My office was smothered by an avalanche of calls from New Yorkers, local leaders in every part of my state, furious that the administration would do this with no notice, with no understanding. Again, chaos reigned. I got calls from a whole lot of Republican town supervisors and mayors asking what about flood prevention? What about sewer construction projects? They had shovel ready projects to go. Should they send the workers home? Chaos, fear for this reckless and lawless program. (19:45–19:55)
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