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Andrew Cuomo: “We had a 2% growth cap. My budget wouldn't go up more than…”

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

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You keep taxing businesses and wealthy people in New York City, there will be nobody left. Bill, they're leaving already. They've been leaving since COVID so that's exactly wrong. I was governor for 11 years. My fiscal discipline. We had a 2% growth cap. My budget wouldn't go up more than 2% year to year for 11 years. which is lower than the growth under Republican governors. So I get fiscal discipline, and we have to live within our means. The answer is not raising taxes in New York. (04:00–04:08)

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