it. Big projects i want to get done involved federal interaction. Improving laguardia airport. Improving jfk airport. The subway system that needs dramatic improvement. Basically the conversation was about both the opportunities for the state of new york and the need of the state of new york. While the president elect is going down to hear about the federal policies. Discussed how the Affordable Care act affects new york and the pitfalls of eight repeal plan which would be dramatic on the state of new york. He is a new yorker. He understood exactly what i was saying. The magnitude of what i was saying. People wouldnsured be a problem. He talks about state control. A question a more it of resources as long as the federal government is providing the resources. Process thee progress we made is not lost. That did not come up. It was not adversarial. Fact. Not chew with the he was knowledgeable about the issues on the Affordable Care act. He has been briefed on the. Ederal side i wanted to make sure he had the new york state perspective from a budget point of view. At least considering those federal issues. The brief you on the federal policy options. It is very important to know the impact on the state for those federal options. I thought it was a good conversation. Thank you guys. The john lewis is a person who i worked with when i was in washington. Respect forndous john lewis and the work he has done. President elect
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