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Gov. Andrew Cuomo is proposing to invest $306 billion worth of projects around New York state, although Chautauqua and Cattaraugus counties were not among the places announced for new development.
On Thursday, Cuomo gave his fourth State of the State address, which lasted around 30 minutes. In it, he complained about the inequity of New York having to fund the federal government. “New York is tired of subsidizing other states with our tax dollars,” he said. “We subsidize 42 states. … Basic fairness is all we ask but basic fairness we demand.”
From there, Cuomo said he wants the public sector to spur on the private sector by doing a number of projects. He cited Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal, a series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms and regulations enacted between 1933 and 1939, as his guide.