House President Nancy Pelosi rejected the Cuomo government’s claim that a $ 50 billion federal aid package was insufficient for the state.
“Unfortunately, we see more than 1.5 million cases of coronavirus, nearly 45,000 deaths and hundreds of thousands of job losses in New York,” Pelosi wrote in a letter to congressional Democrats on Thursday. “Please know that your problems are being addressed in the ways you have progressed and with the enthusiastic advocacy of leader Chuck Schumer and senator Kirsten Gillibrand.”
The letter was first obtained and reported by the Albany Times Union.
In the letter, Pelosi said that the actual cash that the Empire State would receive was already closer to $ 70 billion.
“Overall, New York State will receive more than $ 50 billion in state and local funding, and more than $ 20 billion in additional funding to support families, financial security and well-being,” she wrote.
The Pelosi mission was the latest in a furious letter between the state and the speaker. NY House Dems sent a letter to Pelosi on Tuesday asking for more cash. This follows an earlier note from Cuomo to the entire state delegation last week that needed at least $ 15 billion more aid.
The state rescue action will be taken from Joe Biden’s $ 1.9 billion coronavirus relief package currently working through Congress.
Currently, the New York package provides $ 12.6 billion in funding for coronavirus; $ 10.64 billion for local governments; $ 12.3 billion for schools and $ 8.8 billion for the state’s permanent underfunded transportation system.
The state faces a $ 63 billion deficit due to the coronavirus pandemic due to declining revenues.