House Speaker Nancy Pelosi shot down a claim by Gov. Cuomo that a $50 billion federal aid package for the state was insufficient.
“We sadly observe over 1.5 million coronavirus cases, nearly 45,000 deaths, and hundreds of thousands of job losses in New York,” Pelosi wrote in a letter to New York’s congressional Democrats. “Please know that your concerns are being addressed in ways that you have advanced.
The actual cash the Empire State was set to receive was already closer to $70 billion.
The Pelosi missive was the latest in a furious bit of letter writing between the state and the speaker. On Tuesday, NY House Dems sent Pelosi a letter asking for more cash. This followed an earlier note from Cuomo to the whole state delegation last week demanding at least $15 billion more in aid.
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