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Andrew Cuomo: “How did I get the state budget from 96 to 85 billion?”

Featuring: Andrew Cuomo, Democratic | Former Governor of New York

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Published | Video Starts at 31:36

You have to strip it down so you only have the regulations and the laws that actually make sense today, not what made sense in 1995, what makes sense today. And it is the Tedious work of government, but that's what government is. How did I get the state budget from 96 to 85 billion? How you've been, you guys been covering government. When is the last time you heard a government budget go down? When was the last time the city budget dropped significantly? (31:36–31:41)

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Asserts that Andrew Cuomo reduced the state budget from $96 billion to $85 billion.

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