Gov. Cuomo: Federal Leadership Is Lacking, the Federal Government Needs to Set Guidelines

‘The federal government should put one position in place and coordinate it with the states’

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CUOMO: “And look, I manage the state of New York. All of the local governments in the state of New York must have the same policy. Why? Otherwise, we would be creating the same problem that the federal government is creating. You can’t have Albany with one set of rules but Schenectady with a different set of rules, and Rensselaer with another set of rules. People would be confused. And again, if you don’t like the rule, you get in your car and you drive 15 minutes, you're in a different jurisdiction subject to a different set of rules. In New York, you can’t shop New York City versus Westchester versus Nassau versus Albany versus Schenectady. It’s one set of rules for the entire state! And it should be one set of rules for the entire nation. And that is the role of the federal government and national leadership. It is lacking. The federal government should put one position in place and coordinate it with the states. If the federal government isn’t going to do what it should do, then the states have to try their best.”

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